Tag Archives: Jon Manchip White

Settling Down While Still Flapping Around

Posted on April 30, 2018 by aamontgomery

During my only graduate-level writing course at the University of Tennessee, Professor Jon Manchip White, an ex-patriate from Wales as well as from Hollywood where he spent his screenwriting days, advised us that we would-be writers should keep a commonplace … Continue reading →

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The Best (and Worst) Movies of a Disappointing Movie Year: 2014

Posted on December 27, 2014 by aamontgomery

When I was 5 years old in the final days of August 1963, we visited Daddy’s relatives who lived just outside Washington, DC, in Silver Spring, Maryland. My family was not politically aware: Daddy concerned himself with trying to make … Continue reading →

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A Commonplace, Extraordinary Man

Posted on September 12, 2013 by aamontgomery

“If a movie doesn’t have any characters that you care about it, it fails. It is not a good movie.” Dr. Jon Manchip White said to our class of English graduate students and would-be writers at the University of Tennessee … Continue reading →

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