Welcome to the next installment of my “Ask the Coach” column on Script Mag! This month’s question is about whether to abandon a current script in favor of a new idea, or not: “I recently committed...
Welcome to the next installment of my “Ask the Coach” column on Script Mag! This month's question is about whether or not writing and marketing experts and gurus help writers or just get in the...
Welcome to the next installment of my “Ask the Coach” column on Script Mag! This month's question is about getting past feeling stumped and how to find an “idea person” to help make that happen: ...
Welcome to the next installment of my “Ask the Coach” column on Script Mag! This month’s question is specifically about finishing, and when — or if — to give up on a project: “How can I deal...
Welcome to the first installment of my new “Ask the Coach” column on Script Mag! This month's question is specifically about the three-act structure in screenwriting: "What I'm running into is...
My new “Ask the Coach” column on Script Mag launched this week! As a writing coach, I answer a lot of questions for writers about how to make the work of writing actually happen. As you may already...
An interview with writer-director Steven Kostanski on his writing process and how he brought his bizarrely creative story to life in the film PG: Psycho Goreman.
This is the third and final article in our "new year to write" series! This article is about some of the lessons we learned in 2020 about writing all year round even in the most difficult and...
Since it's the first day of the year, and like many writers you probably have goals and resolutions on your mind, I want to highlight a few common mistakes writers tend to make when setting goals...
Five screenwriting takeaways from 2067 including “a hook that keeps your audience wondering” and “a time travel explainer moment.”
I've got a special exercise for you today. As we begin working through the Make This Your Year to Write process in my Called to Write community, we start by completing the current writing year. To...
Five takeaways sci-fi screenwriters can draw on in their own scripts from sci-fi space thriller Breach, a sci-fi space thriller in the vein of the original Alien and The Thing.