Page One: “Born on the Fourth of July” (1989) Screenplay by Oliver Stone & Ron Kovic, book by Ron Kovic
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 2 This is the 14th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Several reasons which I’ll work…
Go Into The Story Interview: Lexie Tran My interview with 2022 Black List writer for her script It’s a Wonderful Story.
The Theology of Cinema: Grace “Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid. I am with you. Nothing can ever separate us.”
Interview (Video): Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Since The Big Lebowski is being re-released in select theaters on April 16th, here is a 1998 interview with the cinematic duo about the…
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 1 This is the 14th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Several reasons which I’ll work…
Interview (Part 6): Lexie Tran My interview with 2022 Black List writer for her script It’s a Wonderful Story.
Hollywood Tales Orson Welles, famed for his obsessive perfectionism, once spent an entire day making alterations to a garbage dump — “Move that ketchup…
2023 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 31 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Interview (Part 5): Lexie Tran My interview with 2022 Black List writer for her script It’s a Wonderful Story.
There are no useless ideas “If it is true that the best way to come up with a good idea is to generate lots of them, that means we will intersect with plenty of ideas…
Is the key to creativity “unlearning”? What if everything we have learned in our lives has actually diminished our creativity?
2023 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 30 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Interview (Part 4): Lexie Tran My interview with 2022 Black List writer for her script It’s a Wonderful Story.
Interviews I’ve done over the years This is my tenure year at DePaul University. Part of that process involves pulling together basically everything I’ve ever done creatively…
Spec Script Deal: “The Pick Up” Amazon Studios acquires comedy spec script “The Pick Up” written by Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider. Via Deadline:
Page One: “The Bling Ring” (2013) Written by Sofia Coppola, based on a Vanity Fair article by Nancy Jo Sales
2023 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 29 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Interview (Part 3): Lexie Tran My interview with 2022 Black List writer for her script It’s a Wonderful Story.
