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You Can't Really Get What You Need
The Nature of Funny
Never Cut Funny
Copyright II
Copyright and Copywrong
Variety!
Bookstores
Don’t Try to Sell Your Script
Little Bo-Peep
There Are Many Stories, But Only One Theme
Beginnings
It Ain't Over Til It's Over
Love Mail and Hate Mail
Neanderthal Films
Plane Geometry and Storytelling
The Average Rational Person
Query Letters
Smoking in Movies
More On Inflection
Inflection Vs. Text
More on A.I.
Art's Worst Enemy
Guilt and Goals
The Large Doll Area
Do You Really Like It?
Avoid Stereotypes
Audiences Are Not Stupid But Smart
How Movies Cure Cancer
Sympathetic Bad Guys
Inflection Versus Text
Screenwriting and the Middle East
Thomas Edison and Screenwriting
Disclosure Day
We Had Faces
Authority Means Zilch
The Purpose of Art and Movies
No Credits Is Your Best Credit
More on A.I.
Narrative in Porn - Part II
Narrative in Porn
Little Things Mean A Lot - Part II
Little Things Mean A Lot - Part I
Perfectly Imperfect
Art Versus Commerce
More Michael
Michael
Narrative Bloat
Writer's Block
Betrayal
Self-Respect
Dialog--Keep it Short
Best Line of Dialog Ever! The Idol Maker
Sight, Sound, and Integration
Stories Make The Rules and Not the Other Way Around
Women and Men--Writers and Protagonists
Dialog--Keep It Short
Art Is An Ego Trip
Sympathy for the Devil
A.I. - The Devil's Library
The Oscars
Finances for Writers
Blue Moon and AI
After the Hunt: A Kvetchfest
Still More on AI--The Magnificent Ambersons
More On (What Else?) A.I.
A.I. - The Good and Bad
Cruelty
Identity -- Schlindler and Malcolm
This And That
Magic
Train Dreams, Another Yawner
Assimilation
Magic and Rejection
The Biology of Narrative
The Importance of Art
Karma and the F Word
How Does a Writer Know It's Time To Stop for the Day?
Hollywood Agents
Writing Right or Wrong
Conan, Brooks, Men Writing Women Characters
What're You Watching, Richie?
Writing the Lived Experience
Napalm in the Morning
Technology and Story
Every Writer's Best Friend: The Delete Key
LGBTQIA+ Female Protagonists
More on A.I.
Invisible Artistry
More Regarding Novels Into Films
Books Into Films
Still More on Amateur Chic
More on Amateur Chic
What're You Watching Richie?
Strategies as Distractions
Screenwriting: Exceptions to the Rules
Every Screenwriter's Conundrum: Should I Update My Old Scripts?
Freedom of Expression and Creativity
Mentorship--Write to the Writer
Shakespeare the Plagiarist
Endings