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Take 23 - Blind writer Ryan Knighton, Cockeyed, In the Dark

Take 23 - Blind writer Ryan Knighton, Cockeyed, In the Dark

FromScreaming into the Hollywood Abyss


Take 23 - Blind writer Ryan Knighton, Cockeyed, In the Dark

FromScreaming into the Hollywood Abyss

ratings:
Length:
48 minutes
Released:
May 5, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We talk to the extraordinary Ryan Knighton, a blind writer of books and TV.He explains how blindness helps him with the art of describing scenes, using the time he doesn't spend on driving and video games to perfect his craft and the risks of being typecast and only being asked to work on visual impairment projects.Ryan also talks about the advantage of pitching without seeing people's responses, how he uses nudging with his assistant to help him and whether or not he thinks he has lost projects because of his disabililty.He explains how he got in to TV writing because nobody else would adapt his book, the pacing and musicality of language and the time he was forced to do a large rewrite just because an executive was changing roles and needed to buy time.And he talks about his love of surfing.
Released:
May 5, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Behind the glitz and glamor, Hollywood can be brutal. For every success, there are many more rejections and failures. Screaming into the Hollywood Abyss explores that world and each week a new guest will talk about dealing with rejection, failure and adversity in the entertainment industry. Writer Noah Evslin and podcaster Dan Rutstein ask the questions.