Moving Pictures

Err on the side of the creative muse

Three hoaxes, actually

Stop whining, start writing

Our job is to desensitize the audience

Do you have what it takes to be a screenwriter?

The 1967 Six Day War is the perfect script tip

No drama, no comedy, no horror

It’s how Thelma and Louise got made

It’s lonely at the top

Here’s the trick if you want to tell a joke in China

Let’s talk about sympathy in screenwriting

Genius requires quality

How about actors and athletes?

If you teach screenwriting, don’t discourage young talents

It’s not what you know, agents don’t read new writers, and you have to write a happy ending

It’s probably not what you think

What cops can teach us about screencraft

You’ll save yourself a few good literary soakings

A brief discussion about prudery

Or does it matter? Maybe your voice comes through regardless

Self-printing documents can be a work of art

Is academia for you?

Here’s a courtroom tale to prove my point

Write so well that people have to read your work