Inspiration
Catching Creativity
“Oh, have you got the crud that’s going around?” she asked a writer-friend while fearlessly hugging her. I cringed; I’d just hugged her and hadn’t noticed her having any flu symptoms. I closely watched the interaction and told myself that she was tired, and yes, stuffy, but no, not the creeping crud. Not submitting to…
Read MoreCUT TO: Your Dream of Screenwriting
FADE IN: INT. AUDITORIUM Muffled CROWD NOISE as average-looking SCREENWRITER nervously blinks and darts eyes… PULL BACK – …as s/he sits amongst a glamorous audience CUT TO – INT. AWARDS STAGE Stunningly gorgeous ACTRESS fondles an envelope as gorgeous ACTOR devilishly looks on. ACTRESS And the Oscar goes to… CUT TO – INT. …
Read MoreBaby Present
So here I am…a man who never had younger siblings, a man without a child, a man who’s never changed a diaper and gets paranoid around babies…and I’m having lunch with a dear friend and meeting her five-month old son. I said the standard things — “he’s so cute,” “what a good baby,” “are you…
Read MoreA Blunt Object To Ease Self Doubt
Accepting her Golden Globe statuette for her performance in “Les Misérables,” Anne Hathaway humbly thanked the Hollywood Foreign Press Association “for this lovely blunt object, that I will forever use as a weapon against my self-doubt.” A humble admission of her truth from this graceful, poised movie star. As writers, we are just like Hathaway…
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