I appreciated this look into the life of a working writer. He didn't seem to pull any punches about what it takes to make a living as a writer. So with this advice, I will continue perfecting my craft and writing a trunk full of projects. I have found that practice does improve quality. Hopefully, one day when I get that chance to pitch a project, if that one doesn't fly, I will have a library for which to choose. Thanks Bill for your time and honesty.
@jonathanakerele80069 жыл бұрын
+Boomer Murrhee Having several different projects finished and polished is a great idea, because even though the process can feel slow because of how long it can take to get everything detailed and comprehensive from action to dialogue I think the feeling of accomplishment of having multiple completed projects with different plots and characters maybe even spanning different genres is rewarding in itself because you can step back and admire your own talent and adaptability in covering a broad range of topics, plots, and settings with each script because each story is unique in its own way.
@ccgg119 жыл бұрын
This is a solid interview. Nuts and bolts advice on being a writer and making a career/dealing with the industry.
@filmcourage9 жыл бұрын
ccgg11 Thanks, if you want more content like this you may enjoy this playlist - kzbin.info/aero/PLez8jOvskc-MeZF2waPj7betXnO8Y2-UQ
@prospecktor19997 жыл бұрын
Dear Film Courage. I watch a bulk of your videos, but I cannot find how much screenwriters make for a certain script. I know they vary, but what is a common amount for a blockbuster or an award winning movie?
@filmcourage7 жыл бұрын
We hope to have interviews in the future where maybe we can press this topic a little more. Here's the closest we've come to the topic kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2Hccmt-fbN1rsU & kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoGuYY2Hls18m5I
@valeriehill3496 жыл бұрын
THIS IS THE MOST INFORMATIVE FILM SCRIPTWRITING VIDEO I HAVE SEEN, WHAT AN INTERESTING AND TALENTED MAN.
@HeadIndProductions8 жыл бұрын
So inspiring! Could listen to him all day!
@luismarquezcomedy8 жыл бұрын
Mr. William C. Martell. This was awesome! I laughed and I learned. Thank you
@Htrails19529 жыл бұрын
As I was procrastinating on starting my next project, I came across this video I had already seen. I was amazed how much more information I was able to glean the second time around. Thanks again Bill, good stuff. I may make this a routine for between projects to help keep the focus.
@filmcourage9 жыл бұрын
Boomer Murrhee Boomer, congrats on finishing another project!
@cllrkeithmartin9 жыл бұрын
watched/listened to this while varnishing outside my house. enjoyed it. learned a lot. 1 page a day! it's the only way!
@panosmakris86348 жыл бұрын
this is pure gold
@MenTalThePoet3 жыл бұрын
Dam, William sounds like Neil Degrass Tyson lol. Two of my favorite people to listen to
@fascistphilosophy56498 жыл бұрын
This guy good. Usually these people are false authoritarians.. this guy actually good. Idea of suspense is actually explicit for me.. not a tool I would personally use, but good...
@chrisoliver36423 жыл бұрын
Pleasure Droids On My Tombstone was the name of my band in high school! PDOMT for life!
@caitrionatraynor96514 жыл бұрын
could you please laugh at one of his jokes instead of radio silence - he's a funny guy!!
@filmcourage4 жыл бұрын
Agreed, Bill is very funny. Sometimes you can't always hear the laughter. :) But you can see the smiles.
@ironmanjakarta86019 жыл бұрын
Since everything has been done already (suspense, love scenes, etc) it seems like people just want to see new actors experience these same cliches.
@brandenholmes3229 жыл бұрын
Michael Shipley Just like porn.
@nineteenfortyeight67623 жыл бұрын
A script to "meet starlets"? He says this out loud. What is he not saying? I was loving this series but it's full of creeps.
@Scrabo8 жыл бұрын
Excellent!!
@film_magician5 жыл бұрын
This guys last screenplay was 12 years ago. The one before that was 20 years ago. He’s talking like he had to write the godfather to get noticed. Apparently you just have to write Steel Sharks and you’re set.
