tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22755318.post5669545366779640210..comments2024-03-28T01:47:40.319-07:00Comments on GottaBook: When (writing) worlds collide....Greg Pincushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00449684160718426340noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22755318.post-4037530650942217652008-01-25T16:13:00.000-08:002008-01-25T16:13:00.000-08:00Thanks for saying it out loud, Greg. This drives ...Thanks for saying it out loud, Greg. This drives me crazy, too!Robin Brandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07971393580756079934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22755318.post-54061073378625825102008-01-24T15:29:00.000-08:002008-01-24T15:29:00.000-08:00I'm glad that you wrote about this, Greg. And wrot...I'm glad that you wrote about this, Greg. And wrote it well besides. If anyone needs to celebrate the writers in the movies, it's other writers.MotherReaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11274509991340797264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22755318.post-57383171510021440432008-01-24T14:19:00.000-08:002008-01-24T14:19:00.000-08:00Jon -- thanks so much for stopping in. As I noted,...Jon -- thanks so much for stopping in. As I noted, I agree with learning from movies (or from anything where there's good storytelling, for that matter). And I also agree that WHY the movie works isn't important to the point you were making. But that's kinda why I reacted so strongly to the mention of the director....<BR/><BR/>Anyway, you've cleared that right up with your reply. So thanks, and I look forward to running into y'all in the bookstore OR at the movies!Greg Pincushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449684160718426340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22755318.post-9014150813739777832008-01-24T12:09:00.000-08:002008-01-24T12:09:00.000-08:00I was hoping you'd chime in on that.I was hoping you'd chime in on that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22755318.post-20866827104901048212008-01-24T11:27:00.000-08:002008-01-24T11:27:00.000-08:00Hi, I'm Jon Bard, the editor of Children's Writing...Hi, I'm Jon Bard, the editor of Children's Writing Update, the ezine you cite.<BR/><BR/>You make an utterly valid point. I suppose the reason for the use of "director" versus "writer or director" (or "powers that be" or "creative forces behind the film" or whatever else may have been more inclusive) was that we were more focused on making a point about what children's book writers can take from watching a movie than being as accurate or as thorough as we could have been about the movie making process.<BR/><BR/>In the end, the identity of the person behind a decision to craft a film one way or another isn't specifically relevent to the point we were making, so we glossed over it without quite enough consideration.<BR/><BR/>So, point taken. We, of all people, should be at the forefront of celebrating the work that writers do, regardless of genre. And, as the current labor situation would indicate, the greatest directors in the world can't create great films without great writers.<BR/><BR/>Screenwriters, please accept our humble apologies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22755318.post-1720863211188934272008-01-24T08:59:00.000-08:002008-01-24T08:59:00.000-08:00I'd add that a good director can take a good scrip...I'd add that a good director can take a good script and make a great movie, but no director can take a bad script and make a great movie. Better? Yes. Beautiful? Yes. But good? Nope!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com