Kudos to director Sara Nesson

... for her short Oscar-nominated documentary, "Poster Girl," which we saw Saturday at the WGA. Terribly moving and provocative! I expect more great things from her.

A Writers Time

HAVE AN AGENDA and revise it regularly to keep your priorities current.

Hollywood would rather pay more for more than less for less.

Screenwriters:

“Too good to be true. Remove goody-goodies from your script. Every character worth recommending is a mixture of positive and negative traits.”— Jennifer Lerch, 500 Ways to Beat the Hollywood Script Reader

Tips For Novelists

What makes for good novel writing--lush narrative, detailed description, inner monologues--often makes for poor screenwriting, which is brief and evocative

Tips For Writers

The key to success (and sanity) is to remain flexible while simultaneously being relentlessly organized.

Tips For Screenwriters

Nothing teaches screenwriting better than the screenplays of your favorite movies.