Writing and the Creative Life: “Come to the edge” Going beyond the edge of the Old World into the New World can be a terrifying experience, but a necessary one for the transformation…
The Great Backfiring: Did This Move Just Add Weeks to the Strike? The studios released their proposals into the wild. The writers are crying foul.
Screenwriting Tip: How to Handle Blocks of Scene Description Think of each paragraph as a camera shot… with a catch.
Script Analysis: “Glass Onion” — Part 4: Themes A week-long analysis of the Oscar-nominated screenplay. Download. Read. Discuss.
Writers on Character Quotes from professional writers about the importance of characters in the story-writing process.
Why Protecting the Writers Room Is Good for Studios’ Bottom Line “I’ve heard showrunners give me the same advice over and over: when you’re in this seat, you got to learn to delegate. But that only works…
Writing Tip: The Commuting Writer If your commute to work is a half-hour or longer, get in the habit of using that time on your writing projects.
Script Analysis: “Glass Onion” — Part 3: Characters A week-long analysis of the Oscar-nominated screenplay. Download. Read. Discuss.
Why Creative People May Feel More Anxiety “Why won’t the words come? And what if they’re the wrong words? Know what? I hate words!”
Hollywood Therapists See Mental Health Effects of Dual Strikes Depression, anxiety and feelings of “powerlessness” and “loss of identity” are taking hold during the entertainment industry’s ongoing work…
Writing Tip: From Zero Draft… to Hero Draft “There are no mistakes. There are CHOICES. We have a scene. Or a character. Or a dialogue exchange. Whatever we’re writing, it represents…
Script Analysis: “Glass Onion” — Part 2: Plot A week-long analysis of the Oscar-nominated screenplay. Download. Read. Discuss.
Screenwriting 101: John Michael Hayes “I like to write dialogue. It’s one of my skills, character and dialogue. Hitchcock, of course, grew up in silent films, and all those…
Page One: “House of Gucci” (2021) Screenplay by Becky Johnstonand Roberto Bentivegna, story by Becky Johnston, based on the book “The House of Gucci” by Sara Gay Forden
Deadline’s Strike Talk Podcast Episode 16: Billy Ray in conversation with long-time producers Gale Anne Hurd and Glen Basner.
Pound Out That First Draft! Go from FADE IN to FADE OUT in my upcoming online writing workshop. Starts August 28!
Script Analysis: “Glass Onion” — Part 1: Scene-By-Scene Breakdown A week-long analysis of the Oscar-nominated screenplay. Download. Read. Discuss.
On Writing “Writing a book, I quickly found out, was a crash course in anxiety. Years of being locked in a room with nothing but my thoughts, my…
Bob Iger, Ted Sarandos, and David Zaslav’s Bad-PR Summer With Hollywood’s writers and actors on strike, studio bosses were obvious candidates to be cast as the villains. Some believe they played…
Go Into The Story Interview: Kristen Tepper My interview with 2022 Black List writer for her script Better Luck Next Time.
Writing Tip: There is no right way to write Learn all you can, but ultimately it’s about your Stories and your Creative Self.
