Originally posted on Michelle Muldoon's Blog and Website:
There are times when writing is difficult. I’m not talking about writer’s block, but the issue of time. Time is a struggle for me. Between working to pay the bills and working to make film there is sometimes little time to make words into sentences, and…

Originally posted on Michelle Muldoon's Blog and Website:
? (Banner courtesy Michelle Lamberson) March marks the one year anniversary of the first screening of Chaos Management and begins the journey of the next film, Last Stand to Nowhere. Last Stand is an all-female re-imagining of Gunfight at the OK Corral. Why a Western, and…

Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
Description. Ah the crack for most writers. Many of us never met a modifier we did not love. Forget a BLUE sky. Why would you have a BLUE sky when you could have a cerulean sky? *chops up line of metaphors with a razor and snorts* Granted, there is…

Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
Setbacks. We all have them and, strangely, they like to cluster together and dog pile us at once. The trick to setbacks is to adjust our perspective of what happened and use them to to make us stronger, wiser and grittier. You might not believe me, but instant…

Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
Image courtesy of Eflon via Flickr Creative Commons Today, we welcome back author and Hollywood producer Joel Eisenberg for the kick in the pants ALL of us need. I have to admit, yesterday was an unbelievably bad day and Joel sent this guest post in early. In the midst…

Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
I am unbelievably blessed to call some of the biggest names in the industry my friends. What is even MORE awesome is that these experts are willing to give so generously to me and to you guys. The goal of this blog is to train y’all how to…

Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
Over my career I have literally edited thousands of works, most of them written by emerging writers. My greatest frustration always was (and still is) when I couldn’t even GET to critiquing the deeper story elements because I was too distracted by these all too common oopses. Good editors are…

Originally posted on Michelle Muldoon's Blog and Website:
? ? There are people who say they support the Arts and then there are people who put their money, their heart, and their talent into supporting creativity. Ellen Chauvet is that person. Not only has she invested in two independent feature films but Ellen’s own…

Originally posted on Michelle Muldoon's Blog and Website:
On February 4th I will be teaching another one day Introduction to Screenwriting Workshop for the good people at Raindance Vancouver. Why do I teach this course and why do I think it’s an excellent first step? Here’s why… Writing something, anything, is easy; writing a…

Earlier this week I re-posted a wonderful blog by Kristen Lamb – an author I admire and always find words of wisdom in her posts. The title of the post was Generation Snowflake & The High Cost of Instant and it resonated with me at a profound level. In her post, Kristen sheds a bright… Continue reading Have You Read Your Book?