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The Dead Spot of ST:TMP
Star Trek: The Motion Picture was released 42 years ago yesterday. Like most Trekkies I have a lot of fascination with this film: the...
Lukas Kendall
Dec 8, 20213 min read


Screenplay Contest FAIL
The above screen cap was posted on twitter by a writer named Dave Crosman. It looks to me like it was written by an A.I. I loosely follow...
Lukas Kendall
Dec 3, 20216 min read


Scott Saslow Art
Scott Saslow is a terrific graphic designer who followed Film Score Monthly for years as a passionate soundtrack collector. When I was...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 30, 20212 min read


Directing Mistakes
I am almost finished watching season one of Cowboy Bebop on Netflix. Sorry to say, I am having a lot of problems with it. I have a policy...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 28, 20217 min read


Cowboy Bebop Goes Netflix
I have been looking forward to the new Cowboy Bebop live-action series possibly more than any other show in recent memory. I love the...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 20, 20216 min read


Making the I Spy CDs
One of the earliest FSM albums that I remember putting special attention into was the first CD we did from I Spy, the groundbreaking...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 16, 20219 min read


Begging for Money!
There’s no dignified way to write a begging letter. And I should know, I’ve written a lot of them! Here’s my best attempt from a Screen...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 15, 20212 min read


My Viral #Screenwriting Tweet
Yesterday I tweeted something which, by my standards, went viral. (I don’t have many Twitter followers.) Above is a screenshot, here’s...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 10, 20212 min read


The Critical Drinker
Somehow I discovered a YouTube vlogger named Will Jordan, who goes by “The Critical Drinker” (exaggerating his natural Scottish accent)...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 6, 20212 min read


Jess Gabor’s Short Film, BARBIE
Our star from our short film, “Sky Fighter,” JESS GABOR, has written and directed a short of her own, and it’s terrific! Link above, but...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 5, 20213 min read


What a Bonfire
I watched The Bonfire of the Vanities on HBOMax. I was looking at the A–Z of movies in the TCM section, it came up (this is why cheapo...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 2, 20212 min read


Why I Won’t Be a Popular Blogger
I’ve enjoyed blogging about screenwriting, but it’s occurring to me why I’ll never be a popular blogger (not that I particularly want to...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 24, 20211 min read


Amateur Screenwriters: We’re Doing This All Wrong!
I have spent some time on “Screenwriting Twitter” following aspiring/emerging screenwriters and sometimes engaging in their...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 21, 202113 min read


Screenpit on Twitter
There was something yesterday called “Screenpit” (short for “Screenpitch”) which was meant to be a free showcase for screenwriters to...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 14, 20214 min read


Screenplay Loglines
When you try to break in as a screenwriter, you quickly discover that nobody wants to read your script. You also learn that, if they do...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 13, 20213 min read


ST:TNG First Season Scripts
The nightly reruns of Star Trek: The Next Generation on H&I have rolled over from season one to two, and it’s as good a time as any to...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 6, 20212 min read


Pitching Enterprise
Yesterday I talked about my early attempts writing Star Trek: The Next Generation spec scripts circa 1991, when I was 16–17. I went to...
Lukas Kendall
Sep 30, 20213 min read


My Star Trek: The Next Generation Spec Scripts
This is the first script I ever wrote, a spec submission to Star Trek: The Next Generation circa 1991. I was 16. I think I found it in my...
Lukas Kendall
Sep 29, 20216 min read


Notes on Short Films
I spent a year and way too much money to make a 15-minute sci-fi short film. It was a demanding, stressful experience that I thought...
Lukas Kendall
Sep 21, 202114 min read
Indy!
Showtime has been showing the four Indiana Jones movies. I love watching them—even the ones I like less (more below)—because Spielberg’s...
Lukas Kendall
Sep 16, 20214 min read
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