About Jonathan
Just moved to the big bad city of Los Angeles and am going to try my hand at being awesome. In the meantime, I'll write screenplays, specs, novels and work on my webcomic that I've been trudging through for a bajillion years. There's a slight chance I listen to way awesome music and that you don't. I'm also a contrarian and I get strong urges to hate on things a majority of people love. Still with me? Good.
Jonathan On Stuff
Screenwriting Archive
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On A New City, and Stuff
Posted on August 30, 2010 | View CommentsI suppose I should make some kind of post about life as I know it right now. Decided that I was done with Chicago and moved my ass all the way over to the west coast to live out a life of fame and fortune.... -
On Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Posted on August 16, 2010 | View CommentsI’d like to get a couple of important details squared away with you first before I start rambling about why I think Scott Pilgrim is one of the top mainstream films this year. First of all, I’m a writer. As such, I believe in the... -
Eleven Day Steampunk
Posted on April 13, 2010 | View CommentsApril 1st came around and two things happened: I completely forgot that it was April Fools Day and I began the screenwriting boot camp known as Script Frenzy. If you’ll recall, I wrote earlier about my plans to write two scripts to make up for... -
Outlining Is Useful After All
Posted on March 30, 2010 | View CommentsThey teach you in film school that outlining your films is an important step in the screenwriting process. Oftentimes, students ignore this lesson and just wing it, letting the characters do what they “were meant to do.” This was the method I applied to writing... -
A Most Ambitious Frenzy
Posted on March 28, 2010 | View CommentsLast year I failed Script Frenzy. I had a good idea, but I just didn’t have the commitment to the event that I needed to see the project through. From a writing perspective, I had gotten too mired in plot and “revise-as-you-go,” a screenwriter’s worst... -
On Tim Burton’s Alice
Posted on January 5, 2010 | View CommentsI love the Alice in Wonderland story. In fact, I read the book a few times in high school, watched the old movie, played the hell out of American McGee’s Alice and often thought about how I’d take a stab at the story if I... -
If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Remake It
Posted on December 6, 2009 | View CommentsI’ve got a rather novel idea that I’d like to share with the world, something which I think everyone can agree with on some basic level. Something, which when I say it you’ll say “amen” under your breath. Ready for it? We don’t *need* remakes.... -
On Writing Despite The Void
Posted on August 17, 2009 | View CommentsWriter’s block is a terrible tragedy that befalls even the best of writers. How they get through this debacle varies. Some take a walk to clear their mind, some eat a bunch of junk food, some watch movies, some take drugs, and so on and... -
On The Things I Do
Posted on August 13, 2009 | View CommentsI’ve been kind of a busy bee these past few weeks with various projects and just trying to get things moving in a forward momentum. I thought I would let you know how those things are going, in case you….you know…actually cared! Technicolor Commentary The... -
On Crossovers (Hint: They’re Bad)
Posted on August 11, 2009 | View CommentsThe short answer: Crossovers in television are bad news. The lengthier answer: Crossovers in television are generally bad news. I was directed to an article about the future season of Fox’s flagship series BONES and how they were considering a crossover from LIE TO ME,...