Monthly Archives: September 2014

16 Lessons (1 of 4)

I started writing in 1998, so as of this month I’ve been doing it for sixteen years.  As such, I figure this is a good time to share some things I’ve learned during that period.  Had I the ability to … Continue reading

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I’ll be posting a four-part series about writing over the next week or so.  Until then, here are a few things from the Interwebz that caught my interest. Television writer Javier Grillo-Marxuach published an essay in the Los Angeles Review … Continue reading

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Here’s a Los Angeles Times article from 1990 about screenwriter Shane Black.  At one point he was the highest-paid writer in Hollywood, then he fell out of favor with the movie studios and had to wander the desert for forty … Continue reading

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Busted Pilots

Here are a couple of sitcom pilots from the ’90s.  The first, Pistol Pete, comes from John Swartzwelder.  He wrote more episodes of The Simpsons than anyone else, almost three seasons’ worth, including many of the absolute classics (“Itchy and … Continue reading

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A few interesting links I’ve come across: The Daily Routines of Famous Writers How Stephen King Teaches Writing Margaret Atwood in Future Library I’ve been busy writing (screenplays) and am gearing up for my next novel (horror), so expect minimum … Continue reading

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