My Best Articles

• 3 Essential Steps to Writing a Killer Logline
• How to Create Great TV Bibles & Treatments
• My Number #1 Tip For Writers: Self-Compassion
• 6 Ways to Turn Your ‘General Meeting’ into a Job Opportunity
• How To Give Good Meeting... And Get the Job, Part One
• How To Give Good Meeting Part Two: Four Key Strategies
• How to Write a One-Pager that Gets Traction
• What is a “Leave-Behind” & When Do You Need One?
• Get your Sh*t Together! 10 Ways to Organize Your Creative Life

Get the F*ck Unstuck© Series

• GTFU, Part One: Time Sucks & Energy Vampires
• GTFU, Part Two: Time Study
• GTFU, Part Three: Uncovering Your Emotional Energy Vampires & Fears
• GTFU, Part Four: Confronting Your Emotional Energy Vampires & Fears
• GTFU Part Five: Putting it Into Practice

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It's Never Too Late to Have a Screenwriting Career

Want to be a screenwriter but you’re not 22? Don’t panic. Smart showrunners and decision makers are often looking for grownups and will open the door for someone with talent, enthusiasm, and great personal stories. Your work needs to be contemporary, but your life experience can make your writing richer and lend authenticity in meetings and pitches.

How To Create a Hollywood Resume That Gets You to the Top of the Pile

I have some advice on how to turn your blinking cursor into the Hollywood resume that leaps out from the large pile your potential future employer is sloughing through.

Myth of Hollywood Overnight Success Stories

I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing Shawn Ryan, creator of the ground breaking TV series, The Shield several times. He talks about how he won a playwriting contest when he was in college.