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#shamelessselfpromo #thisisfine #Imfinewiththisandnotuncomfortableatall As some of you have kindly noticed, I recently published my first...

How to give feedback on writing

First published to my Medium account: read the original post here When I first left college and was desperately scrambling to gain the...

Constructing a Screenplay: The Outline

If you enjoyed my entry on how to start writing a screenplay, you may have devised a logline for your next piece and be looking for ways...

Constructing a Screenplay: How to Start

"Cinema is a mosaic made of time." - Andrei Tarkovsky Screenplays are a strange form of writing. There is a certain utility to it that...

Why You Shouldn't Reference the Camera in your Screenplay

As a script consultant, I see tons of well-constructed and interesting screenplays that simply cannot help but indulge in the cinematic...

Does Tommy work as a Film?

No. But that doesn't mean screenwriters can't learn from it! Image from my YouTube video on the subject: catch it here Tommy, the 1969...

How to (almost) Make a Movie

Originally published to my Medium: head there to see the original story I spent the only normal months of 2020 trying to produce a short...

American Horror Story 1984: The True Story That Inspired Season X

A little something I wrote while the season was airing. Content warning: references to physical and sexual assault, murder and suicide....