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Today I want to tell you about a reoccurring issue I find in a lot of scripts and share an easy fix that makes a massive difference.

I want to share an analogy I heard but didn’t realize how real it was until further along in my writing journey:

Some weeks are full of good news and forward momentum, but other times it’s full of bad news and rejection. So goes the life of the…

"You know when you’re a kid and you get crayons and papers and just draw whatever you want and it’s just a bunch of messy lines, but to you…

I watched the film Palm Springs last night. It’s a great time-loop rom-com and I highly recommend it if you’re into that kind of thing. But…

I’ve seen people bring this up as a struggle a few times: “I’m just not motivated to write.” And I’ve been there too. You found this thing…

One of the greatest tools a writer has in their arsenal is empathy. And it doesn’t just apply to your writing, it applies to your career as…

Some things are embarrassing for me to admit. Like how much time I spend worrying about “us” vs. “them”.

Many writers are on a journey to “discover their voice”. Well, what happens if you don’t like what you find?

80% of writers never finish their first screenplay.

“Hollywood used to be a place where something would happen, there’d be a movie where people would see it and think ‘Oh my god, that’s…

If you’re anything like me, you struggle with comparing yourself to other writers. It’s kinda what the internet is designed to do, isn’t…

As we have questions about how productive we should or shouldn’t be during this pandemic, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about our value…

Over in our ScriptBlast Screenwriting Community Facebook Group someone shared their biggest struggle:

Just starting out? Looking for some direction? You may be tempted to leap into books or coaches or competitions or events or podcasts or…

You would never crush someone else’s dreams, so why do you continually crush your own?

This is one of the more practical and repeated questions I get from screenwriters and it’s a good one. After all, dialogue is what ends up…

In his brilliant book On Writing, Stephen King talks about this pyramid of “all human talent and human creativity.” In it, he hypothesizes…

I believe we have never heard the greatest stories of all time because someone was too afraid to tell their story.

Humorist David Sedaris tells the story of going to a science museum and in the gift shop was a jar of fake glass eyes. On top of this jar…

10. Go out and experience the world.

A lot of screenwriters seem to live in fear that their work is gonna get “stolen”. And, I dunno… maybe it happens… sometimes? I mean, I…

When we were doing casting for our first short film, Rooney’s World, we saw a few dozen actors for our lead rolls, and what surprised me…

So, you’re a writer.