My Personal Challenge
Of all the poems, short stories, screenplays and even the two “novels” I’ve written, there are a few things I have never done and a few areas I consider myself very weak in. One, I have never written a romance. Probably because I hate them. Two, I really, really struggle to effectively write women. Struggle [...]
Favorite Actors & Directors
Favorite actors in no particular order: Male: Robert De Niro Johnny Depp Sean Penn Tim Robbins Tom Hanks Robert Duvall Al Pacino Russell Crowe Kevin Spacey Jack Nicholson Christian Bale Philip Seymour Hoffman Edward Norton Kevin Spacey Robert Downey Jr. Benicio Del Toro Female: Katharine Hepburn Meryl Streep Naomi Watts Jodie Foster Betty Davis Judi [...]
Showing vs Telling
Many writers have trouble with this. I don’t want characters in a movie, or book for that matter, to tell me how they feel. I want to see how they feel. Give me visuals. I want to see what they see. Feel what they feel. Hear what they hear. Jane can say: “Patty showed me her [...]
Getting Creative Juices Flowings
To get the creative juices flowing, I wrote a fictitious interview between me and a Frenchman named Andre’ Jules. He was asking me how I’d approach a lady. Get her attention. Yes, WIN her over I’d dare say. What WOULD I say? We go back and forth for about 2 1/2 pages and the interview [...]