Screenwriting & Storytelling

Why you make this common mistake and examples on how to fix it

The good, the questionable, and …

If you haven’t made them care, can you call yourself a storyteller?

Understanding magic realism that blends reality and fantasy

My procrastination hobby became a storytelling cheat code

How Robert McKee taught me to salvage my first novel

Use the limits of your concept to up your creativity

Artists, storytellers, creators —  Who are we, if not mere performers on this boundless stage?

And how there’s comfort in that

Vintage advice that’s still relevant in the digital age

Don’t lay too much pipe

Five techniques for planting clues and engaging readers

That ‘lovable doofus’ was just plain doofus, period

All thanks to a simple storytelling technique

They are extensions of character

How I found unexpected comfort in the big screen

I’d be shocked if studios aren’t already using this

Pardon my melodramatic ass

It’s not about words

Understanding why you make this mistake, you’ll stop

Simba’s Shakespearean adventure is purrrrrrfect for teaching young people how to write