The Ass Kicking Guide To Getting What You Want
Have you heard the saying, “Nothing easy is worth doing”? I can’t remember where I first heard it or who said it, but when I used the...
What Does Fiction Owe Real Life? 2 Ways Of Writing About Emotional Reality
It was an orange jump suit that got me thinking about the relationship of art to reality. I know a strange connection to make but often...
The One Thing You Should Be Doing For Film Writing Success As Told By The Writer of Dallas Buyers Cl
This week Craig Borten, screenwriter of the Dallas Buyers Club, was in Vancouver for the film festival to talk about his craft. His...
4 Things Entrepreneurs Should Learn from the 1st Saudi Feature-Length Film
Wadjda is a ground breaking film on so many levels. It is the first feature length film shot entirely in Saudi Arabia. It is the first...
3 Easy Things To Do To Become a Successful Screenwriter
In his book, the Outliers, Malcom Gladwell famously wrote that to master any skill you need to practice it for 10,000 hours. Gladwell...
Why Social Media is Killing Literacy
Twitterheads who defend the social media platform as promoting literacy acquaint it to writing poetry. Now if their tweet was in iambic...
What an Introverted Writer learned that Helped Him Step Outside of His Shell
Leadership is one of those skills that is hard to teach and difficult to learn. I’ve read so many books on how to be a great leader, yet...
4 Essential Elements to Making Money Blogging
1. Be a Kick Ass Writer. Excuse me for swearing but it’s the truth. It may seem like an obvious assessment but it’s funny how sometimes...
Why We Should Ignore Blogs
Okay, I was wrong. . . a little. After I resisted my initial urge to take a sledge hammer to my commuter (Office Space style) I have...
Are We in Another Era of Yellow Journalism?
I’ve always liked scary books – stuff from the imagination of Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Thomas Harris. But the most recent book was...
