Articles & Other Works

Articles

Please Stop Talking I have to use the Bathroom

by Lisa Lutz, originally published in Friction Magazine (December 2, 2002)

Some people never stop talking, and some people, Lisa Lutz among them, just can't get away from these ramblers to find some peace and quiet. Read right here.

Confessions of a Hollywood sellout

by Lisa Lutz, originally published on Salon.com (February 2005)

There is no self-help group out there for a screenwriter who wasted a decade of her life rewriting a straight-to-video mob farce. Read on Salon.com.

Writings in Other Books

Don't Forget to Write

This book offers 50 creative writing lesson plans from the imaginative and highly acclaimed 826 National writing labs. Lisa's contribution includes a lesson plan for the collection: "How to Write a Fan Letter Without Getting a Restraining Order." Find out more.

Advice

Ask Lutz

Lisa's acclaimed advice column. Read right here.

Screenplay

Plan B

Greg Yaitanes, director; Lisa Lutz, writer (2001)

The movie Variety calls “torturously unfunny." Here's a synopsis of the plot, courtesy of Amazon.com: A meek bookkeeper, and widow of a New York Mob victim, must become the hit man for the Mob boss in order to pay back her husband's debt. Instead of carrying out the deeds, she drives each of her proposed victims down to Florida to hide at her estranged brother's house. The boss gets wind that the victims may not be dead, and pays a visit to Florida, where he uncovers her flimsy plan and the hilarity ensues. Buy on Amazon.com or rent from Netflix.