An archetype is a job description: for example a wizard. The Harry Potter book and film series features many different wizards. Each has his or her own individual kind of wizardry and distinctive personality. That’s the problem with archetypes. There is no one way to be a wizard.

The Paris Wife is a fascinating portrait of a Power of Love character (Hadley Richardson) and a Power of Will character (Ernest Hemmingway) living and loving in Paris of the 1920’s.

Woody Allen’s new movie, Midnight in Paris, is his best since Hannah and Her Sisters. It’s charming, funny and life affirming in a wonderfully whimsical way. It’s a rare foray into Power of Idealism territory for Allen.

If you want to make a writer’s heart soar today, tweet, retweet, comment or “like” their post. It only takes a second and it means more than you know.

Advice for any writer who is creating an unfamiliar world– in another historical period or in a fantasy world or science fiction realm.

The Top Ten mistakes authors make in writing literature for children also apply to screenwriting.