Disclaimer: I am writing this openly and unabashedly pissed off. Which means… This may come off harsher than I would usually want but… Fuck it. It needs to be said. So my apologies in advance if I offend. A few days ago, I sat down for a creative development session… read more →
Over the years, many of my colleagues in representation, development and productions have been kind enough to humor me and ask me for my two cents on material they are developing, producing or considering taking out into the marketplace. And equally, over the years, many have gotten in the habit… read more →
When I was 9 years old, I was attacked by a group of 5 of my best friends. It was a perfectly ordinary day – a couple of my girlfriends came home with me from school, and were planning on meeting up with a boy who lived down the street… read more →
The other night I had the good fortune of taking on the role of fly on the wall as one of my absolute favorite industry readers Rob Ripley (www.http://thirdactscreenplays.squarespace.com/) got together with a group of talented screenwriters to talk material from a reader’s point of view. For those of you… read more →
Before I even get started, let me apologize. This is not going to be one of those blog posts that fall under one of those very vanilla categories one could classify as “nice.” It is not a feel-good sort of entry. It might not even be the sort of thing… read more →
A few weeks ago I sat down for coffee with a manager friend to do our regular catch-up about all things writers and industry. She reps writers. I work with writers. She even reps a writer I work with. And I genuinely like and respect this particular manager, on top… read more →
A few weeks ago, I sat down with a television writer who was making the shift from features, where he had been quite successful, to television, which is where his agent recommended he develop next. The writer sent me his thriller/sci-fi pilot, which was well written and intriguing, but left… read more →
If you don’t know where you’re going, seriously, how are you going to get there? And if you do know where you’re going, if you were going from say, Los Angeles to NYC in a car, how in the world would you get there without a road map? For the… read more →
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