Screenwriting

FINDING YOUR SCRIPT'S STORY ENGINE

I pulled out an old pilot script I was working on a long time ago. I didn’t finish it because I was having a hard time coming up with the...

WRITING PROCESS | STORY DEVELOPMENT

Why do I always pick writing projects that are so challenging? I must like torturing myself. I’m a masochist. Yeah. That’s it. Don’t get...

WHEN ART MUST IMITATE LIFE

Political election season. It’s the only time in life when I get riled up in a negative way. Quite frankly, I can’t take the antics of...

CUT TO THE F*CKING CHASE | MOMMY, WHAT'S A LOGLINE?

Dammit! You’re a screenwriter. A newbie screenwriter, but a screenwriter nonetheless. You have an amazing idea that you think will make a...

A GIFT DEFERRED

When I was a kid, I thought I would be a lawyer. Not that I really knew what that meant at the time. I was around five years old when...

CUT TO THE F*CKING CHASE | HOW TO GET HOLLYWOOD TO TAKE YOUR CALL

Someone called my office to submit a project. I explained our script submission process to the caller and gave her my email address. She...

MY TOP 5 SCREENWRITERS

# 1 SHONDA RHIMES | The Queen of Hearts Best known for: Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge My favorite work: ...