by Film School | Apr 15, 2021 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #177 How to Manage Creative Energy Creative energy: a finite resource. Our ability to get good creative work done is undeniably limited to how much energy we have in any given day. How much energy we have varies from day to day. Project to project,...
by Film School | Apr 12, 2021 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #176 The Maltese Falcon (1941) The stuff dreams are made of! Our first dyed and true NOIR has finally arrived here on the AFI’s list, and boy howdy is it a cracking good time. Femme fatales, druggings in drinks, secret shooters, an ancient...
by Film School | Apr 8, 2021 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #175 What is ‘Voice?’ A strong “voice.” We all want to be told that we have one in our writing. Every great writer has a “strong voice.” Okay . . . so, what even IS a “voice” in our writing? And, how do we...
by Film School | Apr 5, 2021 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #174 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) What do you think you are for christ’s sake, crazy or something?! Jack Nicholson stars as the pedophile rapist McMurphy, and Louise Fletcher as his nemesis Nurse Ratched. He’s been sent to...
by Film School | Apr 1, 2021 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #173 How to Get to ‘Done’ How do you know when your story is DONE? When is it ready to share with the world? Or, even when it’s ready to share with someone else for feedback? And HOW DO WE GET TO THAT POINT? If sharing our work is an...
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