Because I was a math junkie long before I even thought about writing, I tend to apply all sorts of horribly-nerdy mathematical/organizational principles to my writing. I keep a spreadsheet list of basically everything I would like to write –
Some things don’t change
I drew this years ago; which reminds me: a) I can’t draw, and b) I still feel this way.
Factory Whistle Blowing
It is rare that I have too much of my creative life penciled in for far in advance – the typical cycle of a stage play is about as far as it extends, and acting almost never takes up a
Next script, next meal, next drink
I sometimes overlook sharing shareable information on the public blog when the private version of the announcement is couched in an overall private blog post. Just the way my brain works. Anyway, it deserves announcing that I finished the first
80
I’ve reached 80 pages on the screenplay, and have another writing session to look forward to in a couple of hours. And my chances of bringing this first draft in under 100 pages as I so want to do are…decent?
Scribe like you mean it
I have written about 25 pages for this new screenplay since the Earth crossed the 2013 lap line. For me that’s a no-foolin’ pace, especially when you factor in that I took the weekend off. I’m in the phase of
Monday just got groovier
I found out that my screenplay The Hatchling has advanced to the semi-final round in the 2012 Screenplay Festival in the Comedy category. Since I wrote it to be a comedy, that is encouraging. Screenplay Festival has been around since
Indiana Jones and the Labryinth of Three Dads
(Putting on my “Screenwriter Rant” hat. Buckle in.) I know I’m asking for a lot of heat by saying this, but Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was a movie with a lot of good ideas in
Why long scenes can work and high stakes don’t have to mean the apocalypse
Really glad someone has clipped this specific scene, because I use it all the time in my screenwriting class. We know that, for the story to move forward, Rocky is going to say yes to Mickey’s proposal to manage and
Today’s Problem
Sometimes, you’ve re-written a scene so many times that it has become this galumphing Frankenstein’s Monster of a scene bolted together from fragments you cut-and-paste from so many different script drafts that absolutely all the flow is gone. But you’re