PinnedFree Screenwriting Resources to Help with Your Next ScriptA compilation of the most useful tools I’ve provided for aspiring and emerging screenwriters to challenge themselves and improve their…Jun 16, 20235Jun 16, 20235
PinnedScreenwriting Tales from My Life in HollywoodThese essays about my career in the US film/TV business will hopefully leave aspiring screenwriters better prepared than I was.Apr 15, 20233Apr 15, 20233
PinnedMy Artist-on-Artist Conversations with Celebrated ScreenwritersAfter 15 years as a professional film/TV screenwriter, I’ve started talking with old and new friends about who they are and how they createJul 23, 2023Jul 23, 2023
Published inCounter ArtsQ&A: Amber Tamblyn Is Going to Do It Again TomorrowThe actress, director, author, poet, and activist takes a break from doing, like, everything to discuss how she’s surviving life as an…6h ago6h ago
New Podcast! Thomas Jane Visits 5AM StoryTalkThe star of ‘The Mist’, ‘Hung’, and ‘The Expanse’ talks his life, relationship to art, and trying to create on his own terms2d ago2d ago
How to Survive the Creative Embarrassment of Working in GenreA host of filmmakers, novelists, and comic book writers from around the globe weigh in about the value of genre storytelling and how these…3d ago73d ago7
Published inFanfareQ&A: Screenwriter VJ Boyd Knows How to Make You SquirmFrom ‘Justified’ to ‘The Madness’, the showunner talks his professional journey, creative frustrations, and crafting kick-ass suspense for…5d ago115d ago11
Published inCounter ArtsCharlie Chaplin and Hollywood’s Forgotten Love Affair with HitlerOr: The extraordinary story behind the making of ‘The Great Dictator’, the rise of Cinema of Denial, and why Hollywood may no longer be fit…Apr 1326Apr 1326
Introducing the 5AM StoryTalk Podcast!A weekly podcast series where I’m joined by some of the biggest artists working today to talk about their lives, art, and surviving the…Apr 11Apr 11
Published inFanfareQ&A: Screenwriter Carly Wray on the Fundamentals of TVFrom ‘Mad Men’ to ‘Watchmen’, the scribe shares what she’s learned from writing so much ‘prestige TV’ (whatever that means anymore)Apr 85Apr 85