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The Lesson Learned from Logan

With the success, both financially and critically, of Logan, many people claimed that its R rating is the reason for it being among the best comic book movies ever made. This […]

So the Oscars…

Who would’ve thought the most exciting moment of the Academy Awards show in years would be a mix-up with the card announcing a winner (at least until the Slap Heard […]

Fun at Sony

For several years, I had teamed up with Lee Shapiro to co-write screenplays with him. We wrote three together and each of us also had our own individual ones. We […]

Fan Films and Copyright

When I was eleven, my friends and I made a Super-8 knock-off of Star Wars that we creatively entitled “Galactic Wars”. It had a “cantina” scene, aliens made with papier-mâché masks, spaceships, […]

The All-Important Opening

One bit of advice that is often given to writers is to “grab the audience” right away with a “hook”. That’s great, but what does it mean? Essentially, it’s saying […]

Satisfying Endings

When my mom reads a book, she goes to the last few pages to see how it concludes before starting from the beginning because she doesn’t want to become invested […]

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