The One Hour Screenwriter eCourse
July 29, 2010 – 10:34 AM | 2 Comments

The highest praise a reviewer can give a novel is that it is “cinematic.” A great story unfolds like a movie in the reader’s mind. That’s what every film script must do as well. Someone reading your screenplay must be able to “see” your movie. Whether you are writing a novel or a screenplay you will find the tools here to make your story flow like a film in someone else’s imagination! I can help you “Get to the Heart of the Story®.”

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The Traveling Writer – Jetlag
May 3, 2011 – 11:27 AM | One Comment
The Traveling Writer – Jetlag

Because I travel so much I thought I would share some of my tips on how to avoid jet lag.

Foreign Correspondent – Day Thirty – #40movies40days
April 8, 2011 – 10:46 PM | No Comment
Foreign Correspondent – Day Thirty – #40movies40days

Foreign Correspondent, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, is a great complement to The Quiet American. Again, two men fighting for different sides are caught in a triangle over a girl.

Monsters Inc. – Day Twenty Nine – #40movies40days
April 8, 2011 – 12:00 AM | One Comment
Monsters Inc. – Day Twenty Nine – #40movies40days

This wonderful Pixar movie made me wonder what in my life is powered by fear? It made me wonder what would happen if I turned off that switch and changed tactics, like Monsters Inc.

The Quiet American – Day Twenty Eight – #40movies40days
April 6, 2011 – 11:08 PM | One Comment
The Quiet American – Day Twenty Eight – #40movies40days

The Quiet American is a wonderful 2002 film starring Michael Caine (Power of Idealism) as a jaded newspaper reporter who moves from being an observer, passionately in love with a young Vietnamese girl, to a direct participant in the tangled politics of her country.

Devil In A Blue Dress – Day Twenty Three – #40movies40days
April 1, 2011 – 9:48 PM | No Comment
Devil In A Blue Dress – Day Twenty Three – #40movies40days

Easy Rawlings (Denzel Washington) loses his job and is offered a quick $100 to find a politician’s girlfriend. He quickly gets caught up in murder and blackmail.

Ladies in Lavender – Day Twenty Two – #40movie40day
March 31, 2011 – 5:55 PM | No Comment
Ladies in Lavender – Day Twenty Two – #40movie40day

Ladies in Lavender is a slight wistful film filled with yearning, jealousy and regret. Dame Judi Dench and Dame Maggie Smith give tender nuanced performances filled with love and longing.