Making More of Metaphors

One has to hand it to a show like Severance as it’s not only chock full of metaphors about the dumbing down of America and the corruption of information sharing, but it's doing so on a platform run by those they are critiquing.
Friendship and an Accidental Obsession with Jane Austen

Without me even realizing, Emma Thompson had been guiding my ship the moment I put pen to paper. I couldn’t ask for a better teacher.
What You Should Know Before You "Write What You Know"

An excess of emotions can also mean that your ability to think clearly and logically about your script is impaired.
Making a Meal of It

So much of what you adore when you read or watch is the result of an author, screenwriter, actor, director, stepping out onto a limb and offering you more.
Things I Wish I Knew

Clearly there is a knowledge gap out there … there’s something that a hell of a lot of writers out there need to know, and they don’t know it right now.
Is it a Play? A Show? A Movie? A Musical?

But for our other mediums we must travel to what some cynics describe as the least truthful place of all—Hollywood.
Fundamentals of Genre: Culture, Credibility and Horror

If cultural connection, curiosity, and interrogation is some bedrock to our interest in, and fondness for the genre, what else draws audiences so endlessly to these films?
Whose Story is it, Anyway? POV in Storytelling

If a writer is going to present his POV in those big, neon letters, becoming almost strident in his or her moral clarity, then one should hope to be as clever as Sorkin.
It's All Fun and Games Until a Character Dies ... and Then It's More Fun

It’s almost like I’ve got a blank page on which to write this new entity from scratch. Similar to creating a character for a screenplay.
Stop Being Defensive About Feedback

It's more valuable that you know how people answer their own questions without your input, since you won't always be in the room when audiences experience your work.
Simp for the Reader

Unless you’re writing only for you, you need to keep the audience in mind. Especially if that audience is the gatekeeper to all your hopes and dreams.
The Debate: Structure vs. Voice

When Spike Scarberry threw down the gauntlet, insisting structure was more important than voice, Karin Partin Wells raised her hand to battle in a public debate.
Writing Explosive Dialogue

This is so important to writing good dialogue that it deserves to be on a card on your bulletin board … or at least in caps on its own line.
The Best Screenplay - "Drive My Car"

It’s a bumpy journey, full of twists and turns that you won’t see coming, but the last thing you should do is stop.