Category Archives: Screenwriting

Learning by doing

I recently completed my first short film, Night Blooming, based on the short story of the same name by Kevin Fanning. Having spent the past five years banging out screenplays, I decided making a short film might help me improve my writing. Kevin’s story resonated with me when I first read it in The Morning [...]

Screenwriting Expo 5

I recently returned from the Screenwriting Expo in L.A. Four days of panels, workshops, parties, and pitches along with four thousand other aspiring screenwriters. Daunting yet encouraging. Tiring yet exhilarating. I scheduled all my pitches on Friday and Saturday so that I could relax on Sunday. Oddly, I missed the frantic energy of the pitch [...]