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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August '10: |
Pen Pacific
For writers researching World War II, the volume of information on the subject can be daunting. Historian and The Pacific author Hugh Ambrose tells Technically Speaking where to find the resources to successfully accomplish your mission.
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July '10: |
To Script a Thief
Are you plotting a heist film? Technically Speaking asks one of the world’s foremost stolen artifact recovery experts what a master thief needs to know about real-life art crime before pulling off that one last, big score.
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June '10: |
Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby
Sex therapist Dr. Laura Berman talks candidly with Technically Speaking about the myths movies and TV perpetuate about sexuality and explains just what exactly is a “furry.”
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May '10: |
Just Say Know
What message should Hollywood send when it comes to the portrayal of recreational drug use? Pharmacology expert Dr. Cynthia Kuhn tells Technically Speaking to keep it real.
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April '10: |
Murder 101
Despite what movies and TV might have you believe, serial killers don’t play cat and mouse and aren’t particularly bright. Criminal profiler Pat Brown tells Technically Speaking what goes on in the mind of a real murderer.
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March '10: |
What Happens in Vegas
Craps dealer-turned-tech advisor Robb Conner tells Technically Speaking what really goes on at casinos and why he thinks the Mob was better at running Sin City than the corporations.
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February '10: |
Write Wing Politics
Political commentator and West Wing writer Patrick Caddell gives Technically Speaking an opinionated look at how presidential politics are portrayed in Hollywood..
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December '09: |
The Truth About Santa Claus
The Man in the Big Red Suit takes time from his busy holiday schedule to speak with Technically Speaking and set the record straight..
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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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