“Most screenplays fail at the concept level.” This is something I’ve been seriously thinking about lately. There’s almost a mathematical precision to writing movies, and…
Writing Your Next Blockbuster Film or Novel
Writing Your Next Blockbuster Film or Novel
“Most screenplays fail at the concept level.” This is something I’ve been seriously thinking about lately. There’s almost a mathematical precision to writing movies, and…
Editing. The ugly word. We’d all like to think that our first draft is perfect, and that the publisher is going to instantly write us…
Genre seems to be one of those things that fiction authors rarely think about. “It’s a book. I wrote it.” But learning how to write…
Hopefully you all saw it! The Writer’s Digest shop had a huge sale a few days ago. I was able to get several of the…
Yesterday, Gizmo’s announced that the premium Novel Writing program WriteWay was now free. Apparently, the authors of the program have decided to stop development on…
It doesn’t matter what kind of notebook you get. I like a small one (9.5X6) because that way I can carry it around with me…
Okay, in the last few days, we got the mechanical stuff set up for the novel. We’re about to really start our planning soon, but…
Loglines are essential to writing movies. There are entire books and seminars about writing log lines. Recently, I got a book from Writer’s Digest where…
Writing a short story is vastly different from writing a novel. Many short stories literally are what it takes for me to even get warmed…
I’m of course always reading, studying, trying to improve. Experts tell us this is the character trait of a successful novelist and screenplay writer. It’s…