Why is my talent not enough? Editor Max Perkins weighs in on rejection and so much more.

Conflict isn't a detour on the road to great work. For the most successful creative teams in the industry, it is an essential part of that journey.

This is exactly how pacing in storytelling died. It was a funeral foretold for decades.

Don’t worry, this isn’t a timed test. Go on, take all the time you need to think about it. I’ll wait.

Hollywood loves sequels, right? Let’s reboot #MeToo.

Who wants access to the brain of a top editor from a "Big 5" publishing house? You do, that's who. And we're here to provide it.

They told me what I needed to hear in order for me to grow.

But Ron isn't ready to die ...

This is where writers often fall into the emotional trap of equating “interest” with “momentum.”

Either we start going to movies, or the movies start going away.

... stepping on set felt like we were walking into some shared, recurring dream.

Here’s the uncomfortable truth, y’all: ensemble scripts are some of the hardest reads in the entire spec market.

Robert Towne of Chinatown fame wrote the script with Jack Nicholson in mind. Guess where they met? Acting class.

The writers who survive longest aren’t the fastest; they’re the most adaptable.

... you need to do it because otherwise there will be an ache within you that will never find peace.