Where good ideas come from has always been a mystery for writers! You can’t force them to come to you, and it’s not always the ideas that you were hoping for which appear from the depths of your subconscious.
Where Good Ideas Come From
Writer’s Block – Instant Cure
Every writer has faced the dreaded writer’s block. It comes with the accompanied feeling that you are not good enough. That the idea or story is not good enough. Amateurish. Undeveloped – and thus you should quit working on it. Or quit the writing profession as a whole! But not …
3 Reasons to WRITE During Lockdown
This worldwide lockdown is an extraordinary moment in time. The Coronavirus is taking over and ramping up. Everyone is anxious, nervous, sad, and certainly not sure how to channel their energies. In the midst of this chaos, writing can be an incredibly centering, calming, therapeutic, focusing activity. In fact, your …
How Screenwriting Blogs Can Kill Your Career (and How to Save Yourself)
Chances are, you don’t know who I am. I’ve spent over 20 years teaching screenwriting from the producer’s perspective, and yet I still have a very small reach. You know why? One reason. Until now, I have refused to blog. If I’d started blogging when blogging began (fifteen years ago), we’d …