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Musings about film and life from UCLA professor Richard Walter.

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Episode Date
Bookstores
Oct 06, 2026
Don’t Try to Sell Your Script
Oct 02, 2026
Little Bo-Peep
Sep 18, 2026
There Are Many Stories, But Only One Theme
Sep 16, 2026
Beginnings
Sep 13, 2026
It Ain't Over Til It's Over
Sep 12, 2026
Love Mail and Hate Mail
Sep 07, 2026
Neanderthal Films
Sep 06, 2026
Plane Geometry and Storytelling
Aug 30, 2026
The Average Rational Person
Aug 29, 2026
Query Letters
Aug 24, 2026
Smoking in Movies
Aug 20, 2026
More On Inflection
Aug 16, 2026
Inflection Vs. Text
Aug 15, 2026
More on A.I.
Aug 11, 2026
Art's Worst Enemy
Aug 04, 2026
Guilt and Goals
Aug 03, 2026
The Large Doll Area
Aug 02, 2026
Do You Really Like It?
Jul 23, 2026
Avoid Stereotypes
Jul 22, 2026
Audiences Are Not Stupid But Smart
Jul 21, 2026
How Movies Cure Cancer
Jul 20, 2026
Sympathetic Bad Guys
Jul 09, 2026
Inflection Versus Text
Jul 08, 2026
Screenwriting and the Middle East
Jul 04, 2026
Thomas Edison and Screenwriting
Jul 04, 2026
Disclosure Day
Jun 29, 2026
We Had Faces
Jun 27, 2026
Authority Means Zilch
Jun 20, 2026
The Purpose of Art and Movies
Jun 19, 2026
No Credits Is Your Best Credit
Jun 13, 2026
More on A.I.
Jun 11, 2026
Narrative in Porn - Part II
Jun 04, 2026
Narrative in Porn
Jun 01, 2026
Little Things Mean A Lot - Part II
May 30, 2026
Little Things Mean A Lot - Part I
May 29, 2026
Perfectly Imperfect
May 22, 2026
Art Versus Commerce
May 20, 2026
More Michael
May 16, 2026
Michael
May 14, 2026
Narrative Bloat
May 12, 2026
Writer's Block
May 11, 2026
Betrayal
May 03, 2026
Self-Respect
May 02, 2026
Dialog--Keep it Short
Apr 29, 2026
Best Line of Dialog Ever! The Idol Maker
Apr 28, 2026
Sight, Sound, and Integration
Apr 25, 2026
Stories Make The Rules and Not the Other Way Around
Apr 23, 2026
Women and Men--Writers and Protagonists
Apr 20, 2026
Dialog--Keep It Short
Apr 15, 2026
Art Is An Ego Trip
Apr 06, 2026
Sympathy for the Devil
Apr 02, 2026
A.I. - The Devil's Library
Apr 01, 2026
The Oscars
Mar 26, 2026
Finances for Writers
Mar 20, 2026
Blue Moon and AI
Mar 20, 2026
After the Hunt: A Kvetchfest
Mar 14, 2026
Still More on AI--The Magnificent Ambersons
Mar 12, 2026
More On (What Else?) A.I.
Mar 10, 2026
A.I. - The Good and Bad
Mar 07, 2026
Cruelty
Feb 28, 2026
Identity -- Schlindler and Malcolm
Feb 28, 2026
This And That
Feb 20, 2026
Magic
Feb 19, 2026
Train Dreams, Another Yawner
Feb 17, 2026
Assimilation
Feb 16, 2026
Magic and Rejection
Feb 14, 2026
The Biology of Narrative
Feb 13, 2026
The Importance of Art
Jan 30, 2026
Karma and the F Word
Jan 29, 2026
How Does a Writer Know It's Time To Stop for the Day?
Jan 28, 2026
Hollywood Agents
Jan 27, 2026
Writing Right or Wrong
Jan 15, 2026
Conan, Brooks, Men Writing Women Characters
Jan 14, 2026
What're You Watching, Richie?
Jan 14, 2026
Writing the Lived Experience
Jan 11, 2026
Napalm in the Morning
Jan 08, 2026
Technology and Story
Jan 07, 2026
Every Writer's Best Friend: The Delete Key
Jan 03, 2026
LGBTQIA+ Female Protagonists
Dec 31, 2025
More on A.I.
