My interview with Brandon Broussard, Hudson Obayuwana, and Jana Savage, the writing team behind the 2021 Black List script “Homecoming.” Murder Ink consists of three writers (Brandon Broussard, Hudson Obayuwana, and Jana Savage) who wrote the comedy feature script “Homecoming” which not only landed on the 2021 Black List, but…

The difference between Fate… and Writer’s Convenience. When I broke into Hollywood, I did everything I could to soak up knowledge about the craft. Books. Lectures. Panels. Interviews. Movies. Scripts. Those first few years were the equivalent of my film school education. Along the way, I hit upon this Hollywood…

I saw this article in Fast Company a while back and in reading it, I realized how important comic strips have been in my adult life. Doonesbury. The Far Side. Bloom County. And, of course, Calvin & Hobbes. Calvin & Hobbes was created by Bill Watterson. And in the documentary…

You can write two entire spec scripts in one year if you only write one page per day. Two. Complete. Feature. Spec. Scripts. I have a great deal of sympathy for people who write as an avocation and aspire to become full-time professional writers. …

My interview with Brandon Broussard, Hudson Obayuwana, and Jana Savage, the writing team behind the 2021 Black List script “Homecoming.” Murder Ink consists of three writers (Brandon Broussard, Hudson Obayuwana, and Jana Savage) who wrote the comedy feature script “Homecoming” which not only landed on the 2021 Black List, but…

“All too often, attachments get in the way of our writing. When you should be inside your story universe, your mind is outside thinking about this or that scenario.” When you consider yourself as a writer, what do you think about? When you ponder that story you are currently writing…

A writer rises to meet the challenge of any story. It’s 1986. About 12:30AM. At Charlie’s nightclub in Ventura, California where I’ve just finished performing my comedy act. As I’m packing up my gear, I get into a conversation with Steve, one of the club owners. He’s in his second…