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You've finished your script (or pilot, or novel), and now you have to sell (pitch) it but that dratted logline. As someone who has...

And I'm not talking craft. PHOTO CREDIT: PRETTY WOMAN Touchstone Pictures In the past couple of years, I have noticed a new trend among...

I love comedy because it's one of the most beloved genres in film. It ain't easy, and also, you know, humor is subjective. In a business...

Writing holiday romances for television is suddenly trendy, but many writers, especially new writers, do it completely wrong and then...

Pitching your story can be a daunting task, especially if you're an introvert. The thought of presenting your ideas to producers,...

As you may or may not know I worked in animation, as an artist for many years, like a couple of decades, LOL, and it was there that I...

Or has it been miscategorized? Most likely, it's been miscategorized. I'm guilty of this too, calling films like Legally Blonde a...

Okay, WRITERS---women writers of a certain age---stop repeating to yourself and anyone who will listen that you can't get hired because...

What is success in Hollywood? Is it being Tom Cruise? Or Margot Robbie? Do you need to be Taylor Swift to be a success? My opinion?...

'Tis the season to be jolly, and what better way to embrace the holiday spirit than by writing a heartwarming Christmas romance?...

As a writer, I'm constantly juggling multiple scripts and novels. This is not just a personal preference, but a necessity in the business...

PHOTO- Hallmark, CHRISTMAS IN LOVE Happy June! I'm writing this post because it keeps coming up in writing groups that I am in with...

Well, what can I say? I took a year of hiatus from this blog and my other blogS- plural, yeah, I have a few blogs- and I took almost a...

It's frustrating to see so many mislabeling Hallmark's (and other channels like it) as romantic comedies when they are straight-up...

Critics slammed this film, so we skipped it the weekend it opened, even though the trailers looked amazing because we read all the bad...

If you are writing or have written a romantic comedy you will want to know your main story beats. Here are some practical tips for...

You are writing a romantic comedy, but it's not working. Why? Maybe it's because you are following how to write a romance and not a...

The answer isn't yes or no. How annoying, right? Sorry, but that's just the way it is. In my professional opinion, it's better to...

So, you want to write a romantic comedy but have no idea how or where to start? I will have a couple 8 part series of blogs coming out,...

I decided to start a new blog and then I realized that I could just change this one, so from now on this blog is dedicated to all things...