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The Shawshank Redemption: Frank Darabont's Directorial Debut Story
How Frank Darabont went from a producer's assistant on low-budget horror films to the director of The Shawshank Redemption.
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Vin Diesel's Career Start in Independent Cinema
How Vin Diesel, after many rejections, made the short film Multi-Facial and landed a role with Steven Spielberg.
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Turn off the editor and write the story to the end
The story of Stan Lee and Spider-Man: why you should not fix an unfinished text or listen to advisers before the story is done.
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Script vs Idea
Why an idea alone is not enough: the same log became Pinocchio, Buratino and Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence.
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When You Need to Write a Lot Right Away—Remember Your Power Spot
What a screenwriter can do in a slump when a lot has to be written right away: go to your power spot.