Dec 20, 2025
Invisible Artistry
Dec 19, 2025
More Regarding Novels Into Films
Dec 11, 2025
Books Into Films
Dec 09, 2025
Still More on Amateur Chic
Dec 06, 2025
More on Amateur Chic
Dec 02, 2025
What're You Watching Richie?
Nov 27, 2025
Strategies as Distractions
Nov 21, 2025
Screenwriting: Exceptions to the Rules
Nov 17, 2025
Every Screenwriter's Conundrum: Should I Update My Old Scripts?
Nov 15, 2025
Freedom of Expression and Creativity
Nov 13, 2025
Mentorship--Write to the Writer
Nov 11, 2025
Shakespeare the Plagiarist
Nov 08, 2025
Endings
Oct 31, 2025
Endings
Oct 29, 2025
More About Beginnings
Oct 27, 2025
Don't Leave Out The Magic
Oct 22, 2025
Free Speech
Oct 21, 2025
Storyteller As God
Oct 20, 2025
Assimilation
Oct 18, 2025
The Power of Story
Oct 07, 2025
Sympathy for the Devil
Oct 06, 2025
Speech Cops
Oct 03, 2025
Endings - St. Elsewhere
Sep 29, 2025
Rest in Peace, Robert Redford
Sep 23, 2025
Beginnings
Sep 20, 2025
Genre Is Wildly Over-Rated
Sep 13, 2025
Interactive Print
Sep 12, 2025
More on Long Story Short and The Empress
Sep 11, 2025
Happy Endings and Other Hollywood Myths
Sep 04, 2025
Long Story Short and The Empress
Sep 02, 2025
Writing for Money
Aug 28, 2025
Movies Are For Audiences
Aug 22, 2025
Can You Really Teach Screenwriting?
Aug 21, 2025
Appearances
Aug 19, 2025
The Business of Show
Aug 15, 2025
Trends
Aug 07, 2025
Untamed
Aug 05, 2025
The Only Thing You Know For Sure
Aug 04, 2025
Writing Versus Film Tech
Jul 29, 2025
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Jul 26, 2025
Writers Kvetching, Karping, and Komplaining
Jul 24, 2025
Ellipses and Assimilation
Jul 23, 2025
Assimilation
Jul 22, 2025
Squid Games Etc.
Jul 15, 2025
Sex, Violence, and Cover Pages
Jul 10, 2025
What Are the Odds Of Greatness?
Jul 02, 2025
Film Education in the Digital Era
Jul 01, 2025
Feces As Entertainment
Jun 30, 2025
Not Dialect But Dialogue
Jun 30, 2025
The Art of Trash
Jun 28, 2025
Want Your Screenplay to Get Made? Write to the Writer
Jun 24, 2025
The Dreaded Dreadful Auteur Theory
Jun 19, 2025
The Studio and Art Spiegelman--Disaster is My Muse
Jun 17, 2025
Experimental Film
Jun 16, 2025
Artificial Intelligence and Film
Jun 12, 2025
Movie Trends
May 30, 2025
Falwell
May 29, 2025
My Fifteen Minutes of Fame
May 27, 2025
Original Movies V. Adaptations
May 26, 2025
Should I Hire An Editor?
May 20, 2025
The Professor's Favorite Movies
May 15, 2025
Why Isn't Streaming Great?
May 09, 2025
Conclave: My Film Review
May 08, 2025
Writers: Get Out of Your Own Way
May 03, 2025
Diversity and Casting
May 01, 2025
Where's Heinz?
Apr 26, 2025
Stop Worrying About People Stealing Your Ideas
Apr 19, 2025
Genre-Schmenre
Apr 09, 2025
Intellectual Property--Can I Write a Book or Make a Movie About You Without Your Permission?
Apr 08, 2025
Good Guys vs Bad Guys
Apr 03, 2025
Intellectual Property - Copyright and Credits
Apr 02, 2025
Movies and Snobbery
Mar 26, 2025
Hollywood: An Egomaniac With An Inferiority Complex
Mar 25, 2025
The End of Adversity
Mar 21, 2025
Melody and Story
Mar 20, 2025
The Brutalist
Mar 15, 2025
Who Is The First Creator in Film - The Writer, Director, or Producer?
