Sterling Terrell

recovering economist

In Praise Of Short Chapters

In Praise Of Short Chapters

In praise of short chapters?

In praise of all short writing.

Because blathering on and on is easy.

Short impactful sentences are hard.

And like I have said before – a certain chapter or a certain blog post does not have to be the end-all-be-all treatise on what I think about a given issue.

I mean, I have written about short blog posts before. And here.

The hilarious part is that this passage below is the entirety of chapter 26.

Ha!

LATELY READERS HAVE begun to complain about my short chapters, although in my opinion there is no particular reason why a chapter should be long. Does one complain to Rimbaud because of the brevity of his verse? In fact I am old and there are very many subjects about which I have something to say—just not much.

-Larry McMurtry, Hollywood (Amazon)

How Much Does A Scriptwriter Get Paid?

How Much Does A Scriptwriter Get Paid?

So, how much does a scriptwriter get paid?

The answer is a lot.

And this was in the 80’s!

Can you imagine today?

You might work alone. Maybe with a writing partner. But turning out a screenplay every six months or so for $250,000 a pop…

I mean, call me.

Heck, I’ll take a stab at one for $100,000.

The goal is writing – getting paid for it is the icing.

IN THE MID to late 80s I was very active as a scriptwriter; I got job after job, mainly because I priced myself at the low end of the market. I’d ask for a simple $ 250,000 and get it easily. I would do the traditional two drafts and a polish and trot right along to the next job.

-Larry McMurtry, Hollywood (Amazon)

Sterling Terrell