YOUR CHALLENGE (Do This Right Now): Your story is stuck. You know exactly where. Set a timer for 5 minutes and write the WORST possible way this scene could continue. Go full soap opera. Melodrama.[…]
Open the Iris! Here Comes More Stargate
In a television landscape obsessed with antiheroes and manufactured conflict, the return of Stargate—with the original creators at the helm—feels like coming home to the kind of storytelling we’ve been missing. This past week, I[…]
Writing Workshops 2006 (Upcoming/Online)
New courses added for January including a 3-Hour Intensive on beating writer’s block and a 10-week program for writing and marketing a television pilot. Elevate your writing craft with focused, interactive workshops. Each course combines[…]
A Legacy of Stepping Forward: Remembering Caleb Copeland
Caleb Copeland, one of my first university students, passed away yesterday. It’s taken the better part of the last 24 hours to work through my grief enough to express my impressions of this exceptional young[…]
We’ve all seen it a thousand times: The phone rings. The protagonist answers. A voice on the other end delivers life-changing news. The protagonist says “no thanks” and hangs up. Roll credits on Act One.[…]
“Intellectual Rigor” is Not a Dirty Word
Let’s start with the premise that the more we know about the world, the better equipped we are to create worlds of our own. Or in my case, I know nothing, which is a great[…]