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prep work for my 30 rock spec
i’ve been reading some 30 rock scripts and breaking them down to figure out their structure. the scripts are all from season 1, but i don’t think that’ll be a big issue. i did the same thing i did for the office spec and the himym spec, which is to make a spreadsheet and write…

glass whiteboard
Jeanne from Script Magazine mentioned me in a post regarding a picture of my closet doors that I posted on Facebook, so I figured I should post the pic here. I recently moved into a new place and I hated the cheap mirrored sliding closet doors. Unrelated, I also wanted a giant whiteboard to use for breaking…
my day at the newport beach fest
so i went down to the newport beach film festival on 4/21. i got there at 10am to see a panel of screenwriting. there were 5 writers there, including Steve Oedekerk who wrote Ace Ventura and Bruce Almighty, and Jeff Arch who wrote Sleepless In Seattle. during the q+a, someone asked how a total beginner…
camera obscura – less than 2 weeks before i shoot my short film!
i have less than 2 weeks left for preproduction! i feel really good about where we are at this point. my producer marcia has done an incredible job overseeing everything, and it really frees me up to focus on what i need to focus on. CAST – we have 2 amazing actors i can’t wait…
halfway done
i’m about halfway through a rough draft of my Office spec. the time i put into outlining is paying off, because i already figured out the main story beats and now i can focus on dialogue and jokes. besides being just a valuable part in the writing process, outlining is something i would have to…

interview: Juliana Weiss-Roessler, NBC Writers on the Verge 2011
i met juliana a few months ago here at nickelodeon when a group of us volunteered for the young storytellers foundation. once a week, we helped a group a 5th graders write their own screenplays, and it wasn’t long before we learned we were both writers going through different writing programs. i asked her to do…
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