Happy Friday! I’m often inspired by what I see around me. This photograph was taken at the 34th street subway stop on the C train. The saying, “A picture is worth more than 1000 words,” is so true. It’s the reverse engineering of that homily that’s the work of us writers: How do you create […]
Emotional Honesty and Writing
Happy Weekend! This past week was spent exploring a new story. The hardest part for me isn’t plot, it’s finding the emotional challenge for the character. It’s not usually this hard, but this new story is loosely based on things I’ve experienced in my own life. After taking workshops at The Landmark Forum, I realize that […]
How To Write Better Comedies
Happy Friday! This week, I was lucky enough to attend the play, Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare In The Park. It’s a great story that doesn’t get old, a comedy within a comedy. I love romantic comedies when they’re done well. I’m always being asked how to find a good comic story for a TV pilot or […]
Writing For Fun!
Happy Friday! I hope you all had a great holiday weekend. One good thing about all of the rain this week is that kept me inside writing! I’ve been writing for television for the last couple of years, and wanted to return to writing a screenplay or fiction. In order to discover what was on […]
Remembering on Memorial Day
Happy Friday! Every Memorial Day, I think about my late step father, Al Johnson, who began his Military career by running away at fourteen to enlist. He successfully lied about his age and served in Iwo Jima. He served seven tours of duty in Viet Nam. He was a great man, and I think of him every […]
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