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It's your job as the writer to create the world we're in. It's the production team's job to put it into action. So how do you build this...

How collaborating in the writing process makes everything better

Imagine you're sitting on your couch, eating cheese and crackers, and watching The Great British Bake Off. Your doorbell rings. Who could...

Is your story a TV show or a movie? This article dives into the answer to this frequently asked question.

They say it's not the big tragedies that break us, but it's the leaky faucet. Show how your protagonist feels when they run out of ketchup

The topic of "Humility" keeps coming up today. In a book I'm reading, the author writes, humility is being "as good as anyone; better...

So you want to write a movie about Marilyn Monroe. Great. But why should they make this version of her story? You want to write a new...

They don't care how good you think you are. Don't say "But my next scene is where it gets really good!" They don't care. You need to be...

Basketball is on my mind today. All three of my young daughters play basketball. It's always been my favorite sport to watch and play....

Sometimes we internalize what goes on in other people's heads. This is definitely not a useful way to spend our time. If you own a...

Inspired by my own post last week about staying in love with your script, I decided to make this week's post a tough love reminder. Don't...

If you dissect a flower to see all its inner workings, it may not look as beautiful to you anymore. If you spend all day, every day, with...

Spec scripts don't sell like they used to. What's a spec script? Basically, it's a script that's sold, not requested. In other words, if...

If you want to work in the film industry, watch what's being made. Know who's making it, and who's buying it. That's not to say you have...

In physics, frequency is the rate at which vibrations occur in the forms of sound waves, radio waves or light waves. As Nikola Tesla...

I love dysfunctional female characters. Perhaps it's my ego- I like seeing the personality defects I don't have. Or perhaps I enjoy...