A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 4 This is the 15th 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 my…
On Writing “Writers spend all their time preoccupied with just the things that their fellow men and women spend their time trying to avoid thinking…
Psychology of Storytelling: Dark Places “One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 3 This is the 15th 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 my…
Hollywood Tales: Someday someone will beat you to the punch If you traffic in high concept stories, chances are you’ll confront this scenario.
Writing Tip: Are You a Push Writer or a Pull Writer? Do you do your best creative work when you’re pushed… or pulled?
Page One: “Kingsman: The Secret Service” (2014) Screenplay by Jane Goldman & Matthew Vaughn, based on the comic book “The Secret Service” by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 2 This is the 15th 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…
Screenwriting 101: Diablo Cody “I don’t have a formal rewrite process. I just compulsively groom and re-groom scenes like a cat with OCD.”
Scene Description Spotlight: “Saving Private Ryan” I doubt anyone who has seen Saving Private Ryan — written by Robert Rodat, directed by Steven Spielberg — will ever forget the film’s…
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 1 This is the 15th 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…
On Writing “In any story there are three elements: persons, a situation, and the fact that in the end something has changed. If nothing has changed…
2025 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 31 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Go Into The Story Interview: Jack Waz My interview with the 2024 Black List writer for his script Decoys.
2025 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 30 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Screenwriting 101: Diablo Cody “I didn’t really look at it as teen-speak but more like weirdo language! Ellen Page just presents it in such a saucy way, too, and I’m kind…
Page One: “Kin” (2018) Screenplay by Daniel Casey, based on the short film “Bag Man” by Jonathan Baker & Josh Baker
2025 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 29 One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
