The answer to this these questions provides a critical overview of the story. If they aren’t answered clearly then it doesn’t matter how good the individual scenes might be. The story won’t add up to much or hold together properly.
Continue readingIn folklore a Golem is a drawn from formless matter. The problem is that eventually this being turns on its creators and does terrible violence to those who raised the monster from the unformed mass.
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Continue readingI’ve been living in Bristol for about three months now, interspersed with frequent trips to the Continent. Here are some general observations on a few key differences with the US.
Continue readingI will be in Stockholm from April 29 to May 5. I will be meeting one-on-one with writers, producers, and productions executives but there are three workshops open to the public.
Continue readingFriend and colleague from UCLA, Paul Chitlik, now a clinical assistant professor at Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television, holds a residential writing seminar in Europe every summer. This year, the seminar is in Cairo Montenotte, Italy.
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#MondayMusings – How to be luckier in the New Year
Continue readingWhat does the Gangnam Style song and dance video have to do with writing? Ralph Waldo Emerson said it best–
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