Y.A. Kafka: Finding Agency in Childhood Trauma Narratives

Y.A. Kafka: Finding Agency in Childhood Trauma Narratives

... our culture’s childhood trauma stories are not private anomalies but common societal failures that implicate all of us.

# Read # The Creative Mind
7 min read

To avoid discrimination in Hollywood, I had a secret baby. It didn’t work. Here’s what did …

To avoid discrimination in Hollywood, I had a secret baby. It didn’t work. Here’s what did …

What had suddenly seemed like the perfect way to not ruin my career made me now feel insane. I had to find a way out.

# Read # The Business of Art # The Creative Mind
5 min read

The Exodus

The Exodus

Consider this my Emergency Service Announcement for Writers. Take it, leave it, or tell me to piss off, but someone needs to say it.

# Read # The Creative Mind # The District
6 min read

Rip Off the Plot Armor

Rip Off the Plot Armor

What happens if you protect your characters from anything bad that could ever happen to them?

# Read # Style & Substance
9 min read

How I Prepared to Write My First Novel

How I Prepared to Write My First Novel

The tough part when starting out is figuring out what kind of preparation will turn into luck when the right opportunity comes along.

# Read # Style & Substance
6 min read

10 Reasons People Don't Go to the Movies (Looking at You, AMC)

10 Reasons People Don't Go to the Movies (Looking at You, AMC)

AMC, like it or not, stands as the poster child for all the tin-eared thinking that movie theaters are putting out these days ...

# Read # The Business of Art
8 min read

Generals: Dating in the Industry

Generals: Dating in the Industry

... now you have to meet this person—and not just meet them, but impress them so much that they’ll want to give you work now or in the future.

# Read # The Business of Art
6 min read

Below the Line: Camera & Steadicam Operator, Rochelle T.A. Brown

Below the Line: Camera & Steadicam Operator, Rochelle T.A. Brown

I’m not impatient when there is no need to be impatient. It helps me to have more realistic expectations.

# Read # Interviews # The Business of Art
12 min read

A Workshop on Emotion

A Workshop on Emotion

Emotion is what makes stories memorable. It's the special sauce that makes viewers come back again and again.

# Read # Style & Substance
11 min read

The Auteur Theory: Filmmaker Jim Towns

The Auteur Theory: Filmmaker Jim Towns

... every DVD I own has director’s commentary that I probably listened to at least once. That was my film school.

# Read # Interviews
14 min read

Legacy

Legacy

It’s her eyes, unblinking, studying me with a warm curiosity. Finally, she takes a breath and speaks …

# Read # Fiction
14 min read

The Aqua Doors of Summer

The Aqua Doors of Summer

Within this little port I’ve found moments of being that I haven’t found elsewhere.

# Read # The Creative Mind
4 min read

Your Voice is Non-Negotiable

Your Voice is Non-Negotiable

He has a style all his own, one that captivates and entertains readers all across the world. No one else writes like he does ...

# Read # Style & Substance
8 min read

'Perfection Intersection': An Interview with Jo Steinhart

'Perfection Intersection': An Interview with Jo Steinhart

That’s when it clicked: filmmaking is the perfect intersection of all of my interests.

# Read # Interviews
5 min read

Behind the Screen: A Lifetime in the Cinema—The Story of the Gardena Cinema

Behind the Screen: A Lifetime in the Cinema—The Story of the Gardena Cinema

... she is not the typical film nerd one expects at the helm of one of the last remaining family-owned movie palaces in the country.

# Read # The District
5 min read
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