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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

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

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

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

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

This post isn’t specifically about writing. It’s about worrying. But I think it’s appropriate, since a number of people have told me that they haven’t been getting their pages doneRead More