Happy Friday! This week, I was lucky to be a part of the online film conference, Genresummit.com and it got me thinking about what it really takes to succeed in Hollywood. I amRead More
write a screenplay
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
Sitcom Success: Write Act I
Now it’s time to write Act I. This is the fun part, because now you get to put in the dialogue and the jokes. But first, a few things toRead More
Sitcom Success: Create Your Beat-by-Beat Outline
Now that you’ve done your synopsis, you’re almost ready to create your beat-by-beat outline, a complete list of the scenes contained in your pilot episode. But before we get toRead More
Sitcom Success: What Kind of Pilot Should You Write?
There are two types of sitcom pilots. The first is the concept pilot. In this kind of pilot, we meet the characters for the first time. For example, in Frasier,Read More
What is the Perfect Sitcom Pilot?
What is the perfect sitcom pilot? The answer, of course, is the one that sells. But how do you get there? In this brief overview, I’ll give you the threeRead More
