What Are Your Real Chances of Success
Writers know it’s not easy to launch and sustain a career. The odds aren’t necessarily stacked in your favor. But what exactly are your chances of making it? The answer might surprise you.
Are You a Real Writer?
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?
The Life Of A Professional Writer: Breaking In
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?
If You Want An Agent, You Need to Read This
The first thing agents do when evaluating a new writer’s script.
Break the Damn Glass — Stop Worrying and Start Writing
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?
How Breaking Bad Almost Wasn’t
Learn how close Vince Gilligan was to giving up on the project, and what stopped him from throwing in the towel.
Beware The Writer Zombies
The world is full of writer zombies seeking to destroy your chances of success.
Seven Tools To Help Keep You Writing
Goals are dreams with deadlines
The Right Mind-Set
The need for the Growth Mindset.
The Jerry Seinfeld Chain
How the Jerry Seinfeld Chain can make you a better writer.