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Diary Writing Tips
TV, FILM & BOOKSKeeping a diary can be fun, useful, and therapeutic - or it can be frustrating, time-consuming, and stressful. Today I'd like to offer some writing tips (as a person who has kept a diary for the past three years) for making your diary a helpful…

Writing Tips: Time Doesn’t Grow on Trees
Teaching Artists, Writing Lessons
Writing Tips: Time Doesn't Grow on Trees
Waking up in my Italian villa, the rays of il sole pry my eyes open. I wander out of bed into a communal kitchen, where the table has been pre-set by la donna della casa. Croissants, rolls, and cappuccino…

Writing Tips: What’s a Hook? The Art of the Pitch and Effectively pitching your ideas
Teaching Artists, TV, FILM & BOOKS, Writing LessonsWriting Tips: The Art of the Pitch
My Hollywood agent brought me out to L.A. not long ago to pitch a couple of Big Shot TV producers on an idea for a show they wanted me to create. I figured, why not? I flew out there and got into the meeting…

Bad Poetry: The Facts on Fiction
TV, FILM & BOOKS"Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will…

