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2025 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 19
One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Why Your Brain Loves Good Storytelling
Part 3: “Every storytelling exercise should begin by asking: Who is my audience and what is the message I want to share with them? Each…

Update: 2025 London Screenwriters’ Festival
More information on my appearance at this year’s event: April 24–27.

Page One: “K-PAX” (2001)
Screenplay by Charles Leavitt, novel by Gene Brewer

2025 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 18
One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Why Your Brain Loves Good Storytelling
Part 2: The intriguing thing here is that while we, as writers, are thinking about emotions and psychology, much of it apparently boils…

Screenwriting 101: Stan Chervin
“I always try to bang out a first, rough draft as fast as I can. There’s a story of George Abbott, the theatre director, coming into the…

Page One: “Just Mercy” (2019)
Written by Destin Daniel Cretton & Andrew Lanham, based on the book by Bryan Stevenson

2025 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 17
One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Why Your Brain Loves Good Storytelling
Part 1: Something about your story, most particularly involving your Protagonist, must resonate with a reader. What that boils down to is…
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