Joseph Campbell: “Where you stumble, there lies your treasure” Reprising a five part series to take us deeper into The Hero’s Journey.
Great Character: Arthur Edens (“Michael Clayton”) The Trickster is often the most interesting character in a movie. That stands to reason. They switch ‘masks’ with ease, changing…
Daily Dialogue — August 16, 2017 “After that my guess is that you will never hear from him again. The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did…
Joseph Campbell: “Every myth is psychologically symbolic” Reprising a five part series to take us deeper into The Hero’s Journey.
Screenwriting 101: Ang Lee “There is more than one way to make movies. To me it has to be led by emotion. That’s the only thing I could trust when making a movie…
Daily Dialogue — August 15, 2017 Greg opens the bottle of champagne. The cork flies across the room and hits the urn filled with Jack’s deceased mother’s ashes which…
Reader Question: When is the best time to reveal a character’s backstory? Key character revelations. When? Where? How?
Joseph Campbell: “What each must seek in their life never was on land or sea” Reprising a five part series to take us deeper into The Hero’s Journey.
On Writing “Writers don’t make any money at all. We make about a dollar. It is terrible. But then again we don’t work either. We sit around in our…
Daily Dialogue — August 14, 2017 YOSHIMI: There’s a wet spot on my ceiling, and water is dripping down from it. APARTMENT MANAGER: Well, the building is very old, you see.
Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work: Get Uncomfortable If your writing is feeling stale, here’s an idea: Rattle your own cage!
Zero Draft Thirty 2017 Autumn Challenge: Coming in September! Fade In. Fade Out. Thirty Days. No Excuses.
2017 Scene-Writing Challenge: Week 2 Here are all of Week 2’s prompts for this year’s Scene-Writing Challenge.
Interview (Dan Fogelman and David E. Kelley) Writer-producers of “This Is Us” and “Big Little Lies” in conversation.
Daily Dialogue theme next week: Broken Join the Daily Dialogue crew: 3,376 consecutive days and counting.
