Happy Friday! Continuing the process of completing the book, I moved things around as I described last week, and the story began to flow! Not only that, it allowedRead More
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Joke of the Week and My NYU Class
Happy Friday! My writing partner and I are teaming up to create short animated comedy bits to share with you each week. Click here to view the clip. In my NYU class, twoRead More
Use Voice Over Work to Improve Your Dialog
Happy Saturday! This week, in my pursuit of mastering enough technique to voice two of the animated characters I’ve created, I took an “Intro to Voiceover” with Andy Roth, Andy is one of theRead More
How to Write a Treatment for a Personal Story
Happy Friday! It’s been an interesting week. I have been asked to help with three different kinds of personal stories that all need to be translated into an accessible treatment thatRead More
The Power of Reading Aloud
Happy Friday! I’ve been feverishly working to help a student complete a comedy screenplay and as a first time writer, he had more than a little fear. I suggested that we readRead More
How to Cure Your Character’s Hangover
Let’s torture your main character with the mother of all hangovers. Here’s the exercise: Step 1. Assume that your main character just came out of an overindulgent holiday, lots ofRead More