The Importance of Emotional Cause and Effect

The Importance of Emotional Cause and Effect

... character decisions are rooted in their emotions. Those emotions, in turn, are rooted in the character’s core beliefs and their perspective on the world, in their backstory.

# Read # Style & Substance
4 min read

A Simple Guide to Writing the Dreaded Synopsis

A Simple Guide to Writing the Dreaded Synopsis

It’s also important to not forget about the voice and tone of the story when creating your synopsis.

# Read # Style & Substance # The Business of Art
2 min read

Best Practices for Writing "Conferencing"

Best Practices for Writing "Conferencing"

There are a lot of reasons, of course, but let’s just boil this down to the punchline—you have to meet people to sell your work.

# Read # The Business of Art
9 min read

Ways to Be Productive During a Strike (Without Risk of Scabbing)

Ways to Be Productive During a Strike (Without Risk of Scabbing)

The strike back in 2007/2008 lasted one hundred days. I don't know if this one will end up being quite so lengthy, but if it does, what do you do?

# Read # The Business of Art
4 min read

What Readers Really Think

What Readers Really Think

Everything that follows is what they actually said, whether you like it or not.

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7 min read

Q&A: Filmmaker Allison Norlian

Q&A: Filmmaker Allison Norlian

I remember the intense emotionality of that day—there wasn't a dry eye in the room.

# Read # Independent # Interviews
9 min read

Strike-Out

Strike-Out

Profits are good. Greed is not.

# Read # The District # The Business of Art
6 min read

The Age of A.I.nlightenment: How the Artificial Intelligence Boom is Changing the Arts

The Age of A.I.nlightenment: How the Artificial Intelligence Boom is Changing the Arts

If everything around AI feels unsettling and sketchy, that’s because the market hasn’t decided what exactly to do with it yet and businesses are taking wild swings.

# Read # Style & Substance # The Business of Art
11 min read

Writers Shouldn’t Have to Sell Our Souls

Writers Shouldn’t Have to Sell Our Souls

Writer’s lives are not clickbait, and they are not a work of fiction to be dramatized for effect.

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

The Queue: 365 Movies I Never Saw Because I've Spent Too Much Time on Twitter - Part 4 (April 2023)

The Queue: 365 Movies I Never Saw Because I've Spent Too Much Time on Twitter - Part 4 (April 2023)

I'm still convinced this doesn't actually exist and was a nightmare I had after watching too many movies set in New York.

# Read # Reviews
4 min read

The Challenges of Second Seasons, Sequels, and Finales

The Challenges of Second Seasons, Sequels, and Finales

... one of the most worrisome fears for writers is that they could end up penning something that damages ‘the brand.’

# Read # Style & Substance # The Business of Art
8 min read

The All-Purpose Guide to Hollywood Assistant-ing- Part 1

The All-Purpose Guide to Hollywood Assistant-ing- Part 1

I was a Hollywood assistant for almost ten years ... let’s go ahead and get the basic stuff out of the way.

# Read # The Business of Art
6 min read

Q&A: Should I Adapt My Own Book Into a Screenplay

Q&A: Should I Adapt My Own Book Into a Screenplay

Established IP is always the perfect place for film and TV producers to find gems that need to be adapted for the screen.

# Read # Crossover # The Business of Art
5 min read

Think Small

Think Small

Drawing didn’t heal me. Risk taking did.

# Read # The Creative Mind
4 min read

Sit Down and Bleed

Sit Down and Bleed

I think, for the first time, I bled in the Goldilocks Zone.

# Read # The Creative Mind
4 min read
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