WRITER on WRITING

If you get that title reference, you probably feel an equal mix of pride and shame. Just like I do for coming up with it. Fo...

Every now and then I get to do some really cool stuff for my job at Creative Screenwriting. Part of this is pitching ideas for articles or ...

Not really pop culture, but it seemed relevant considering the day. My other option was “This Serves No Purpose!!!” from Galaxy Quest . ...

Running a little late this week. I blame it on my landlord, who insists I have rent money every month. He’s very capitalist that way. ...

The answer to that question, according to Hitchcock, is your paycheck. He was talking about actors, but there's a bit of truth in ther...

Right off, before I forget, check out Live to Write Another Day over there in the right-hand column. It’s the blog of a friend of mine wh...

My sincerest apologies for being late with the ranty blog. Again. It’s not that I don’t care about the baker’s dozen of you who read thi...

We’re all familiar with that title reference, yes? Even if you never played as a kid (or a semi-drunken college student), you’ve probably s...

So, last week I gave a rant that was mostly designed for the novelists and short story writers who regularly look here (all thre...

I talked a bit about this a while back , but then while talking with the missus the other day I realized an even better analogy ...