DAY 10 – FOUR PLACES TO WRITE

It’s time for your first list — by the way, I love lists! Write four potential writing places on ‘ YOUR FIRST’ list. I can tell you love Italian cappuccino, but un bar in Florence can’t be on this list. Instead list places where you’ll be able to find a spot to sit, not too [...]

DAY 14 – THE BEGINNING/THE IDEA

The very thought of writing a screenplay can be overwhelming. The question I’m ask the most often [after, 'Where are you from?' - LOL] is, ‘Where do I begin?’ Writing a script for the first time can be a daunting experience. So where do you start? You begin with an idea. That idea should be [...]

DAY 17 – MOVIES I LOVE!

A screenwriter must watch movies. Here are ten movies I love [and more to come]: 1. A Man and a Woman - Claude Lelouch’s Masterpiece 2. Crash – Great Ensemble Piece 3. Tootsie – Fun! 4. Thelma & Louise – A must to study character development. 5. Ghost – Drama/Comedy – It so works! 6. [...]

DAY 18 – MORE MOVIES I LOVE!

Here are ten more: 1. Nottinghill 2. The Bourne Identity 3. Before Sunrise 4. Before Sunset [If you can watch 3 and 4 as one long movie… needs popcorn! And I give the last scene of Sunset the best ‘Last Scene Award’. 5. The Departed 6. The Shawshank Redemption 7. Out of Africa 8. Titanic [...]

DAY 24 – TEN IDEAS

New scripts need new ideas, and at times that thought can be very scary. Can you come up with 10 ideas for your next scripts, novels, poems, paintings, and songs? It’s a wonderful and liberating feeling to know what to work on next. I have a little notebook where I write down all my ideas, [...]