Verifying Your Concept
I’ve talked about the heart of the story (Scripting unforgettable panels) and I’ve talked about the Gravity of your Story. These concepts help you identify the core concept elements (Storycraft […]
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Follow the Right Advice
The vast majority of money I make does NOT come from helping people. Most of the money I make comes from me actually writing. That said, I spend a tremendous […]
Effective Full Page Art
Most of the comic stories that hit my desk these days are more involved than lots of the serial stuff we grew up on. To an extent, this is the […]
A NEW Service for Comic Writers and Indie Creators
I’m passionate about comics. It’s a fantastic medium, with a deep, rich history across every corner of the globe. Comics have been a part of my life as far back […]
What kind of Brick Layer are you?
Newer writers often want to “do it their way…” with total disregard to tradition, standards and long-standing conventions. If you you’re one of these folks, I have the following story […]
RIP We See
Let’s talk screenplays for a moment. (I don’t often talk screenplay land stuff on my websites, simply because there’s no money in spec work, but this topic covers any form […]
UPDATE – October 1
Genre Guide Available to Purchase Shortly! So, I threw together all the genre articles over at story to script and made them into a single file-a one-time pdf download. I’m […]
UPDATE – Mid September 23
Mac’s Insights and Tips on Horror – UPDATED! Every once in a while, I’ll throw an update to an article. Not too often, but it does happen. I recently throw […]
Finishing a script
A question came up from a newer writer the other day: How exactly do you know when to call a script done and finished? Do you just keep coming back […]
Forced Character Goals Kill Narratives
Man, I gotta go back and rewatch this movie, Blood Vessel. It should have been much better than it was. Whenever I experience this, my writer brain always asks, “why?” […]