Mar 13, 2025
The Oscars - Theatres Vs. Streaming
Mar 10, 2025
Oscars 2025 Edition!
Mar 09, 2025
Processing Criticism
Mar 07, 2025
Dealing With Criticism
Feb 26, 2025
Emelia Perez - What's Real and What's Reel?
Feb 19, 2025
Emelia Perez and the Oscars
Feb 18, 2025
The Two Principles That Guarantee Screenwriting Success
Feb 12, 2025
Tis the Season - Let's Talk About the Oscars
Feb 12, 2025
Song Lyrics
Feb 08, 2025
Finding the Right Word
Feb 07, 2025
Adapting Short Stories and Video Games
Feb 05, 2025
Adaptations
Feb 01, 2025
Language and Snobbery
Jan 30, 2025
Dialogue... Less is More
Jan 30, 2025
The Delete Key Is Every Writer's Best Friend
Jan 24, 2025
Art, Adventure, Life, and Boredom
Jan 16, 2025
Violence and Tushies
Jan 10, 2025
Artificial Intelligence Paradise
Jan 09, 2025
Why Women Are Better Writers Than Men
Jan 04, 2025
Film and Artificial Intelligence
Jan 01, 2025
Adaptation - Don't Do It!
Dec 31, 2024
Overwriting Character Descriptions
Dec 30, 2024
Novels and Screenplays and How to Turn One Into the Other and Back Again
Dec 19, 2024
The Two Most Important Rules for Writers' Finances
Dec 18, 2024
The Write Way and The Wrong Way
Dec 12, 2024
Anora--The New Worst Movie Ever
Dec 11, 2024
There Are Patterns in Film - Can You Spot Them?
Dec 11, 2024
Sex, Violence, and Bambi
Dec 04, 2024
Let's Talk About Vaginas in Movies
Nov 29, 2024
Immigration, Diversity, and American Film
Nov 27, 2024
In Screenwriting, Story Is Everything
Nov 22, 2024
Screenwriting With Your Audience In Mind
Nov 21, 2024
My Livestream - Part 2!
Nov 18, 2024
My Livestream - Part 1
Nov 18, 2024
Truth and Authenticity in Film
Nov 07, 2024
Cringing When I See "Based on a True Story"
Nov 06, 2024
George Lucas the Experimentalist
Oct 30, 2024
A Dirty Word in Hollywood: Experiment
Oct 29, 2024
Never Underestimate the Loudness of Silence
Oct 27, 2024
Mood Is Doom Spelled Backward
Oct 26, 2024
Angry Queries
Oct 20, 2024
How Not to Get a Film Agent
Oct 19, 2024
Attention!
Oct 11, 2024
Let's Talk About Query Letters
Oct 10, 2024
Intellectual Property and Paranoia
Oct 03, 2024
Intellectual Property
Oct 02, 2024
Hooray for Hollywood
Sep 28, 2024
Leave Your Brain Outside the Theatre
Sep 27, 2024
Art Versus Entertainment - Don't Let It Be A False Dichotomy
Sep 27, 2024
The Personal Screenplay
Sep 20, 2024
How Many Pages Should You Read Before Quitting a Book?
Sep 14, 2024
Changes and Endings
Sep 13, 2024
Free Parking, Rejection, and Screenwriting
Sep 12, 2024
Reel Versus Real
Sep 11, 2024
Screenplay Beginnings--Must a Script Explode on Page One?
Sep 07, 2024
Too Many Screens
Sep 04, 2024
Nudity in Movies
Aug 23, 2024
Will You Read My Screenplay?
Aug 22, 2024
Why Titanic Is Good But Not Great
Aug 15, 2024
When Writing Love Stories, Don't Make This Mistake
Aug 14, 2024
How to Deal with Rejection
Aug 05, 2024
A Rare Thing in Film: Engaging the Audience
Jul 27, 2024
How to Write Strong Beginnings
Jul 26, 2024
The True First Artist in Film
Jul 20, 2024
The Unsold Script
Jul 19, 2024
Remember, Screenwriters: You'll Catch More Flies With Honey
Jul 09, 2024
Praise Versus Kvetching
Jul 08, 2024
Smoking and Integration
Jul 06, 2024
Want to Get An Agent? Write to the Writer!
