Another November, another NaNoWriMo complete! For those who don't know, NaNoWriMo means "National Novel Writing Month", although it's actually international now and it covers a lot more than novels. It's for writers anywhere to commit [...]
I usually fly solo as a creative. Now, coming from a film background, there's a TON of collaboration, but when it came time to write the script, to come up with the shots, to edit [...]
Most writers of any kind know the importance of research. We don't want to get that email that starts with "While I enjoyed your recent book, I think you'll find..." and then explains the jeep [...]
When I was a filmmaker, it was a known path, so obvious it was cliché. Make your short film. Then your feature. Short films were film school: camera movement, working with actors, budgeting, scheduling, editing, [...]
I've been thinking about balance lately. I had a draft that I re-read for the first time in a long while, and the lack of balance hit me hard. I developed many of my storytelling [...]
