How to guarantee progress on your first draft…
There's a simple little practice many writers I know use [...]
Your first draft: resisting the urge to share…
I realize that many of my new posts are to [...]
The writer’s scanning machine…
Once you think you've made all the necessary revisions and [...]
Your rewriting mantra…
Less is more. Another cliche, another basic truth. Especially in [...]
The one essential ingredient for a successful writer…
To wrap up my recent series of posts on writing [...]
How to protect your artistic vision…
As you face the challenge of writing your first draft [...]
How to avoid a script collapse…
When working with writers, I find myself saying countless times [...]
What to do when your first draft sucks…
For starters, first take a deep breath. Then give yourself [...]
Rules to live by in the entertainment industry…
Last week at the New Hampshire Institute of Art in Manchester, [...]
Contaminating the writing process…
A lot of my students and clients are currently in [...]