The Working Screenwriter

Creativity has been my compass for as long as I can remember. My mom once wrote in my baby book that I was “a little comedian,” and decades ...

Do you write for yourself, or do you write only with the hope of landing an agent or making a sale? It’s a question every writer bumps into ...

I used to know a budding screenwriter — I’ll call him Henry. We’d grab lunch, talk movies, and especially talk about writing movies. I’d tel...

The other day I spoke with a relatively new screenwriter. He told me he’s written about seven screenplays so far—none of which have gotten a...

  Sometimes, you’re halfway through writing a scene and suddenly—you're stuck. Not because the scene itself is broken, but because your ...

  I was born into something of a showbiz family: my dad was a successful TV and radio announcer, and my mom was a Columbia Studios starlet...

“There's this glorious and astounding magic that happens when I put pen to paper or fingertips to keyboard. I go to this alternate realm...