Do you need technical advice for your latest script? Technically Speaking finds free resources and expert information for writers and talks with the authorities in the field.
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November '09: |
Nurse Susie
Susie Schelling, a nursing consultant for ER, Nip/Tuck and Hawthorne dispels some medical misnomers including why doctors never yell, “Get me a (fill-in-the-blank), STAT!”.
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October '09: |
Love at First Write
Are romantic comedies bad for your love life? Technically Speaking gets relationship advice from Dr. Wendy Walsh and asks the love guru where writers can find the next great rom-com..
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August '09: |
Mob Rules
Joaquin “Jack” Garcia, an FBI agent who spent years infiltrating the Gambino crime family, knowing his life depended on getting his facts right, gives up the goods on where to get the straight mob dope.
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July '09: |
Writing on the Beat
LAPD veteran-turned-TV writer Randy Walker tells Technically Speaking what writers really need to know about life behind the badge.
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June '09: |
A Few Compassionate Men
Sergeant Major James Dever USMC (Ret) on how screenwriters can keep their Marine Corps-themed scripts Semper Fi.
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May '09: |
Occult Status
Hollywood’s go-to mystic consultant Mary Kara dispels some myths about the occult.
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April '09: |
Writing Islam Right
Michael Wolfe, co-director of Muslims on Screen and Television, a free resource center for writers, tells Technically Speaking how Hollywood can portray Muslim characters more accurately.
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March '09: |
Inside the Intel
Milton Bearden, a retired CIA officer and tech advisor on The Good Shepherd and Charlie Wilson’s War, cuts to the chase about spy genre myths.
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February '09: |
Friday Night Writes
Just because you dominated your fantasy league doesn’t mean you know football well enough to write a script about it. Just ask Allan Graf.
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January '09: |
Kung Fu Writing
Pat E. Johnson, a ninth degree black belt and stuntman/fight coordinator on films from Enter the Dragon to Karate Kid, focuses his chi on movie martial arts.
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December '08: |
The Psychiatrist and the Screenplay
Sopranos consultant Dr. Glen Gabbard, analyzes Hollywood’s treatment of psychiatric disorders and recommends where to get (technical) advice.
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November '08: |
Trial and Error
Need some expert counsel for the trial scene in your next script? Technically Speaking finds out where to go for legal advice.
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August '08: |
The Doctor is In
Dr. D.P. Lyle, an author and consultant for House, CSI: Miami, and other shows lists some of the medical facts that writers always seem to get wrong - and right.
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