I’m from a place where tree roots are shallow ...

I know what I know, and what I know is that I predicted the Kremlin’s actions and Ukraine’s subsequent eruptions before they happened.

Eight minutes of movie, zero spoken lines, and I still can barely write about it without crying.

Oscar-winning filmmaker Guy Nattiv sat down with LA Screenwriter’s John Bucher to discuss the process that lead to his film getting made as well as his own creative practice.

“We’ve been through, like, nine rounds of notes on this thing. I’m starting to feel like this idea simply isn’t gonna work, no matter how hard I try.”

Now I’m driven to write books that will draw in reluctant readers, so they can escape into books like I used to do.

We don’t need to pursue things we once wanted just because we once wanted them. We don’t need to hang out with assholes just because we randomly met them.

Well, that’s the most difficult part of the story to address. There was something so dehumanizing about the whole enterprise.

Being bad is a state of mind, and in the 1970s, being bad was very, very good.

In giving her readers a chance to connect with her, Bren McClain has received the biggest reward of publication: the chance to connect with them.

If you are writing the truth while still trying to hide from it in some way, your readers will know.

You will have to make changes to your story, at some point or another, that you might not want to ... This is just how the world works, for better or worse.

With every industry starting to realize how meaningless geography is in determining talent, perhaps they’ll be useful even beyond the pandemic.

... nothing makes me happier than engaging with a new script or film idea that challenges who I am, what I'm feeling, and what I want to say. That pursuit, in my opinion, is what makes a person an artist.

The biggest misconception related to writing is that you either have “it” or you don’t. Everyone can develop their writing skills, and where you’re at now versus ten years later should look very different if you put in the time.