You Agreed To This
At this point in my TV writing career I feel fortunate to have an attorney on my “team”. He deals with contracts for me. Most recently those contracts are for [...]
Your Big Opportunity
I got my first agent (as an actor) when I was a senior in high school. I was riding the bus to school with a girl who studied at a performing arts [...]
Brainstorm. Write. Repeat.
Before I was brave enough to call myself a writer, I was writing. It came in spurts. I’d get an idea and I’d start putting words on the page. At the [...]
Your Amazing Year!
The holidays are whipping by as they usually do. They might be leaving you breathless with parties and shopping and other celebrations. Or perhaps you’re relaxing in front of the [...]
Write From The Joy of Your Soul
I was at a networking event (a holiday party – ‘tis the season) and I ran into a friend of mine. He’d just sold a script and was really excited. [...]
What’s The Plan?
This used to be my biggest impediment as a writer: I’d get so excited about an idea that I’d just start writing. No outline, no nothing. Somewhere along the line [...]
Here’s The Pitch!
Pitching may be the toughest thing you do as a writer. In my life as a playwright, I have the luxury of writing FIRST. Rarely have I been in the [...]
Write. Don’t Tell.
This happens all the time: I'm out somewhere and I meet a new person who is excited to hear that I'm a writer and a writing coach. The person claims she [...]
Call & Response
In any dramatic scene, the energy should flow back and forth – like a tennis match. Someone says or does something and the other person responds. In the best scenes [...]
