Jeffrey Alan Schechter

As of today, the downloadable version of Contour is the fifth most popular product being sold by The Writers Store in LA!  Whoo-hoo!   Now, if only we could do something about those damn brass fasteners…

Overall Impression – It’s THE 39 CLUES for adults that is so winningly cast and so slickly produced that you barely realize that nothing’s at stake. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? – Ben Gates. What’s he trying to accomplish? – Professional: Find the City of Gold. Personal: Prove that his great-great-grand father was […]

Not the movie, I’m talking about gender neutrality.  Contour, having been developed by a sexist pig (me) always referred to the protagonist in the masculine.  Actually, I’m kidding about the sexist pig thing.  I hope. In actuality there is a debate in academic circles about gender neutrality and I had relied on the school of thought, […]

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“PLEASE DON’T PAY PEOPLE TO READ YOUR WORK.”This was the subject line of a thread on a popular screenwriting message board. The writer was a frequent contributor to the message board with very strong opinions on a variety of subjects. The author of the message went on to say that he had never paid to have […]