“What happens when a couple thousand passionate speakers meet up in the coolest hotel on the busiest street of the most-celebrated city in the world? Well I don’t know, butRead More
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Finish Your Script with The Great Fredini
This is a short video of Fred Kahl, one of the students in my Finish Your Script class. He is writing a wonderful “vampire” script. As you’ll see from theRead More
Meat my family
My brother Roger and his book, Putting Meat on the American Table, were recently mentioned in a Washington Post article about a Canadian journalist’s meat consumption. This is the sameRead More
WRITING THE SCREENPLAY (part five): Finding a Premise
Your story now has a strong plot and subplot, but this is still not enough for an entire screenplay. What’s missing is the heart of the story, the “why” ofRead More
WRITING THE SCREENPLAY (part four): Creating a Subplot
The first step is to return to the source material, whether it’s a book, magazine article, or an original idea. A subplot can be defined as a minor storyline thatRead More
MARILYN’S MAILBOX: Writing Partners
Dear Marilyn: I find myself completely unmotivated to write. Everyone I talk to says I have a great idea, but just the thought of sitting down alone in front ofRead More
