Still on the road coming back from Santa Cruz. If there’s a place I can stop at 10 or 12 and do today’s call, I will but may need to push to 3 pm today!

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) is one of my favorite recent releases. Every time I watch it, I am amazed at how much story it tells and how fast it moves. So, my brain being what it is... one day, I sat down and mapped the movie out, beat-by-beat, minute-by-minute. Here are the results. This movie is, essentially, a series of short stories/adventures with a beginning, middle, and end, over and over until we reach the end credits. It is astounding to me how well paced and structured this thing is. So, if you're writing and you feel stuck - maybe give your characters a task to achieve (or fail)? Write your scene with a beginning, middle, and end, rather than what we typically do and ssssttttrrrreeeettttcccchhhh a scene out for way too long with nothing actually being done.

Thanks to all who showed up and are putting in the work to truly level up. I’m on my way to UC Santa Cruz to take my son on a college tour. Will post the sessions tonight! Meanwhile, what are your goals for the rest of the week?

Here's something that's been on my mind: I recently saw MARTY SUPREME, and whether you like him or not, Timothee Chalamet is an extraordinary actor. If you haven't seen it, it's directed by Josh Safdi who directed UNCUT GEMS. I also recently watched an episode of SOMEBODY FEED PHIL where a friend of his tells a story of how he was once on set watching a taping of EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND and how they did a scene, then right after, Phil (Rosenthal, creator & director of ELR) went individually to each actor and gave them his notes. They went again and the scene was so much better. So my question is, who's more important: actor or director?

Huge turnout today! This was our biggest yet. Every one of these is a learning experience for me. Especially seeing how the pages play out now that we're doing table reads and seeing how other writers respond. Curious what came out of today for you guys. @Temycka Carpenter Carlton @Jason Byrley @Jason Smith @Chad Desrochers @Anna Fermin @Pia Crawford @Shauna G @Iii Party @Krystel Biasotti @Chris Dyer @Ian Campbell @Lena Lieuvin @Piter Marek @David Hinnebusch @Godfrey Virgile We couldn't get to everyone and will get you in future sessions. Meanwhile, I need to create a sign up sheet of sorts here, so we can schedule more than one session out. But this platform doesn't allow me to do that, so any suggestions on how to do so would be appreciated!