Retcon, Reboot, Remake
Recycle, Reuse, Renew—just a few “R” words that shape our environmental conscience. And in the movie and tv industry, recycling takes on a variation of “R” words as in Retcon, […]
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Films
Building on Dreams
Building on dreams motivates and inspires us to set goals. A single accomplishment begins with a thought, idea, notion, and, yes, a dream. Years ago, I dreamt about a string
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Behind the Curtain
If done well, exposition should not expose itself. A scene from the classic film “The Wizard of Oz,” based on Frank L. Baum’s children’s novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,
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Strictly Speaking
As authors and screenwriters, we imagine characters that speak themselves into existence. And if they don’t sound out a word, there’s an expression, a look, a gesture that can speak
The Perfect Blend
Opinions abound on genre mixing for film and literature. I’ll venture that books, fiction and nonfiction, get more latitude with seemingly endless subgenre classifications and Amazon site keywords Films are
The Novel Approach
Any fiction writer knows how painstaking and painful a full-length novel can be in the writing process. By nature, I’m a plotter with the heart of a pantser. When approaching
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The Suspenseful Moment
It’s more than suspense. It’s the moment when the audience holds its collective breath. Time seems to stand still, and we’re not sure we want the scene to unfold. But
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Let it Go!
You wrote the spec script. But it’s been a few years, maybe a decade since you sent it out to a slew or even a handful of development execs. And
What I Learned From Benji
Late on a Thursday night, a few weeks ago, I searched the free movie listings on my TV. I was too restless to sleep with thoughts of my growing “to
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Show and Tell
As writers, we’ve heard it a dozen times or more: Show, Don’t Tell. It’s the premier advice for authors and screenwriters and deals with avoiding the use of excessive exposition