Bedtime Stories and Beyond: How Imagination Plays a Part in Family Duo
I still find it baffling when I get into a heated discussion over a plot point or dialogue with my child.
Artist Snapshot: Allison Mattox
"Much of my writing has centered on historical dramas, including a short film set in 1960s Appalachia and another in 1970s New York."
Principles of Hollywood Development
Film development is an (often) indeterminate phase of creation that is crammed in between the original spark of inspiration and getting the thing produced.
The Limited Series Isn't Just Having a Moment
The limited series really must be considered long-from filmmaking, a brilliant hybrid of the best of the big and small screens.
Infinite Reincarnations: One Story’s Mythical Journey from the Page to the Screen
The life of a novelist is a very solitary endeavor. You engage the blank page on your own ... But in order for it to become a commercial product that is going to reach a wider audience, there has to be collaboration there.
Learning How to Bleed, or How Hemingway Tricked Us All into Living a BDSM Nightmare
Am I the only one who finds it a wee bit unhealthy we are expected to lay bare our most intimate struggles just to force a bunch of strangers to feel something?
Hamlet, Mad Men, and Universals in Storytelling: An Interview with Robert McKee – Part I
John Bucher discusses story’s past, present, and future with the man who literally wrote the book on the subject: Robert McKee.
How to Cut a Really Great Reel Every Time
Remember that your reel isn’t the full conversation—it’s the start of one.
The Making of a Micro-Budget Road Movie, Part 1
It felt selfish and tone deaf to be scratching out a screenplay of all things while the world was falling apart.
Author of 'The Reincarnationist Papers,' Eric Maikranz, Discusses Trusting Your Readers
I didn’t talk about that because I was terrified that any artistic input that I might say … would end up diverting the course of this script one or two degrees from its true North and then it ends up in a deal that doesn’t get done.
O'Reilly: The Patron Saint of Happiness
There are no picket fences high enough, no hill too steep for your fresh heart.
"A Quiet Place Part II": Internal Logic Without a Theme
As a screenwriter, you can’t just ask an audience to go along with anything, you have to meet them halfway.
The Origin Story of Screenwriter Ian Shorr and His New Film, "Infinite"
"If you want to get better odds of selling a spec, write a role that could change a movie star’s life." - Ian Shorr
The Write Stuff: Taking Articles "Hollywood"
Just as one falling domino will topple another, before long I was taking part in all sorts of high-octane adventures ... when editors had a story idea that could get a journalist maimed or killed, I was the first scribe they pitched.
