The Good Intentions In the middle of the night, I get an idea. I think about it. I smile. I…
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"Vodka martini. Shaken, not stirred." It's a freakin' drink order. That's it. I order drinks all the time. But not…
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Right now, I keep a fulltime advertising job, a marriage, two dogs, and 3-4 articles a week, and as much…
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Years ago, I was at a Q&A with Spike Lee. Someone asked him about getting his start with She's Gotta…
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WILL: You dropped a hundred and fifty grand on an education you coulda' picked up for a dollar fifty in…
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Ever hear the thing about icebergs? WILL: Do you know much about icebergs, Dad? EDWARD: Do I? I saw an…
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There’s a guy that somehow finds his way into every one of my scripts. He’s roughly between 25-35. Middle class.…
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First, the Hero needed a single Objective. Frodo needed to return the ring. The Dude wanted his rug back. Then,…
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Darth Vader. Gollum. Hannibal Lecter. The Wicked Witch of the West. Wherever you find a Hero’s journey, you shall, or…
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J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings is about 1200 pages from the beginning of Fellowship of the Ring to the…
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