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Features<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Limelight and the Wilderness<\/strong>
\nFrost\/Nixon<\/em> writer Peter Morgan explores the psychology of ambition while adapting his hit stage play about the notorious\u00a01977 TV interviews between the British chat show host and the disgraced leader of the free world.
\nBY AMY DAWES<\/p>\n

A Life in Reverse: Eric Roth on the curious work of adapting Benjamin Button<\/em><\/strong>
\nThe screenwriter draws a full-blooded epic from F. Scott\u00a0Fitzgerald’s pithy short story and discovers that a life lived backward isn’t radically different.
\nBY JASON DAVIS<\/p>\n

A Writer’s Guide to the Expanding World of Basic Cable<\/strong>
\nHow to get up to speed on the new market for television writers in the once-barren, now-burgeoning basic cable universe.
\nBY SHELLEY GABERT<\/p>\n

Defiance<\/strong>
\nCo-writer\/director Edward Zwick teams up with childhood friend Clayton Frohman to illuminate a lost piece of World War II history as they chronicle the Bielski brothers’ fiercely violent acts of heroism and, of course, defiance.
\nBY JEFF GOLDSMITH<\/p>\n

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PEOPLE & NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Buzz<\/strong>
\nLongtime literary agent Nancy Nigrosh laments the industry’s revolving-door approach to writing feature films.<\/p>\n

Breaking In<\/strong>
\nHow Ryan Condal dodged a bean counter’s life and wrote his way into his super-hero dreams<\/p>\n

Operation Checkmate:<\/em> Jessica Postigo lands the assignment for a real-life thriller about the Colombian hostage rescue.<\/p>\n

People<\/strong>
\nChris Thornton drew inspiration from his own challenges to write Sympathy for Delicious<\/em>, a drama about a wheelchair-bound DJ that starts shooting this December.<\/p>\n

Anatomy of a Spec Sale<\/strong>
\nScience Fair<\/em> won a blue ribbon from Disney for Creative Screenwriting<\/em> fan John Sullivan.<\/p>\n

Why I Write<\/strong>
\nThe in-your face energy of India that Simon Beaufoy discovered during his research for Slumdog Millionaire<\/em> unleashed the melodramatic writer within him.<\/p>\n

Legal Brief<\/strong>
\nIn this new column, L.A. entertainment attorney Chad Fitzgerald explains when you’ll need a lawyer and why.<\/p>\n

Lost Scenes: The Day the Earth Stood Still<\/em><\/strong>
\nEdmund H. North slowly realized that in order to move forward while writing the original film, he had to wave goodbye to the last remnants of the short story.<\/p>\n

Gift Guide<\/strong>
\nSome holiday seasons you get what you need, especially when gift-givers get clued in with this helpful guide to what s out there for writers<\/p>\n

Product Review<\/strong>
\nStoryist for Mac gets inside writers’ heads.<\/p>\n

The Pulse smarten offers a savvier way to take notes.<\/p>\n

Last Words<\/strong>
\nOpposition stalks openly gay San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk in Milk<\/em>, by Dustin Lance Black.<\/p>\n

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COLUMNS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Agent’s Hot Sheet
\n<\/strong>End of the World as We Know It<\/strong>
\n<\/em>As Wall Street burns, can\u00a0Hollywood survive?
\nBY JIM CIRILE<\/p>\n

Our Craft<\/strong>
\nIt’s All About Relationships<\/em><\/strong>
\nWhat does your hero want from others, and what do they want from him?
\nBY KARL IGLESIAS<\/p>\n

The XX Factor
\n<\/strong>The Vampire Slayer
\n<\/strong><\/em>Melissa Rosenberg flexes her own powers to adapt cult favorite Twilight<\/em> for the screen.
\nBY AMY DAWES<\/p>\n

Guest Column
\n<\/strong>D.I.Y. Diary, Part 2
\n<\/strong><\/em>Ian Gurvitz moves into production during his high-risk half-million-dollar adventure into directing and producing with his screenplay L.A. Blues<\/em>.
\nBY IAN GURVITZ<\/p>\n

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NOW PLAYING<\/strong><\/p>\n

Milk
\n<\/strong><\/em>Almost 30 ears after Harvey Milk’s murder, screenwriter Dustin Lance Black brings the story of San Francisco’s first gay elected official to the big screen.
\nBY PETER DEBRUGE<\/p>\n

Doubt<\/strong><\/em>
\nJohn Patrick Shanley powers through doubts of his own to write and direct a powerhouse screen version of his Pulitzer-winning play.
\nBY AMY DAWES<\/p>\n

The Wrestler
\n<\/em><\/strong>Screenwriter Robert Siegel, former editor-in-chief of The Onion<\/em>, writes the role of a lifetime for Mickey Rourke.
\nBY PETER CLINES<\/p>\n

Seven Pounds<\/em><\/strong>
\nA chance encounter with a former rocket scientist propels sitcom writer Grant Nieporte into the feature film circuit.
\nBY SEAN KENNELLY<\/p>\n

Australia<\/strong><\/em>
\nCo-writers Stuart Beattie and Richard Flanagan teamed with Baz Luhrmann to dramatize the greatest and darkest moments in Australia’s history.
\nBY PETER CLINES<\/p>\n

The Day the Earth Stood Still
\n<\/strong><\/em>David Scarpa’s take on a classic went through many stages.
\nBY PETER CLINES<\/p>\n

Marley & Me
\n<\/strong><\/em>Scott Frank steps outside his comfort zone to adapt a popular book that may be more about a marriage than a mutt.
\nBY DANNY MUNSO<\/p>\n

Role Models<\/em><\/strong>
\nFor the first time, Paul Rudd, David Wain and Ken Marino bring their unique brand of comedic writing to a studio movie
\nBY DANNY MUNSO<\/p>\n

Synecdoche, New York<\/strong><\/em>
\nOscar-winner Charlie Kaufman makes his writing-directing debut by doing what he does best\u2014defying mainstream expectations.
\nBY JEFF GOLDSMITH<\/p>\n

The Soloist<\/em><\/strong>
\nSusannah Grant adapts the true-life tale of a gifted but mentally disturbed musician.
\nBY SEAN KENNELLY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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