Jul 02, 2024
Climate Change and Screenwriting
Jun 25, 2024
What's Changed and What's Remained the Same In Movies
Jun 22, 2024
The Two Biggest Changes in Film
Jun 20, 2024
Weinstein, Spacey... Let's Dispel the Myth of Mean Old Hollywood
Jun 13, 2024
Animation and Horror
Jun 12, 2024
The Status of the Observer
Jun 11, 2024
Excellent Versus Good
Jun 03, 2024
The Ideal Training for Hollywood
May 31, 2024
The Worst Movie I Ever Saw
May 30, 2024
Stereotypes in Movies - Use Them Or Ditch Them?
May 29, 2024
Jerking Off vs Making Love
May 21, 2024
An Underrated Book on Screenwriting: Plots and Characters
May 14, 2024
Civil War: My Thoughts
May 13, 2024
Two Threes
May 09, 2024
Pain In Narrative
May 08, 2024
Brainy Writers Must Never Forget: The Heart Is Smart
May 06, 2024
Reel Versus Real
May 03, 2024
Great Protagonists are Dreadful People
Apr 26, 2024
Identity and Community
Apr 25, 2024
This and That
Apr 24, 2024
What I've Been Watching, Loving, and Loathing Lately
Apr 15, 2024
How to Get the Script Reader to Not Reject Your Screenplay
Apr 12, 2024
How to Get the Script Reader to Not Reject Your Screenplay
Apr 12, 2024
Implication Versus Expression
Apr 05, 2024
Imply vs Express
Apr 04, 2024
In Film, Entertainment is Not a Dirty Word
Mar 28, 2024
Seven Dirty Words in Hollywood
Mar 27, 2024
Screenwriters and Distractions
Mar 23, 2024
Goals and Guilt
Mar 21, 2024
My Thoughts on Oppenheimer
Mar 19, 2024
Encountering Jack London in the Waiting Room
Mar 07, 2024
Novel vs Screenplay
Mar 06, 2024
I've Just Published a Book!
Mar 05, 2024
We Are Trained to Write Too Much - Throw More Away
Feb 29, 2024
Screenwriters - Learn to Throw It Away
Feb 28, 2024
That Time I Pretended Not to Be the Author of My Own Novel
Feb 23, 2024
Naivety is the Writer's Friend
Feb 17, 2024
A Trio of Triumvirates - Part II
Feb 14, 2024
Trio of Triumvirates
Feb 12, 2024
Want a Free Copy of My New Book?
Feb 09, 2024
Whatever You Do, Make Your Screenplay Personal -- Like Star Wars
Jan 31, 2024
In Hollywood You Start from the Top and Work Your Way Down
Jan 30, 2024
The Key to Great Screenwriting? Being a Human
Jan 29, 2024
Writing Rule #1: There Are No Rules
Jan 25, 2024
Creativity and Patterns
Jan 18, 2024
Creativity and Patterns
Jan 12, 2024
Hamas, Israel, and Screenwriting
Jan 09, 2024
Big Money
Jan 03, 2024
Screenwriters- Get Out of Your Own Way
Jan 01, 2024
Testicles and Freedom of Speech
Dec 23, 2023
How to Wreck Your Writing Career - Part 6
Dec 09, 2023
How to Wreck Your Writing Career - Part 5
Dec 08, 2023
How to Wreck Your Writing Career - Part III
Dec 02, 2023
Some More Ways to Wreck Your Writing Career
Nov 22, 2023
Various Ways to Wreck Your Writing Career
Nov 21, 2023
Here's Another Handy Trick If You Want More Action in Your Screenplay: Give Your Actors Something to Do
Nov 15, 2023
Here's a Handy Trick If You Want More Action in Your Screenplay
Nov 14, 2023
Should Screenwriters Still Use Gender Specific Names in 2024?
