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Voiceover isn't cheating, but captioning the frame is. Goodfellas and Sunset Boulevard show the difference, and one test tells you which one you wrote.

The good sex scenes are negotiations. Write the decision, not the choreography, and remember the agent and the line producer read the pages too.

The deal memo takes an afternoon and the lawyers argue from it for a year. Credit, rewrite steps, bonus triggers, reversion: know your three before the call.

Lenders don't buy scripts. Fifteen minutes of research tells you whether the name on your desk is equity or debt, and whether your pitch has any chance.

At B Story Media, I go to film festivals to meet writers, producers and industry insiders. Catalina Film Festival is my favorite, and here's why.

Networking is hard for an introvert, but it's part of a writer's life. Here's how I prepare for writers' events, break the ice and follow up afterward.

Lighting, framing, editing and color grading shape a scene's mood and subtext. Here's why I think screenwriters should write with the camera in mind.

My rewrite of #WHATNEXT won Best Writer at Austin Film Festival Under the Stars, and the short also took the People's award. What a night!

#WHATNEXT, starring Marietta Melrose, was invited to screen at Austin Film Festival Under the Stars. I rewrote the script for this comedy short.