There’s something for everyone in the new year’s offerings including a free on-day opportunity on January 15th for writers from all mediums including prose to television, film to the stage. BUILD-A-SCENE A 3-HOUR INTENSIVE WRITER’S[…]
Television Pilot Workshop 2026
Transform your series idea into a market-ready pilot with this 2-part interactive, instructor-led workshop series. Registration now open. Includes weekly 3-hour workshops plus on-demand videos, supplementary worksheets, and most importantly, live feedback from the instructor[…]
The 5-Minute Fix for Stuck Stories
YOUR CHALLENGE (Do This Right Now): Your story is stuck. You know exactly where. Set a timer for 5 minutes and write the WORST possible way this scene could continue. Go full soap opera. Melodrama.[…]
Open the Iris! Here Comes More Stargate
In a television landscape obsessed with antiheroes and manufactured conflict, the return of Stargate—with the original creators at the helm—feels like coming home to the kind of storytelling we’ve been missing. This past week, I[…]
A Legacy of Stepping Forward: Remembering Caleb Copeland
Caleb Copeland, one of my first university students, passed away yesterday. It’s taken the better part of the last 24 hours to work through my grief enough to express my impressions of this exceptional young[…]
We’ve all seen it a thousand times: The phone rings. The protagonist answers. A voice on the other end delivers life-changing news. The protagonist says “no thanks” and hangs up. Roll credits on Act One.[…]