Nov 11, 2023
It Is the Movie's Job to Keep the Audience Awake, Not the Other Way Around
Nov 06, 2023
Is Your Intelligence Not Helping Your Writing Career? Instead of Smart, Try Stupid
Oct 30, 2023
Big Chill, American Graffiti, and the Collective Protagonist
Oct 25, 2023
Dialogue Versus Dialect
Oct 23, 2023
What "Da Jewz by Da Hood" Can Teach Us About Diversity in Screenwriting
Oct 19, 2023
Is It Time for a Writer-Owned Netflix?
Oct 17, 2023
What the Writer's Strike Means for Writers
Oct 12, 2023
First the Writers, Then the Actors
Oct 11, 2023
The Writer Strike Is Over-- But the Actors Soldier On
Oct 07, 2023
The WGA Strike Is Over
Oct 05, 2023
Why American Films Are More Successful Internationally Than Other Countries
Oct 02, 2023
Beyond black, white, gay, straight, old, young, rich, poor... we need diversity in film.
Sep 26, 2023
Screenwriters Know the Truth: Different Is Better
Sep 23, 2023
Attention Deficit Is Here to Stay
Sep 22, 2023
The Best Dialogue is No Dialogue
Sep 14, 2023
Novel vs Screenplay
Sep 13, 2023
Identities: Intersectionality or Taxonomy?
Sep 11, 2023
What Is the Value of Screenwriting?
Sep 07, 2023
The Biggest Mistake Screenwriters Make: Writing Far Too Much
Sep 02, 2023
Authenticity Is Massively Overrated in Screenwriting
Sep 01, 2023
My Review of Barbie, and Why It's Okay to Hate Movies
Aug 29, 2023
Let's Talk About Barbies and Vaginas
Aug 24, 2023
My Opening Thoughts on Oppenheimer
Aug 19, 2023
Actor Ronald Reagan's Advice to Screenwriters
Aug 17, 2023
What Font Should I Use for My Screenplay?
Aug 15, 2023
How Many Drafts Of My Screenplay Should I Write?
Aug 14, 2023
Screenwriting Format: How Many Pages Should My Script Be?
Aug 08, 2023
How to Format a Screenplay
Aug 05, 2023
How to Know Your Screenplay's Theme
Aug 04, 2023
Is It Time to Stop Screenwriting Scenes in Restaurants?
Aug 02, 2023
Is It Time to Stop Screenwriting Scenes in Restaurants?
Jul 29, 2023
If I Could Re-Name My Book on Screenwriting, I'd Call It "Appearances"
Jul 25, 2023
No I Will Not Read Your F*****g Screenplay
Jul 14, 2023
Dialogue
Jul 10, 2023
Guilt and Goals: Use Both On Your Screenwriting Journey
Jul 08, 2023
A Reckoning Is Coming for Privilege in Public Education
Jun 28, 2023
The F-Word
Jun 17, 2023
Screenwriters Rarely Get the Credit They Deserve
Jun 11, 2023
Spoilers - Part I
Jun 01, 2023
AI and Film
May 24, 2023
Should Writers Fear Artificial Intelligence?
May 23, 2023
The New Dead Ringers Doesn't Work
May 22, 2023
Hate Speech in Films
May 18, 2023
How to Sell a Screenplay
May 05, 2023
How to Sell a Screenplay
May 04, 2023
How Do I Protect My Screenwriting Ideas?
May 01, 2023
What Screenwriters Must Learn from Cult Leaders
Apr 19, 2023
The Absolute, Irrefutable, Undeniable #1 Rule for Screenwriting in Hollywood
Apr 12, 2023
"Cinema" vs Film
Apr 02, 2023
In Screenwriting, Goals Are Your Enemy
Apr 01, 2023
In Screenwriting, Imperfect is Perfect
Mar 31, 2023
Personal Pronouns and Gender in Screenwriting
Mar 25, 2023
Three Rules for Creating Singular Characters
Mar 24, 2023
Ideas Are Overvalued
Mar 23, 2023
Context Is Everything - Part 2
Mar 22, 2023
There Are Two Movies That Depict the Same Scene With Absolute Opposite Goals
Mar 21, 2023
The Love Story in Titanic Doesn't Work
Mar 18, 2023
History is a Story
Mar 06, 2023
Can't Break Into Hollywood? Save the Rage for the Page
Mar 04, 2023
Being a Celebrity Has Its Downsides
Mar 03, 2023
Character V. Story
Mar 02, 2023
The "Best" Movies of 2022
Mar 02, 2023
How Authentic Should My Screenplay Be?
