Tag Archives | Practice

This writing is not good.

I’m giving you a fair warning so you can spend your time reading something that is good and inspiring and makes you think or gives you some brilliant insight. That is not what this is, I’m afraid. In fact, what I’ve been writing lately is so bad that right now I’m fairly certain all my [...]

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In Search of Email Nirvana

A few weeks ago, Melani and I were working side by side on my couch in front of the fireplace and she glanced over at my laptop and gasped. “You have 3,024 emails in your inbox?!” This is not the first time I’ve had a friend or colleague recoil when they see my inbox. I’m [...]

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It’s Never Too Late to Try Your Hardest

This is the 10th blog post in my screenwriting series, it all started here Day 21 – 19,092 words down  I’m packing for the Sundance Film Festival! I can imagine I’d be feeling pretty disappointed in myself if I hadn’t taken on this challenge and I was going back to Sundance having not accomplished much of [...]

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The Unbearable Heaviness of Editing

This is the 9th blog post in my screenwriting series, it all started here  Day 20 -  I printed out the screenplay yesterday.  I took a picture and texted it to my sister and a couple of friends.  It felt pretty cool.  Scary – but cool. They all asked to read it.  I told them I [...]

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The End – Roll Credits?

This is the 8th blog post in my screenwriting series, it all started here Day 19 -  I finished the first draft!!!! I am printing it out as we speak, er, as I write this!  It’s short in the word count department, but the beginning and the end of my story met in the middle and [...]

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