Carrie Fisher talking about screenwriting

[theoducati]

there is any subtitles for this doc?

[Custom09]

this Doc was a little disappointing . It felt like it needed to be longer and have more footage from the people that were successes talk. They would say some gold mines of information and then they would cut them off after one sentence and were back to the aspiring writers. I liked seeing the other writers struggle , because it showed you that part of the biz where you start, and how they can fail, but it needed more insight from the pros because they told you much more about the business.

[myrtlebox]

"They OWN your ass."

...I wouldn't mind being a slave for $100k/week

[gaozhi2007]

she and i would so be buds.

[notevenhere]

"They own your ass."

[west7productions]

I like her , but she is ego inflated.

Not a hugely successful writer.

Her books are just okay.

She is not an incredibly skilled actress. If she was she wouldnt have only been in mostly B movies.

Loved her in the Burbs, though.

Have no clue how she ever became some an authority on screenwriting/.

[Bahia82]

Actually she was a very demand "script doctor", she wrote the dialogue for julia roberts role as tinker bell,, leatheal weapon rene russo dialogue, my girl 2, sister act, weeding singer, etc. She's more successful then you know

[west7productions]

Sadly I was very aware of the tripe you mention. I stand behind my original post.

[Bahia82]

LOL, Oky well you cant say I didnt try

[iffytiffylove]

@Bahia82 julia roberts was tinkerbell???

[InThisMyLife]

First, I must say to you this: You are a hater. If you are going to dog on Carrie Fisher, why watch her footage at all? You say you like her, but your comment speaks otherwise.

Second: She became an icon at age 19. What the fuck did YOU accomplish in your teen years?

Third: Most of her books have been best sellers. How many best sellers do YOU have? NONE!!

Fourth: She's had a wall of shit fall on her and she manages to be ever-gracious and eternally witty.

I think you're just jeaous.

[west7productions]

Or maybe I am simply saying she has no business being a directing judge on tv.

[Choefoe]

@west7productions Being in B movies as you call it maybe has to with the fact she had fame at 19, never got ridd of the Leia syndrom again and daughter of very famous parents, does not always work in your advantage. But if George Lucus ask her to help her write young Indiana Jones and help with the SW prequals,yep, guess she,s overrated as a script writer then , ???

[west7productions]

@Choefoe I think you actually just made my point.

[Choefoe]

@west7productions Guess only at he first part, but George Lucas doesn,t hire someone out of pity etc, he get,s the best because he can affort it;-) So you can say she found her real tallent.That,s my point;-)

[spacecowboy5000]

She is awesome. A great writer and funny too. Plus I think she's hotter than when she played that princess chick.

[djchrist15]

i love you know matter how old you get

[229095]

I fully agree. Something about her...okay, everything about her...

[djchrist15]

yea there is something that attracts me to her even though im 14 and she is 52

[MadScout]

Carrie rules!!!

[JonathansGurl91]

There are no such things as Three Acts in a movie.

[Limewan]

-_-

head

body

end.

[columbusmozart]

Exposition

Development

Denouncement

[TestOnly46]

Everything is in three acts, even TV scripts. It may not say it at the top of the page, but you should think of your script in three parts leading toward a climax. It's just the natural order. Even a television season can be divided up into three acts - any form of drama is and can.

[229095]

I wish there weren't, but there be such a thing, it's called the "3-act structure."

[ajwalker86]

"...and if you don't, they are pissed off at you." I love her! Thanks so much for posting!

[jmacgirl1]

She's amazing!

[kskelt]

Carrie is awesome! Straight talking, funny and clever.

[chrisfischer]

Carrie you crazy I love me some Leia

[xMelissaLadyVaderx]

carrie i love you!..you rock