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Category: Writing

My Novel As A Movie

So, let’s say I get published. And I talk with a production company like Icon or Plan B or something (Plan B is cursed by…

How Long to Write A Novel?

Everyone wonders that. The answer is, “thirty days.” Nanowrimo has their yearly contest to write 50,000 words in 30 days. And hundreds of people finish…

Life as a Writer

I read of people who get their first book published, and they quit their jobs. Like the guy who did Nanowrimo a couple of years…

Learning To Write

At some point in my life, I’ve always been a teacher of this and that. I used to teach music, and once had a musician…

Worst Scripts Ever!

Why is it that when they take a million selling novel and decide to make a movie of it, they ALWAYS pick THE worst idiot…

Who Makes More Money?

Script writer? Director? Or Film Score composer? I’ll give you a hint. Obviously the director makes more money. So, who ends up in second place?…

Good Writing Advice

Years ago, my mother saw a book somewhere, and she got it for me because I was a raging Star Trek nerd. It was David…

World War Z – How I would have changed it

I realize that there’s ideologies involved in the movie. however, let me explain how different the movie would have been if I could have written…

Archetypes

I haven’t officially made a study of archetypes. What this is, is – heros. Your hero character. Let’s analyze some. Jack Ryan (Clancy) – unwilling…