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My key to productivity is that I’m a planner. I’ve written before about the James Caan movie where someone said something about the 5P…

One trick I’ve read people talk about for beating writing exhaustion, is to have a “for the fun of it” book project. Your version…

What happens when you’ve got writing exhaustion? I usually hit that towards the end of a script. Let’s diagnose it first. You know you’ve…

Really, there’s only one way a writer develops their voice. I never sat down to ask myself, what’s my writer’s voice? I just wrote….

When writing in my novels (temporarily on hold!), I don’t really feel the need to do a Stephen King. Stephen King often puts people…

Now here’s the last step from what I’ve been explaining all week. Open Final Draft. Split the screen. Beat board on the right, script…

I mentioned that once I have a beat board done, I have two more steps. The next one is an interoffice one. I open…

This week featured two nights of serious work on a beat board. Understand that what I’m writing comes almost a full week before you…

Yesterday showed me the truth of something Michael Hyatt said two seminars ago. “There is no such thing on this planet as writer’s block….

I’ve got some odd things in my writing office. There’s a 1948 LIonel Train engine in my book case. A Lionel Scout, as a…