January - 2017

The Daily Blog

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Welcome to the Blog! This is the heart of our journey into selling a screenplay. Here you will find daily postings about the projects I am currently writing, rewriting and rewriting again. I'll explain my process and and the mechanics of screenwriting, incorporating all revisions into the samples located on the Projects page. But in addition to the writing, we'll delve into the business side of screenwriting and unravel the mysteries of writing query letters and developing pitches. Then when it's all put together, we'll set our marketing plan into action and see what kind of response we get. Hopefully, it won't necessitate a trip back to the drawing board.

But the blog isn't all work and no play. I'll be taking you to film festivals, workshops and pitch fests for an insider's looks at all the action behind the scenes. If you haven't attended one of these events in the past, this will be a good opportunity for you to understand how they work and what to expect when you get there. And you are going to attend, right? You're on a journey, after all.

The blog will also feature interviews with fellow screenwriters, actors, directors and producers, giving you valuable insight into what they've experienced and what they expect when working with writers. The blog will be an indispensible font of information for you as you begin the journey to sell your own screenplay. You can begin that journey right now by subscribing to the blog using the form below.

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So check out a blogcast and then get back to writing. Remember, the journey to a successful screenplay begins with a single keystroke.

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SE2 D134: BAFTA Draws A Line in the Sand Over Diversity

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts’ (BAFTA) recent decision to alter how it bestows its highest honors to filmmakers, based on matters of diversity, has opened the proverbial can of worms within the film industry. If you somehow missed out on the news, BAFTA, the UK equivalent of America’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the Oscars), has mandated that beginning in 2019 any film that fails to achieve a certain level of diversity, either in casting or

SE2 D130: Happy Belated New Year

It’s been 78 days since my last post. That’s a lot of time to get a lot of things done. Only I didn’t. It has been a rough start to the new season, which follows a rough ending to the finale of the first season. The biggest obstacle I have faced is a lack of work. There seems to have been some type of seismic shift in the work landscape here in Los Angeles. As a result, there have been fewer projects starting up and a large number of people employed in the industry (Reality T