ScriptCoach

  To get the easy pun for this picture out of the way: life isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Or at least, not if you compare it to films and TV adaptations of real life events. If you’ve been writing for a while, you’ll probably find yourself going: …

  My view on stories has evolved over the *censored* years I’ve been working as a script editor. I started out working mostly from intuition and have over the years added experience and various screenwriting theories to my arsenal. One thing that sticks out from those years of experience (okay, …

We all like to think we’re geniuses. Natural talents to whom our art comes as natural as breathing. We also all know better. Deep down, anyway. Deep, deep down. Sure, sometimes inspiration strikes and the words just flow and flow, unbidden, unplanned, at annoyingly inconvenient moments. But it is rare …

It’s one of those writer axioms: you HAVE to write every day. It’s like brushing your teeth, or showering, or drinking tea. You HAVE to do it every day. Or else you’ll die! Okay, I made that last bit up. So, yeah, write every day. It’s good advice. The only …