The Close Read: On Cruelty
This week we’re reposting some old articles. Ideally, you’re getting your notes from your friends and family, and ideally, because these people care about you,… Read More »The Close Read: On Cruelty
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Giving Notes: Speak From the Heart
Everybody likes to sound smart. As writers, we spend a lot of our time listening to other writers explain their concepts in a smart manner.… Read More »Giving Notes: Speak From the Heart
The Close Read: Rules vs Tools
After college, I found myself in a grad school-adjacent writing workshop. One of my classmates wanted to write a script about a guy who tries… Read More »The Close Read: Rules vs Tools
The Close Read – Helping, not Rewriting
A few years ago, I wrote a draft of a sci-fi pilot. It was my take on a spaceship show, something akin to Star Trek… Read More »The Close Read – Helping, not Rewriting
The Close Read with Uncle Jam
Hello, all you good lookin’ screenwriters out there. I’m here to ramble at you about notes. Mainly to you youngsters. I have about two years… Read More »The Close Read with Uncle Jam
The Selfish Gene Feedback
Giving feedback on someone else’s screenplay can seem like a waste of your own precious and limited screenwriting time. Whether it’s caring for others, working… Read More »The Selfish Gene Feedback