Don't you love the way the best magazine writers used to begin their stories? How do you like this opening: "The floor beneat...

I've often thought that modern screen writers take too much time to set up a scene. They're too wedded to realism, where everyth...

I've been reading some pulp-type stories and I thought it might be fun to discuss the first paragraph of one of them. I liked it so...

Forgive me, I'm writing a blog when I'm very, very sleepy again, and I'm way too groggy to write anything thought out. I'll ...

I hate filler. I hate it in books, cartoons, films, food...you name it. Filler sucks. I particularly hate ...

"It's a Wonderful Life": the film is falling out of favor lately, largely because it's been on the vintage favorites list...

I covered this subject before but here's a fuller and more satisfying version of pulp writer Lester Dent's famous advice to writer...

I'm strapped for time but here's something valuable that I can pass on with a minimum of effort. For everybody out there who writes...

A lot of fans don't like Frank Capra, the director of films like "It Happened One Night," "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" a...