#TypesTuesday – 2013’s awards season film featured several compelling Power of Conscience characters
Continue readingSpielberg’s Lincoln
Lincoln is beautifully cast and wonderful to look at but, for me, is more a history lesson than a personal story.
Continue readingSummer Workshop in Italy
Friend and colleague from UCLA, Paul Chitlik, now a clinical assistant professor at Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television, holds a residential writing seminar in Europe every summer. This year, the seminar is in Cairo Montenotte, Italy.
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MICHELANGELO SCREENWRITING • SUMMER 2013 • ORVIETO, ITALY
Continue readingLuck to Start the New Year
#MondayMusings – How to be luckier in the New Year
Continue readingWhat Gangnam Style Tells Us about Writing
What does the Gangnam Style song and dance video have to do with writing? Ralph Waldo Emerson said it best–
Continue readingZig Ziglar Rules for Success
#ThinkpieceThursday – Here are Ziglar’s top ten rules for success– with my comments on how they apply to writing.
Continue readingNordkapp Film Festival
#MondayMusings – Time to become a travelogue for a while!
Continue reading#TypesTuesday – The Dark Knight Rises
#TypesTuesday – Nolan’s Batman trilogy is remarkably consistent in its emotional and psychological characterizations.
Continue readingSir Arthur Conan Doyle Discusses Sherlock Holmes on Video!
This is a wonderful discussion right from the creator of Sherlock Holmes.
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