Finding Your Flock: An Interview with the Storks Writer/Director and Cast

Finding Your Flock: An Interview with the Storks Writer/Director and Cast

John Bucher had a chance to sit down with Stoller and the cast of Storks — Andy Samberg, Kelsey Grammer, and Stephen Kramer Glickman — to talk about the project.

# Read # The Collection # LA Screenwriter # Interviews
4 min read

What Makes a Script Great?

What Makes a Script Great?

It’s as if people sometimes don’t have any idea what they’re doing, and yet they firmly believe that they do.

# Read # Style & Substance
6 min read

Single-Year Itch: 365 Days in Writing Exile

Single-Year Itch: 365 Days in Writing Exile

I decided to focus on the things I could control rather than treating my career like a blind gamble, because the house always wins.

# Read # The Creative Mind
6 min read

How to Tell Your Loved Ones You Wrote About Them

How to Tell Your Loved Ones You Wrote About Them

You’re telling a fictionalized version of true events, and now comes the awkward part: how to tell the people who may recognize themselves in it.

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3 min read

Artist Snapshot: Alice Airoldi

Artist Snapshot: Alice Airoldi

There is also an unhealthy obsession with "natural talent," making it somehow more meaningful than hard work, and this has never sat well with me.

# Read # Snapshots
2 min read

Making Words Sing: A Conversation with Writer/Director Garth Jennings

Making Words Sing: A Conversation with Writer/Director Garth Jennings

"That moment has got to feel like the greatest moment of this guy's life, you know, like we're behind him and not in front of him."

# Read # Interviews # The Business of Art # Sight & Storytelling
7 min read

The iPhone Movie Myth

The iPhone Movie Myth

If the film industry was a meritocracy based solely on effort, or finding a way to make something great with limited budgets, Hollywood would look very, very different. But it doesn’t.

# Read # Independent
5 min read

Surveying the Limitations of Rebooted Franchises

Surveying the Limitations of Rebooted Franchises

By sanding off the edges, these new versions wholly sacrificed most of the fun and audacity that made the originals so popular in the first place.

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4 min read

"The Death Dealer" Origin Story

"The Death Dealer" Origin Story

When the editors had a story idea that could get a journalist maimed or killed, I was among the first scribes they’d reach out to.

# Read # The Business of Art
6 min read

On Cherishing Solitude

On Cherishing Solitude

As my heart continued to drum, my mind slowly went to a place where I became uncomfortable in my skin.

# Read # The Creative Mind
3 min read

A Journey of Playing the Numbers: Finding a Home for Your Fiction Manuscript

A Journey of Playing the Numbers: Finding a Home for Your Fiction Manuscript

A way to play the numbers game that is publishing in a confined amount of time knowing that you gave the best options your best shot.

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6 min read

10 Minutes in the Woods

10 Minutes in the Woods

I marched in a direction of which I knew not, filling me with a positivity that was only matched by its notorious bedfellow, negativity.

# Read # The Circus # Fiction
7 min read

Comic Jackie Kashian Has Some Answers

Comic Jackie Kashian Has Some Answers

Remember, I’m a comic. I don’t have all the answers, but I will always have an opinion.

# Read # Interviews # The Circus
3 min read

You've Got to Earn It

You've Got to Earn It

Does the benefit of moving the cathartic moment up, hooking the audience, outweigh the emotion that will come if you steel your nerves and wait?

# Read # Style & Substance
4 min read

When is It OK to Work for Free?

When is It OK to Work for Free?

But you need to be careful, set clear boundaries, and have an ironclad goal in mind for when to turn the tap off and send a bill.

# Read # The Business of Art
4 min read
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