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Creative Chaos and Other Screenwriting Tips

12/02/2015/in Movie Craft/by Michael

As I navigated through studio politics and creative challenges, I came to the conclusion that there are only two types of people working in Hollywood. People who solve problems. And people who create problems. Guess which one writers need to be? Now, in fairness, not all problem creators are destructive – at least, not creatively. […]

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12/02/2015/in Movie Craft/by Michael

The genesis of this website and my book came unexpectedly. One day I was asked to appear on a panel of screenwriters at the Writers Guild of America, West. The topic assigned to me was, “How do you increase the stakes in a second act?” Innocent enough, right? Yet that question needled me like a […]