Deep within all writers — in an INSIDE OUT way — lurks a chorus of characters all battling for attention. This your own personal Writers Room. They act as shoulder devil and angels on every project. …

I’m a writer, a Save The Cat! book author, and an old software engineer… so Chat-GPT lands at an intersection of things I’m interested in. From my basic understanding I’m aligned with the recent Writer’s Guild of America stance that says Chat-GPT can be used as a tool but writers…

I get emails all the time. How do I get an agent? How do I break in? How do I outline my screenplay? The one I get most is — I have an idea for a TV show… how do I get this TV on the air? Short answer —…

We need to talk. Serious talk. This might sting a bit. You know how you keep sliding into my DMs and telling me about that kickass script you just wrote or shooting me an email about your latest gamechanging pilot. That one you want me to take a look at…

So you’re thinking about starting screenwriting and wondering how to dive in? There’s lots of good information out there on the web or you can get a book like The Screenwriters Bible which is a bit of a one-stop-shop for everything you need. Every answer is a Google away. …

I just sent a spec out. It didn’t sell. Which means it went through about 2 months of pure rejection. I’d say something like 20–30 production companies, plus a handful of directors said “NO THANKS!’ I also published a book. Within 1 hour of its release, I got a 2-star…

I’m a screenwriter. I had dabbled in short-stories for many years. I always wanted to write a novel. I finally did. I rewrote it. I rewrote it again. 10 years later. I finally got tired of trying to query the book agents and stuff and just self-published. Btw — many…

My new novel started as a screenplay. I wrote it back in 2005-ish, coming off my first big project ALTERED. Altered was sci-fi horror. “Reverse Fire In the Sky. Rednecks abduct an alien.” It was going to be the second movie directed by — Eduardo Sanchez — one of the…

The problem with most third acts is usually act two. Finales are supposed to stick the landing of a gazillion different story-threads in a surprising and cathartic and inevitable way. Dany’s ‘heel turn’ is the type of Soap Opera/Pro-Wrestling stunt that gives those respective mediums a bad name. It doesn’t…