@MrDeejf2 жыл бұрын
Martell had nineteen scripts produced with zero industry connections, no agent, and no trust fund to buy him into the business. He got in on one thing and one thing only: the quality of his scripts. And to my knowledge, he has never used _The Godfather_ as a touchpoint or an example. The script he has most frequently used as an ideal piece of screenwriting is _Die Hard._ By your illogic, _Save the Cat!_ should be shunned or dismissed because Blake Snyder only had two produced films, _Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot!_ and _Blank Check,_ both more than a decade before his how-to book came out, and neither of them comparable to The Godfather. Frankly, having read both Snyder's and Martell's books, and scripts, I'd take Martell's advice first. Have you read his script for _Steel Sharks_ ? I have. It's a damn solid piece of action writing.
@ironmanjakarta86019 жыл бұрын
How much money does the avg screenwriter make?
@xxoxia7 жыл бұрын
The writers of Deja Vu were paid $5,000,000 for that script. It just depends on how many studios want your script. Of course, nowadays, studios don't buy specs, anymore. Now, you either make your own movie and get someone to finance it, or you use specs to get studio assignments, but good luck with that. I'd say, get an iPhone or decent camera, and start filming, because the film industry is a different animal than it was 20 years ago.
@rodrigovargas58566 жыл бұрын
A Genius he is
@frenstcht4 жыл бұрын
At 15:56 -- Probabilities don't work that way.
@chrisoliver36423 жыл бұрын
Probabilities work however we writers decide they do. Also, time travel and hot tubs.
@frenstcht3 жыл бұрын
@@chrisoliver3642 Hot tubs? No, no, no. You gotta hit a giant rabbit with a jet engine. Or something like that.
@capbl4_ Жыл бұрын
he sounds like neil degrasse tyson of writing :)
@TheAcidDrip3 жыл бұрын
I think this guy is mistaken, he-THINKS-he's a pro screen writer. When really he's a pro journalist who writes his research reports in script format!
@howardkoor27964 жыл бұрын
🙏🙏🙏🙏
@jimbones19169 жыл бұрын
"theyre probably all moldy by now." LOL
@scriptalchemist2 жыл бұрын
👍🏼👍🏼
@ironmanjakarta86019 жыл бұрын
If Lucas only made money from the merch and no money from the Star Wars movies themselves would he consider the movies a success? He must of made billions from the merch. alone. The future business model of movies might be just advertisements for merch., and everything else goes to TV where they make money on ads. It would also allow the content owners to cease prosecuting people who share the content on the internet. The content owners would actually encourage sharing, it would help advertise the merch even more. Everybody wins, as long as companies like Sony and Fox and Disney adopt this new model instead of fight it.
@ironmanjakarta86019 жыл бұрын
Seems like screenwriting as a profession forces you to write just to make money. Doesnt seem conducive to great writing.
@MrDeejf2 жыл бұрын
A professional writer writes to make money, pretty much by definition. I can think of no writer who has an academic sinecure (i.e., they live on a professorship, not on their writing) whose writing is particularly notable. If you squint and turn your head sideways, fantasy best-seller Brandon Sanderson teaches writing, but he definitely lives off his book sales.
@mattchabe87711 ай бұрын
Seems like plumbing as a profession forces you to do plumbing just to make money. Doesn't seem conducive to great plumbing. Seems like acrobatics as a profession forces you to do acrobatics just to make money. Doesn't seem conducive to great acrobatics. Seems like photography as a profession forces you to photograph things just to make money. Doesn't seem conducive to great photography. Seems like wrestling as a profession forces you to wrestle just to make money. Doesn't seem conducive to great wrestling. That's... what a profession is. And every profession has an element of craft, including writing.
@jayv80685 жыл бұрын
this guy has only written bad movies..
@mattchabe87711 ай бұрын
Well, that's your opinion. William Martell has written a boatload of scripts that have sold. Were the scripts bad? Not to the people who bought them and/or turned them into films. Not to the hundreds of thousands of people who watched them in their entirety because they enjoyed them.