This is an excellent expansion on my earlier post about screenwriting partners and how the industry sees you.

I am still shocked a major studio released NATURAL BORN KILLERS. Apparently, Stone would only do the movie if he could do whatever the hell he wanted, which he did. He seemed to take everything he experimented with in JFK and turned it into a bad acid trip. There is plenty to

Whenever I've struggled with my own screenwriting, I've found one of these is to blame: 1. I've lost track of the story and/or emotion. 2. I've lost confidence. 3. I'm over-complicating what should be simple. Left to my own devices, I will do these all the time for various

Stop interrupting your own dialogue. Let it flow. Let the reader's eyes move down the page. These moments will take on their own rhythm if you let them. But too much screenwriting adds unnecessary parentheticals or action lines that only form speed bumps. It adds little and

Any kind of mystery risks confusing the reader rather than engaging them. Tomorrow, I'll share with 6k+ subscribers the best strategy for your screenplay to hold the reader's attention while keeping secrets from them. Interested? The link is below in the replies.👇

My first 20 screenplays: #1: Unreadable. #2: BAD. #3: BAD. #4: BAD. #5: WTF was I even thinking? #6: Pretty good! (optioned x2! Joined WGA. Eventually produced) #7: BAD. #8: Pretty good! #9: Pro Level. (Optioned x2) #10: Pretty good! #11: Pretty good! #12: Okay (Sold to WB) #13: