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Screenplaying for Keeps

What You Need to Win the Next Oscars

<em>Birdman</em>. <em>Boyhood</em>. <em>Whiplash</em>. You could have written those. But things happened. You got busy, and well... you didn’t write those things. But you’ll be ready for next year. As long as you secure the right foosball table.

A Killspencer Pencil Case

A Killspencer Pencil Case

This town can be so superficial. You know, the way everyone’s always judging you on your pencil holder. Or for occasionally still using pencils. To take notes. Or maybe you got this black leather one from Killspencer. It’s kind of a new idea. Hopefully the industry won’t feel too threatened.

An Inspiring Vintage Italian Typewriter

An Inspiring Vintage Italian Typewriter

It’s a beautiful orange typewriter made by Ettore Sottsass, a legendary Italian architect and typewriter designer. Anyway, it resembles a Transformer and has its own carrying case. For easy transporting back home when you realize the café was a terrible idea.

Altman, the Book

Altman, the Book

It’s a hardcover book of photos and stories detailing iconic director Robert Altman’s nearly 60-year journey making classics like MASH, Short Cuts and Nashville. Just do exactly what he did and you should be okay.

And Here’s a Journal About Your Coffee

And Here’s a Journal About Your Coffee

Wow, you’re really writing up a storm in that handsome leather journal you’ve got. Wonder what that script is about. Oh, it’s about your latte and where it falls on the productive caffeination spectrum. Got it. So where’s the conflict?

A ’50s Foosball Table

A ’50s Foosball Table

Sometimes a little downtime can spur great discoveries. And great discoveries can be perfect justifications for buying a cool antique foosball table for your writer’s room. Just saying.

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