2022 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference I will be back again moderating panels and giving a special presentation.
Reflections on Carl Jung: Make the Unconscious Conscious Carl Jung’s theory of individuation is directly applicable to the Protagonist’s journey in a screenplay.
Video: 20 Screenwriting Tips from Phoebe Waller-Bridge Advice from the creator of Fleabag and Killing Eve.
Screenwriting 101: Daniel Hanna “For me, what I really love is exploring a subculture. A subculture or a world, and then how people who I think are universal in their…
Or sonata form: Exposition. Development. Recapitulation. You might enjoy this: https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/aristotle-and-three-act-structure-dbe671abe543
The Protagonist’s Journey Word Cloud Logline Challenge Write a logline based on the descriptions of movies and television series featured in The Protagonist’s Journey … and win a free…
Reflections on Carl Jung: Are We Related to the Infinite or Not? The more I study Carl Jung, the more I discover his ideas about psychology have a direct relevance to screenwriting (specifically) and…
60 Second Screenwriter: What are some tips on rewriting a script? A video series addressing key screenwriting concerns in one minute.
On Writing “I really like having a community of trusted collaborators who can help me figure out very early whether material is alive and whether I’m…
Sundays with Sidney Lumet’s “Making Movies” A series featuring reflections on filmmaking by one of the truly great movie directors.
What makes a movie a big budget and a small budget? There are critical choices a writer can make at the script stage which directly influence a project’s budget… and its potential viability…
Video: “9 Rules For Good Exposition” Another in the excellent screenwriting series Raising the Stakes.
The Curse of Shiny Object Syndrome “It’s not quite ADD/ADHD. It’s more that a new idea captures your imagination and attention in such a way that you get distracted from the…
Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work: Adopt a Different Writing Persona This is a first in this humble blog’s history: Another Dumb Little Writing Trick That Work, only this one isn’t my idea, but from some…
Script To Screen: “Fight Club” The ending to the 1999 movie Fight Club, screenplay by Jim Uhls, novel by Chuck Palahniuk.
2022 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 30 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Writing and the Creative Life: What are you afraid of? The single greatest inhibitor to creativity is fear. Do you recognize any of these voices?
2022 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 29 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