Feb 24, 2023
When Writing Screenplays, Don't Try to Teach a Lesson--Just Tell a Good Story
Feb 16, 2023
Script Stuck? Take Out the Improvements
Feb 01, 2023
Want to Read My Hate Mail?
Jan 27, 2023
The New N-Word
Jan 26, 2023
Writing Mistakes That Amateur Screenwriters Make - Part II
Jan 25, 2023
Writing Mistakes That Amateur Screenwriters Make - Part I
Jan 24, 2023
Genre Shmenrah
Jan 21, 2023
The Greatest Film of All Time - Part II
Jan 19, 2023
The Greatest Film of All Time - Really?
Jan 09, 2023
The Top 100 Films of All Time - Part II
Jan 06, 2023
The Top 100 Films of All Time - Part I
Dec 24, 2022
How to Be a Professional Screenwriter
Dec 18, 2022
Is Writer's Block Real?
Dec 13, 2022
Why See a Movie Twice?
Dec 07, 2022
What Is the Ultimate Purpose of Storytelling, If There Is One?
Dec 06, 2022
A Key to Great Screenwriting: Keep It Personal
Nov 16, 2022
Three Cheers for Judas Iscariot
Nov 15, 2022
Should We Ban Smoking in Movies?
Nov 10, 2022
What Peace In the Middle East Can Teach Us About Screenwriting
Nov 09, 2022
Should I Reverse-Engineer My Screenplay Around an Ending, a Scene, or an Emotion?
Nov 04, 2022
One of the Biggest Amateur Screenwriting Mistake: Making Your Villains Villainous
Nov 02, 2022
How Much Technology Does a Screenwriter Really Need?
Nov 01, 2022
Are Commercial Movies Pure Garbage?
Oct 27, 2022
How to Nail a Query Letter to Agents
Oct 26, 2022
Should I Write My Next Screenplay By Hand?
Oct 24, 2022
How the Discovery of Cosmic Background Radiation Can Help Screenwriters
Oct 21, 2022
Is Citizen Kane Actually a Great Movie?
Oct 18, 2022
Beginnings, Middles, and Ends
Oct 17, 2022
The Process Is What Separates screenwriters from Screenwriters
Oct 14, 2022
Are High Concept Ideas Overrated?
Oct 12, 2022
Screenwriters: Nothing Is Better Than Something
Oct 06, 2022
Finance 101 for Writers
Oct 04, 2022
Film Dialogue Shouldn't Sound Like Real Life
Oct 01, 2022
Whether You're A Writer, Director, or Actor... Little Things Mean a Lot
Sep 30, 2022
As A Screenwriter, Is "Save the Cat" Worth Following?
Sep 24, 2022
Can You Really Teach Screenwriting?
Sep 19, 2022
The Auteur Theory Is Pure Bull$hit
Sep 16, 2022
What is the Purpose of Stories and Movies?
Sep 06, 2022
The Birmingham Cop
Sep 05, 2022
Embrace the Creative Process
Sep 03, 2022
Seven Naughty Words in Hollywood That You Should Absolutely Embrace
Sep 02, 2022
Authenticity in Film is Boring
Aug 29, 2022
Can Screenwriting Books Guide Novel Writing?
Aug 27, 2022
The Backstory to American Graffiti
Aug 24, 2022
What's the Secret to Training So Many Oscar-Winning Screenwriters?
Aug 12, 2022
Want to Write A Better Movie? Think Like a Real Estate Agent
Aug 05, 2022
How Accurate Do Screenwriters Need to Be When Writing Screenplays Based on True Stories?
Aug 03, 2022
In the Age of Mass Shootings, Should We Still Have Guns in Movies?
Jul 29, 2022
After 50 Years in Screenwriting, Here Are the Two Questions I Still Never Answer
Jul 27, 2022
Bashing Hollywood Is Wildly Overrated
Jun 30, 2022
Should Dialogue Have a Structure Like Screenplays?
