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Testicles and Freedom of Speech

How to Wreck Your Writing Career - Part 6

How to Wreck Your Writing Career - Part 5

How to Wreck Your Writing Career - Part III

Some More Ways to Wreck Your Writing Career

Various Ways to Wreck Your Writing Career

Here's Another Handy Trick If You Want More Action in Your Screenplay: Give Your Actors Something to Do

Here's a Handy Trick If You Want More Action in Your Screenplay

Should Screenwriters Still Use Gender Specific Names in 2024?

It Is the Movie's Job to Keep the Audience Awake, Not the Other Way Around

Is Your Intelligence Not Helping Your Writing Career? Instead of Smart, Try Stupid

Big Chill, American Graffiti, and the Collective Protagonist

Dialogue Versus Dialect

What "Da Jewz by Da Hood" Can Teach Us About Diversity in Screenwriting

Is It Time for a Writer-Owned Netflix?

What the Writer's Strike Means for Writers

First the Writers, Then the Actors

The Writer Strike Is Over-- But the Actors Soldier On

The WGA Strike Is Over

Why American Films Are More Successful Internationally Than Other Countries

Beyond black, white, gay, straight, old, young, rich, poor... we need diversity in film.

Screenwriters Know the Truth: Different Is Better

Attention Deficit Is Here to Stay

The Best Dialogue is No Dialogue

Novel vs Screenplay

Identities: Intersectionality or Taxonomy?

What Is the Value of Screenwriting?

The Biggest Mistake Screenwriters Make: Writing Far Too Much

Authenticity Is Massively Overrated in Screenwriting

My Review of Barbie, and Why It's Okay to Hate Movies

Let's Talk About Barbies and Vaginas

My Opening Thoughts on Oppenheimer

Actor Ronald Reagan's Advice to Screenwriters

What Font Should I Use for My Screenplay?

How Many Drafts Of My Screenplay Should I Write?

Screenwriting Format: How Many Pages Should My Script Be?

How to Format a Screenplay

How to Know Your Screenplay's Theme

Is It Time to Stop Screenwriting Scenes in Restaurants?

Is It Time to Stop Screenwriting Scenes in Restaurants?

If I Could Re-Name My Book on Screenwriting, I'd Call It "Appearances"

No I Will Not Read Your Fucking Screenplay

Dialogue

Guilt and Goals: Use Both On Your Screenwriting Journey

A Reckoning Is Coming for Privilege in Public Education

The F-Word

Screenwriters Rarely Get the Credit They Deserve

Spoilers - Part I

AI and Film

Should Writers Fear Artificial Intelligence?

The New Dead Ringers Doesn't Work

Hate Speech in Films

How to Sell a Screenplay

How to Sell a Screenplay

How Do I Protect My Screenwriting Ideas?

What Screenwriters Must Learn from Cult Leaders

The Absolute, Irrefutable, Undeniable #1 Rule for Screenwriting in Hollywood

"Cinema" vs Film

In Screenwriting, Goals Are Your Enemy

In Screenwriting, Imperfect is Perfect

Personal Pronouns and Gender in Screenwriting

Three Rules for Creating Singular Characters

Ideas Are Overvalued

Context Is Everything - Part 2

There Are Two Movies That Depict the Same Scene With Absolute Opposite Goals

The Love Story in Titanic Doesn't Work

History is a Story

Can't Break Into Hollywood? Save the Rage for the Page

Being a Celebrity Has Its Downsides

Character V. Story

The "Best" Movies of 2022

How Authentic Should My Screenplay Be?

When Writing Screenplays, Don't Try to Teach a Lesson--Just Tell a Good Story

Script Stuck? Take Out the Improvements

Want to Read My Hate Mail?

The New N-Word

Writing Mistakes That Amateur Screenwriters Make - Part II

Writing Mistakes That Amateur Screenwriters Make - Part I

Genre Shmenrah

The Greatest Film of All Time - Part II

The Greatest Film of All Time - Really?

The Top 100 Films of All Time - Part II