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!

Zoom link: Friday, Feb 13, 10 a.m. Pacific Time

Hey, hope everybody's having a great productive week. I'm on a road trip to Santa Cruz with my son, visiting the college up here for his engineering program. Have had very little wifi. But... here are our two coaching sessions from this week, and I'm back Thursday night. Some great sessions and insights here. Great job showing up with your work and revisions! Looking forward to seeing everyone Friday morning for our next session!

hey Forge Skool peeps in Los Angeles as a chance to do some homework. I might see all three of these movies on Saturday if I have time!!! PM me to meet me at Peets on Montana and 14th in Santa Monica: AND TONIGHT! Barry Lyndon! https://www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/?event_location=54&view_type=list

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.