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"The Sports Guy" Tag Archive

April 20, 2006 » Screenwriters on Collaborative Authoring

I can’t believe I’m shilling for The Sports Guy again, but there’s a great excerpt from an interview he did with Brian Koppelman and David Levien, the screenwriters for Rounders, on collaborative authoring (emphasis mine):    (KGI) Simmons: Let’s talk about the whole “writing as a team” thing. Maybe it’s because I’m an only child, [...]

May 24, 2005 » Purple Numbers: Optimized for Synthesis

Chris Dent has been having some good exchanges about Purple Numbers with Adina Levin and Phil Jones. I don’t have much to add, as I think Chris is spot on. Two comments struck me, though.    (IQV) First, Phil claims that Purple Numbers are optimized for reading at the expense of writing. His point is [...]