Contour At The Movies

Today I had the opportunity to interview Penny Penniston, the author of “Talk the Talk: A Dialogue Workshop for Screenwriters.”  It was great to hear a perspective about how to write good dialogue from someone who thinks about it day in and day out.

We had a great time chatting about David Mamet, status, David Mamet, and why good dialogue is like wine.  And David Mamet.

This is the first of a series of podcasts I’m calling “MWP Authors Speak Out.”  Interspersed with my other subjects, I’m going to interview authors from the Michael Wiese Productions stable of writers.  If you don’t think you know who or what MWP is…well…you’re wrong!  You probably own several of their books such as “Save the Cat”, “The Writer’s Journey”, and “Your Screenplay Sucks” among many, many others.  MWP is also the publisher of my upcoming book, “My Story Can Beat Up Your Story!”

You can hear my interview with Penny by CLICKING HERE or by searching for the podcast under the name “My Story Can Beat Up Your Story!” on iTunes.  Enjoy!

– Jeffrey Alan Schechter

I had the good fortune today of interviewing the very gracious Chris Stevens, co-founder of Atomic Antelope, the people who have  single-handedly ushered in a new era in digital media with the release of the Alice for the iPad book app.

On the podcast, Chris and I chat about finding success as a writer in unexpected ways, satisfying the creative urge, and what it’s like to see Oprah Winfrey interact with something you created just a few weeks ago.  You can hear the podcast by CLICKING HERE.

Thanks again, Chris.  Sorry about the crack about wanting to milk you…

– Jeffrey Alan Schechter

P.S. As the podcasts are new, if you felt like rating them on iTunes and even saying a few kind words in a review, that would greatly appreciated.

My first few attempts at posting My Story Can Beat Up Your Story podcasts are now available on iTunes.   You can find them by CLICKING HERE.

At the moment the format for the podcasts is an elaboration of some of the reviews posted here, starting with IRON MAN 2 and KICK-ASS.  They’re very similar to the printed review, only with a bit more, uh, me.

Please give them a listen and subscribe.  Also, please start posting some reviews and ratings on iTunes.  And if you have any suggestions either for how to improve either the quality of the podcast or ideas about content you’d like to hear, don’t be shy about letting me know.

– Jeffrey Alan Schechter