MY SCREENPLAY: Writing the Beast, Part 4 Characters. It’s a story about a guy who… You need people to tell a story. And you need to be comfortable with your characters. This is tough for me. I like people. I like nice people. It’s hard for me to write about bad people because it gets … Read More →
ESSAY/HUMOR — On a recent three day road trip to northern California our wallets were gouged by near $6 a gallon gas prices, fainting goats on strike and a spitting steam valve purported to be the “Old Faithful” geyser. With a Cliff notes itinerary and travel time a premium, our rental car quickly filled … Read More →
#BFAT {BE F!@#$%G AWESOME TODAY} T-Shirts hot off the press! Printed up some T-shirts today to wear to an upcoming screenwriter’s seminar in Los Angeles. Think my packing situation just got easier! How awesome is that?? I believe in the philosophy to do your very best TODAY. No matter the task, job or creative endeavor … Read More →
ESSAY/HUMOR/LOVE/MARRIAGE— The Happily Ever After Marriage handbook is filled with fine print. With a healthy dose of humor a marriage will survive lots of hills and valleys, and a few frogs. I’m in the backseat of a beat up Dodge Dart, sipping Boone’s Farm Apple Wine and listening to a guy describe how he’d shoved … Read More →
It’s no secret that our time on this planet is short. Leave your mark behind, if only temporarily. Be sure to tuck a few grains of sand in your pocket as a reminder that you’ve been there.
MY SCREENPLAY: Writing the Beast, Part 3 Tell me your movie in one sentence. In the movie business it’s called a “logline” or think of it as the TV Guide description. When you are looking for a movie to watch you want to know: What’s it about? It might be described as a war movie, or … Read More →
Is mental and physical clutter killing your morning productivity? For me as soon as I ‘evolve’ (to the smell of coffee, thanks honey) my brain swirls with all of the creative things I need/want to accomplish that day. Today a mental checklist starts with the last memories from last night. Two blogs posts require research. … Read More →
MY SCREENPLAY: Writing the Beast, Part 2 Shopping for the main ingredients You love it when all the juicy flavors and textures of the final product blend together but you don’t want to know how it got made. No matter which screenwriter guru’s “recipe” you follow, it’s not a pretty process my friends. One can … Read More →
Get planting to reap what you sow. Welcome Spring. Rebirth and renewal, right? It’s time to remove the heavy coverings of winter and face the change of season. So exciting! We get to turn over the earth from its hibernation, add some nutrients and plant new seeds. I find digging in the earth to be … Read More →
MY SCREENPLAY: Writing the Beast, Part 2 Title: WALKING FOR LITTLE FISH The seed for this feature length movie script began about fifteen years ago. I was at a local annual event, a place I’d attended many times. Back then I had a writer’s epiphany of sorts. And as any writer knows, if there’s a … Read More →