On Writing “Finishing a story is truly the most amazing experience in the world.… It’s like being on the most fantastic, perfect drugs. I feel like I…
2023 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 10 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Deadline’s Strike Talk Podcast Episode 18: Billy Ray in conversation with movie producer Jennifer Fox.
Script To Screen: “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” The three escapees encounter the movie’s version of The Sirens.
Writing Tip: Why You Should Write Three Pages of Garbage Every Day “Freewriting forces you to keep moving forward, keep creating, without a thought given to quality.”
Update: WGA Negotiating Committee “We have made it clear that we will negotiate with one or more of the major studios, outside the confines of the AMPTP, to establish the…
2023 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 9 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Script To Screen: “Out Of Sight” A memorable scene from the 1998 Out Of Sight, screenplay by Scott Frank, novel by Elmore Leonard.
Writing Tip: Writing Weekend For 48 hours, nothing but writing. No Internet. No phone calls. No TV. Just you. And your story.
Page One: “Ides of March” (2011) Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon, based on a play by Beau Willimon
2023 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 8 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Writing Tip: One Page Per Day You can write two entire spec scripts in one year if you only write one page per day. Two. Complete. Feature. Spec. Scripts.
2023 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 7 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity
Writing Tip: Pomodoro Technique Break up writing tasks into 25–50 minute segments with a reward at the end of each completed one.
2023 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 6 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Character Development Keys Starting September 18, my 1-week online class not only immerses you in five key archetypes, you also use them to workshop one of your…
