Oh no. We have to write during the holidays, don’t we? Cue the angry stares and pitchforks from the murderous writing mob.

Those are the victories as an editor, when you get away with something that an audience would never suspect.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

... 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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