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Let me set the stage: December 2017. Night shift. Englewood, Colorado. I was busy watching Mark Duplass give the 2015 keynote speech at South by Southwest and was starting to feel very inspired. I turned to my co-worker Kyle and told him he had to watch it. After he did I said “I want to … Read More “What I did right and what I did wrong: 5 Lessons I learned from creating my first web series” »
There’s so much to say and so little time to say it…Wait no, there’s plenty of time. After circling the website for years and saving up my uber dollars (not a joke, I absolutely drove uber for 4 months to raise the money), I finally made it to the 2022 Superstars Writing Seminar. The purpose … Read More “The [Semi]Un-biased review of The Superstars Writing Seminar (and a quick tale of catharsis)” »
This post has been a long time coming and I hope it helps fulfill the mission of this site, which is to help other writers. I’m happy to be a guinea pig with this experiment, so let’s dive in. When I first embarked on my writing journey years and years ago, my endgame was this: … Read More “Turning a TV Pilot into a Comic Book: 4 Lessons I’ve Learned (so far)” »
Oh, man. I’m so stoked for this series. I first saw Cowboy Bebop back in the early 2000s, after an RA in my dorm found out I hadn’t seen the series before. My ass was immediately thrown in a chair and my eyes were held open as I took in the stunning title sequence and … Read More “The new Cowboy Bebop show has my expectations through the roof (and for so many good reasons)” »
There are so many screenwriting books and so little time to read and study them all. So what ones are actually worth the money? First, let me try clearing up a myth… There are plenty of working screenwriters that love to proclaim that they never read one screenwriting book and that all you have to … Read More “What screenwriting books are worth the money in 2021?” »
It all started with a healthy dose of frustration, impatience, and fear. Frustration, that a well-received, contest placing TV pilot was not getting its due. Impatience, that no one wanted to read it, let alone make it. Fear, that another script was going straight into the drawer under a file marked “Maybe someday when you’re … Read More “We have an artist!” »
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