I’ve heard many a moviegoer wax poetic on movie length; what length is ideal, how some movies feel rushed and beg for more time, that whole deal. The majority of new screenwriter advice I see online says to make a … more→
I write gaming articles on Bitmob, a community driven gaming news site where visitors are strongly encouraged to write. You should, too; they’ve got a spiffy interface and excellent hit/comment tracker. Anywho, here are the articles I wrote in January … more→
SPOILER ALERT. You’ve been warned. When did television become so amazing? The likes of Dexter, The Sopranos, and countless other high quality series didn’t exist when I was a kid. The closest was whatever Star Trek: The Next Generation variant … more→
See my last post. More coming. Stay tuned, all 3 of my readers!
Precisely what the title says. What’s NaNoWriMo? Go here for more info: http://www.nanowrimo.org/ UPDATE: I’m bowing out of NaNoWriMo, partly because I think I got what I needed out of it and because there’s other stuff I need to focus on. … more→
I write mainly by feel, willing to use a comma in technically the wrong place if I think it’ll help the overall impact of a sentence align with my intention. I don’t usually fret over proper usage of a coordinating … more→
To anyone who won a screenwriting contest that sees this: before you take offense, hear me out. I’ve read a whole whackload of scripts, including many contest finalists and winners. And I’ve noticed something about most contest winning scripts: they’re … more→
(I wrote this for the October 2011 Bitmob Writing Challenge. Find this on Bitmob here, or just read on.) I previously wrote about how Sonic CD is not only overrated, but almost laughably bad, a puzzling fact given how much … more→
Meant to post this after watching Super 8, but it fell between the cracks. Here it is, with additions on how Super 8 is great for aspiring writers. I heard the word “nostalgia” so many times when reading impressions of … more→
Part of an ongoing series where I talk ’bout my pitching experiences in a rather informal fashion. DISCLAIMERS: These aren’t advice/informative pieces about how to properly pitch, though I’ll be writing those too (check the Pitch category). These are informal … more→
Get caught up with part 1 and part 2! Woke up Saturday feeling really fucking down. Full on existential crisis mode. Is the universe a hologram? (No, really, is it?) Should I really be here? I seriously debated saving on … more→
Previously, on PitchTales: The earthquake leaves Cassie trapped in the genetic research lab, and, injured, she must stop the coming genetic unmaking of man! Bimmy Lee jumped a large gap between skyscrapers! Will he make it? Meanwhile, Lt. Vincent K. … more→
Welcome to PitchTales, a word I Googled and found nobody else using. In this first part of an X part series, where X is a natural number equal to or greater than 1, I’m going to relay my own pitching … more→
Another quickie, as I’m still prepping for the 2011 Screenwriting Expo’s Golden Pitch event later this week. I haven’t posted as much about pitching as I have about writing or gaming, and I seek to rectify that. This year I’m … more→