Jun 23, 2022
What's More Important - Story or Theme?
Jun 17, 2022
The Delete Key Is A Writer's Best Friend
Jun 16, 2022
Should Screenwriters Read Shakespeare?
Jun 09, 2022
Overlapping Dialogue
Jun 09, 2022
Hired, Fired, Hired Again - A Hollywood Yarn About Trusting the Process
Jun 03, 2022
Adapting Your Own Screenplay As a Novel
Jun 01, 2022
A Safe Space
May 18, 2022
Diversity In Screenwriting
May 17, 2022
How I Elbowed My Way Into Hollywood -Part 2
May 13, 2022
How I Elbowed My Way Into Hollywood -Part 1
May 12, 2022
How Many Characters Should I Have in My Screenplay?
May 03, 2022
Do the Pentagon and CIA Fund War Films to Inculturate Americans?
May 03, 2022
The Two Questions I've Never Answered
Apr 26, 2022
Violence in Screenplays
Apr 24, 2022
Is It Better to Outline My Screenplay or Just Start Writing?
Apr 23, 2022
The Power of Non-Violence In Life and Movies
Apr 13, 2022
Box Office Success Versus Critical Acclaim
Apr 11, 2022
Box Office Success Versus Critical Acclaim
Apr 08, 2022
The Slap Heard 'Round the World
Apr 05, 2022
The Science of Storytelling (Part 2)
Apr 04, 2022
Is There A Science to Storytelling?
Mar 23, 2022
Should I Box Myself In By Picking A Genre Or Just Start Writing?
Mar 23, 2022
The Importance of Great Endings
Mar 19, 2022
Screenwriting Books
Mar 18, 2022
Should I Copyright My Screenplay?
Mar 11, 2022
What Is the Absolute Minimum, Maximum, and Ideal Length of a Screenplay?
Mar 08, 2022
Screenwriting Word You Need to Know: GOOYOW
Mar 03, 2022
When Execs/Producers/Directors Ruin Good Screenwriting
Mar 02, 2022
How to Ramp Up the Energy of Your Screenplay By Using Better Locations
Feb 25, 2022
The Pros and Cons of Prologues and Flashbacks in Screenwriting
Feb 23, 2022
My Screenplays Get Optioned But Never Sell. What Should I Do?
Feb 22, 2022
Stereotypes Will Ruin Your Script
Feb 19, 2022
The Worst Writing Job I Ever Had
Feb 13, 2022
How to Stay Excited While Writing Screenplays
Feb 11, 2022
Writer's Block
Feb 10, 2022
The Two Best Lines of Dialogue I've Ever Heard
Feb 09, 2022
What Was the Worst Script of 2021?
Jan 28, 2022
The Scariest Movies I Have Ever Seen
Jan 26, 2022
The Most Interesting Screenwriter I've Ever Met
Jan 21, 2022
How Can Screenwriters Avoid Leaving Out Necessary Plot Points?
Jan 20, 2022
Hollywood Hoaxes That Screenwriters Need to Know
Jan 13, 2022
How Do You Know When Your Script is Ready?
Jan 07, 2022
Should I Use the N-Word in My Screenplay?
Dec 30, 2021
Should Screenwriters Describe Characters or Leave It to Casting?
Dec 28, 2021
Should My Story Be a Novel or Screenplay?
Dec 26, 2021
Don't Let Perfection Destroy Your Screenwriting Ambitions
Dec 24, 2021
Screenwriters: You Need a Teacher
Dec 16, 2021
When To Give Up on Screenwriting
Dec 14, 2021
The Narcissism of Hollywood Screenwriters
Dec 04, 2021
If You Don't Care About What You're Writing, Why Would Anyone Else?
Dec 03, 2021
Directors Yell "Action!" Not "Description!"
Dec 02, 2021
People In Positions of Authority Don't Know What They're Talking About
Dec 01, 2021
Backup Girl
Nov 25, 2021
Zorro's Back
Nov 22, 2021
The Elevator Pitch
Nov 17, 2021
Proud Confession: I Am Sexist
Nov 08, 2021
When A Screenplay Doesn't Sell, It's Just the Beginning
Nov 04, 2021
Here's What Makes the Best Story
Oct 26, 2021