What Happens Before Your TV Show Airs
On Sunday March 12th the third season of American Crime premiered on ABC. It’s my first season as a writer on the show and I’m very excited. Though I’ve seen the first [...]
Cure Your Awards Season Jealousy
You’re watching an awards show. Nominees are announced and a winner is named. There’s applause and music as someone walks forward to get their statue. What are you feeling? For [...]
You Had an Incredible Year!
I know what you're thinking. You're wondering how I have any idea what kind of year you had. You think I have some nerve to suggest your year was any better than average [...]
Are you a REAL writer??
This week I've been having several conversations with people who are concerned that they're not doing "what it takes" to be a writer. When I ask what they're doing (or [...]
Create Your New Season
I spent a chunk of the summer teaching at the UCLA Extension school, in addition to keeping up with my writing duties on ABC's American Crime. The class: Story Analysis for Film & [...]
Love the dream. Screw the dream.
Summer has gone quickly. It seems that way to me. I've been juggling several things lately: among them my script for American Crime, grading papers for a class I'm teaching, coaching [...]
Say YES!
There's this thing you do - or probably do - that is very common. (People have been coming to me with this thing.) It's that moment when you're waist deep [...]
Stop! You’re Moving Too Fast!
It's no mystery that our minds move the way they do. We live in the age of the internet. We have smartphones and on-demand TV. We are socialized to expect everything [...]
Get Some Rest!
My clients know I'm big on celebration. I talk about it all the time, frequently tossing out the question "What have you done to celebrate?" I'm a firm believer in stepping into [...]
Write Your Future!
Sound like magic, right? It's not. It's the way things work. I've always believed that storytelling has the power to change the world. In scripts, we tell stories that can [...]
