I’ve been stuck on my story “Sweat Box” for several months now. I’ve found that when I pick one top priority, then I tend to neglect everything else. Focus is a good thing, but sometimes it just gets in the way. For the past couple months my top priority has been my wife’s health. While… Read Article →
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Much of what I read about filmmaking and writing focuses on how to sell your work. While I see the necessity of this, I don’t think I am good at it, and I certainly don’t enjoy it. I’ve always thought of selling your work in negative terms, which I think of as “self-promotion”. In the… Read Article →
A good story needs a good villain, or is that a bad villain? From time to time, I think about how to create villains for my stories. A while back, I wrote an article on how to create heroes. Many of the same ideas apply to villains. Don’t let your Heroes be Stupid Recently I… Read Article →
I did a little research on viral videos and came across several articles on the subject. I’ve listed these at the bottom. I am a bit sceptical about articles of this nature, but I did draw a couple of ideas I think may be useful. To try them out, I’m redoing my Orville Sharkbiter Interview… Read Article →
As part of my “keeping focused on one project at a time”, I started work on another story. That means I am “actively” involved with several projects: Bright Freedom, My Most Difficult Case, Contingency, The Sharkbiter Interview, and promotion of my films on YouTube and Vimeo. I have managed to avoid all the ideas I… Read Article →
The Fenian raids played an important role in the creation of Canada, but now, 146 years later, how many people in Canada have even heard of them? I vaguely remember one brief mention of them in my history classes. After I became aware of the raids, I felt that there was a story that I’d… Read Article →
I watched a documentary on YouTube called Shadowing the Third Man about the movie The Third Man. The person who posted the version I watched took it down. However, I found another version. Note 2022 September 12: The other version I found has also been deleted. You can find out more about it on IMDB:… Read Article →
I read all of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Mars books back when I was in junior high and senior high school. After I read them, I kept them for many years (30 years plus). I had all the Tarzan books too. It was only a few years ago that I got rid of them all. When… Read Article →
Last week I went over what I did last year. Now it is time to look at what I’ll try to do in 2012. Make Better Use of My Time Time and again I find myself with too many projects on the go, and I can’t make headway on any of them. This year I… Read Article →
At the start of 2011 I did a post about My Goals for 2011. Before I do the same for 2012, I wanted to look at how I did last year. Feature Scripts A year ago I decided that one goal in 2011 I would rewrite the three scripts I did in 2010 and write… Read Article →
