Learning how to write a screenplay, then fitting my story into the format, is fascinating. I haven't actually started putting any text into the fancy screenplay-writing software I purchased yet. But, I've been going over the parts of the Syd Field book, "Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting" that I marked up in yellow highlighter, and... Continue Reading →
Story updates
For those of you who have read the book, I have found out some new information, much of which came from some United Press stories back in the day: The reason Edward Vreeland was not administered scopolamine, a "truth serum" was because his brother, Charles, refused to allow authorities the privilege. - Sept. 24, 1925... Continue Reading →
Some puzzling questions
My most puzzling questions as they relate to the Buddy Schumacher case are: *Where did the handkerchief come from that killed Buddy? With such a fancy letter embroidered, it certainly didn’t belong to the first man questioned, Edward Vreeland, a hobo hanging around the outskirts of town. Not that he might not have used it... Continue Reading →
Paul J. Hoffman - Author/Publisher/Actor 