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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Howard Suber on Despair and Success
March 22, 2011 – 9:44 AM | 2 Comments

Here is a great video interview with Howard Suber in Japan talking about what makes a filmmaker successful–

Jerry Seinfeld’s Writing Success Secret
February 26, 2011 – 1:58 PM | No Comment
Jerry Seinfeld’s Writing Success Secret

Jerry Seinfeld shares the secret to great writing– comedic or otherwise.

Back to Basics Pitch & Writing Summary
February 20, 2011 – 5:23 PM | No Comment
Back to Basics Pitch & Writing Summary

Here’s a great “Back to Basics” summary of what you need to do in a pitch, in an outline and in the finished script.

The Coen Brothers on Screenwriting
February 16, 2011 – 1:05 PM | No Comment
The Coen Brothers on Screenwriting

Here is some sage advice from the Coen Brothers. Openness to bad notes that generate good ideas is the key takeaway here.

Screenwriting Iconoclast & Genius
February 2, 2011 – 2:17 PM | No Comment
Screenwriting Iconoclast & Genius

Howard Suber gives an amazing account of how “conventional wisdom” is often wrong in screenwriting.

It Never Gets Easier
January 10, 2011 – 11:10 AM | No Comment
It Never Gets Easier

Here is the good news and the bad news about being a writer– “It never gets any easier.” Every writer from an Academy Award winner to a complete beginner face the same challenges, obstacles and terrors