Full confession: I am a sucker for information, autodidactic by nature, curious, and sometimes annoyingly so. You know that kid who never stops asking “But why? But why? But why?” Sometimes I imagine myself – in my worse days – to be just that kid. But – thank God –… read more →
When, in November of 2016, I told my friends – writers, consultants, experts, and champions of all things screenwriting – about my upcoming Breaking In Initiative, one of the first people to reach out to me and express her enthusiasm was the incomparable Jeanne Bowerman, the talented writer and editor of the ever-popular… read more →
Even though the collective “they” always tell you never to start anything with a flashback (or use any flashbacks for any reason in any screenplay if you can at all avoid it), I’m going to commit my own cardinal sin, and start this particular blog post with a flashback of my… read more →
When people ask me what I’m looking for when working with writers, I answer them with two simple words: FORWARD MOTION. And indeed, 2016 brought with it a lot of forward motion for many of my writers, both emerging and professional. From selling pilots to staffing on shows and landing open… read more →
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