My KCRW Interview
The Battlefield Earth interview I did for KCRW’S The Business of the Business.
The Battlefield Earth interview I did for KCRW’S The Business of the Business.
The multitude of pretend writers sit around complaining about how impossible it is to have a career while the real writers book job after job. So what is it that makes someone a real writer?
I was fortunate enough to launch my career while still in film school by having Ridley Scott hire me to write Metropolis. How the heck did that happen?
The first thing agents do when evaluating a new writer’s script.
Why writing to the paradigms gets you ignored in the current marketplace.
One of the main differences that distinguishes amateurs from professional writers is that amateurs sometimes write. They write when they have the time or when they feel like it, or when they take a class and have an immediate deadline. So what do professionals do?
Learn how close Vince Gilligan was to giving up on the project, and what stopped him from throwing in the towel.
Why do so many writers fail? The conventional answer is that most of them simply don’t possess the required talent. This is absolutely wrong.
A contest judges offers advice to those planning on entering the competition.
The world is full of writer zombies seeking to destroy your chances of success.