Separation as a Theme in Pixar Movies “When we step back from the movies Pixar has produced and look at them with a meta view, it is surprisingly — and blindingly — obvious how…
There is no right way to write Learn all you can, but ultimately it’s about your Stories and your Creative Self.
Writing and the Creative Life: Three Types of Creators Perfecter. Innovator. Synthesizer. Which type of creative are you?
Daily Dialogue — September 13, 2019 “And there goes the Challenger, being chased by the blue, blue meanies on wheels. The vicious traffic squad cars are after our lone driver…
2019 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 12 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
“What if I’m writing a script, but want to start another one?” Time to stack projects… or is this simply an example of the Shiny Object Syndrome?
Spec Script Deal: “When Michael Met Carrie… and Other People” Universal Pictures acquires romantic comedy spec script “When Michael Met Carrie… and Other People” written by Meredith Dawson. From…
The Business of Screenwriting: Do you know your stuff? It’s one thing to write a script. It’s another thing to understand the craft.
Daily Dialogue — September 12, 2019 Air Traffic Controller: TWA 517 do you want to report a UFO, over? TWA 517 do you want to report a UFO, over? TWAPilot: [over radio]…
2019 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 11 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
The Low-Down on High Concept “In defining ‘high concept,’ we need to be specific: It’s a story idea which can be summed up in 1–2 lines.”
Reader Question: How to approach writing a villain Protagonist? Three keys to crafting a Bad Guy who is your story’s Protagonist.
Daily Dialogue — September 11, 2019 Quentin: Gentlemen, I have some good news and some bad news. Which would you prefer? Thick Kevin: Good news. Quentin: Okay. The good news…
2019 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 10 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivit
Character Archetype ‘Masks’ Any character can don the ‘mask’ of any archetype in any scene or any relationship, but that does not change their primary archetype…
Screenwriting 101: Aline Brosh McKenna “There are two things that are the mark of a great writer: How well you exposition and how well you do your transition.”
2019 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 9 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
The Problem with Script Literalists “Stories are not a series of widgets. This fact disquiets a certain portion of writers who wish they could reduce writing a story to some…
On Writing “I have come to see this fear, this sense of my own imperilment by my creations, as not only an inevitable, necessary part of writing…
Daily Dialogue — September 9, 2019 “My name is Jordan Rivers and these here are the Soggy Bottom Boys outta Cottonelia Mississippi… Songs of Salvation to Salve the Soul. We…
2019 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 8 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
