It’s done! And you’ve experienced moments somewhere between euphoria and inner turmoil. The personal battle with words, ideas, organization, themes, and all the stuff of storytelling has played out. And, […]
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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
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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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
Visionaries are rarely defeated, even when doors of opportunity slam in their faces. Either they convince themselves that a “no” a deferred “yes” or attempt climbing though a window when
I’m always learning and evolving as a storyteller! I’ve devoted the last few years of “blood, sweat and tears” (really tears coupled with frustration) to Book 2 of my five-novel
As an English Major in college, I concentrated in Film Studies. In one of my film theory classes, I had a writing assignment—who determines the meaning in a film. Our
Oh how we laugh at the funniest things! No, I’m not stating the obvious here. It’s about why physical mishaps tickle our collective funny bone. So, I searched for the
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Loglines: I’ve spoken countless of them over the phone to development types. It was back in the day when you could actually call a Director of Development at a production
Yes, it’s part and parcel of the script, or any story: a character arc and journey that takes place within the very soul or psyche of your protagonist. When I
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