i’m juggling too many things right now, but i’m already thinking about what projects to work on next.
john august has a great post on his site about writing groups. he makes a very interesting suggestion which is to put an expiration date on the group at the start, and i think that’s a brilliant idea. i’ve been in several writing groups in the past and they’ve all fizzled out, but they’ve all…
It’s been a while since I updated my blog. So I quit my job, sold almost everything I had, and decided to travel overseas for a year to take a creative sabbatical. I talk about it here. I’ve been making videos of my projects and my travels, so you can subscribe on YouTube, and follow…
read it here. one quote i liked – “What’s lacking in so many films from people without a film-school education isn’t the technical expertise,” he argued. “It’s the ability to turn that expertise into a compelling story.”
so looking over my footage, i realized i missed some shots. i should have had a more detailed shot list. i made one for some of the scenes, but not all of them. my teacher at the usc directing intensive class said he never storyboards, and said a shot list is much more important. i…
I met Meghan at a mixer, and then we ended up in the same writers group for a couple years! Alex already did a great interview with her on his blog, so definitely check that out. I had some questions about her time on Married and Silicon Valley. She’s also making a web series, and I had some questions…
we had a mixer with writers from the various network writing programs, including cbs, wb, disney, the new fox program, and us from nbc wotv. there were maybe 40 writers plus the people who run the programs. it was really crowded, and a lot of fun. here’s something you might not have known: many writers…