Happy Friday! I spent the last couple of days in Fire Island writing. Even though I’m in a time-share house this summer and sometimes surrounded by people, my concentration isRead More
scripting
A new story/next webinar/student successes
Happy Friday! I’ve spent the week in Fire Island working on my new book. No one was more surprised than I was to find me telling a new story soRead More
Happy Holidays/Rest and Reflect/ Next writers room
Happy Good Friday, My best wishes for beautiful holiday experiences (take notes)! Holidays allow us writers to reflect on our beliefs and values. For example, revisiting the heroic stories ofRead More
Confidence is Crucial
Happy Friday! One way to know that spring is here is the surge of screenwriting contests and fellowships. Moviebytes.com is a good resource for contests. A Google search will usually offerRead More
Reframe Criticism
Happy April Fool’s Day! Criticism is just someone’s opinion. I’ve been lucky enough to be spending two weeks in Fire Island completing a final revision of The Naked Tango. I sentRead More
Scripted vs. Unscripted
Happy Friday! Last week, I gave a workshop for The BET network’s unscripted and scripted development departments called the Remarkable Creative Workshop: Four Foolproof Storytelling Tools. I shared my writing system,Read More