Before I get into how I write, I think it’s first important that I tell you about my creative-writing philosophy: I’m self-taught, and I don’t follow rules. I have never taken any creative writing classes, what’s more, I am totally…
The Scene from My Screenplay (In Progress) Inspired by the Living Room Scene in ‘Jungle Fever’
Okay, so as I mentioned last week, this week I’m sharing an excerpt from the movie script I’m currently working on. It was inspired by one of my favorite scenes from the movie “Jungle Fever.” To be clear, no one…
Movie Scenes I Love: ‘Crossing Delancey’ the New Hat Scene
I’m a writer – surprise! And one of my writing goals is to write movie scripts and direct said movies. I watch movies a lot. I watch movies and TV more than I read, which, if you’ve been here a…
How I Write: Getting Through My Last Post
Whew, that was a doozy. I’m talking about my last post, Friendly Fire: The Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka Rivalry. I probably should have called that “tennis rivalry,” but oh well – I’ma just leave it now. Writing that post…
Trouble
Today’s post is giving me trouble. It came to me last week…last like Wednesday or Thursday to be not so exact, and I’m having the hardest time writing it. It’s not coming easy to me. It took me forever just…
On Studying Other People’s Writing
A few weeks ago someone popped up in my Twitter timeline asking whether or not they should buy a book about how to write called “On Writing” by Stephen King. As you could imagine the question was met by tons…
You’re Gonna Fail, So Do it Quickly
I have not failed, not once. I’ve discovered ten thousand ways that don’t work.* — Thomas Edison The above quote is often attributed to Thomas Edison regarding the advancements he was making with the lightbulb. I put an asterisk by…
I Also Write Fiction
I’m actually writing a work of fiction right now that I’m trying to finish up, so I thought I’d share with you a couple of works of fiction I wrote three years ago. It was for a contest I entered…
How I Write: Perhaps the One Benefit of Jealousy
Ever Look at a piece of writing and think, “how’d they do that?” Well, in this series, I’m taking you behind the screens, past the paper and pen and directly into my writing process, from concept to final product. This…
How I’m Adjusting to My New Role
All my life I been a worker (Okay, not all my life, just the part of my life that I’ve had a job. But I just wanted to start this post off kinda like Sophia from The Color Purple: “All…
Writing Anxiety
It’s been hard for me to write lately ya’ll. Not because I don’t have anything to say. Not because I don’t have a ton of ideas, but because I’ve been afraid I don’t have the finesse to communicate them in…
How I Write: My Just Dribble NBA Story
When I first heard the NBA season might be ending without a championship I was shocked and a bit sad. Like any Laker fan, I too, wanted to see the Lakers take it all, especially since it’s been so long….