Yesterday I watched the pilot episode of FXX’s Man Seeking Woman, a new show that has been hailed by Rolling Stone as “the next cult classic comedy.” The writing and producing team is loaded with talent, including Lorne Michaels of Saturday Night Live, Ian Maxtone-Graham from The Simpsons, Jonathan Krisel of Portlandia and Kroll Show, Robert Padnick from […]
8 Tips for Writing Your First Screenplay
Whoa—ooo think I’ll write a screenplay… whoaaa-ooo Think I’ll take it to L.A…Whoa-ooo think I’ll get it done yesterday… -Ben Folds So you have that ‘really great screenplay idea’ that you know you know could be a smash hit if you could just get it in front of the right producer? Well, as a writer […]
Should You Join the Peace Corps?
“Should I join the Peace Corps?” is a common question I receive since I’ve arrived back to the U.S. after my stint in Paraguay. The particular email I received a few days ago was from a student who was in the AP Spanish class I taught several years ago at Riverside Brookfield HS: I’m reaching out to you […]
The First Post
A close relative of mine died recently, and in a sort of way that is one of the events that has inspired me to finally put up this blog. Earnest Hemingway was said to have read the obituaries every day as he drank his morning coffee. A very stoic thing to do–meditate on your own death […]