Field’s Paradigm allows the organization of stories into structured timelines. Act One: story set up; Act Two: confrontation; Act Three: resolution. In 1979, for the... Read More The post ...
Recently, I was invited to speak at the Los Angeles chapter of Sisters in Crime, an international organization of authors, readers, publishers, agents, booksellers and... Read More The post ...
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It’s October. Spider webs, creepy decor, and elaborate costumes are rising from the dead. Halloween, one of my least favorite holidays, looms just beyond the... Read More The post STRUCTUR...
Recently, I had the pleasure of offering two writing workshops at the request of the Missouri Film Office in promotion of their Scriptwriting 101 initiative... Read More The post SCREENWRITI...
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Going to the Movies is Syd Field’s memoir, tracing his unplanned path to become the authority regarding dramatic structure and visual-storytelling over the course of... Read More The post ...
Recently, I swapped screenplays with a friend of mine. We planned to
exchange notes on our early drafts and lend our respective critical
eyes to...
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For many writers, the start of a new year is the time to set deadlines for the next twelve months. You may have hit all the deadlines you charted the previous January, or maybe not. The post Sc...
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For many writers, the start of a new year is the time to set deadlines for the next twelve months. You may have hit all the deadlines you charted the previous January, or maybe not. The post Hi...
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Being an actress first, when I began to study screenwriting with Syd Field, one of the major principles that he taught me: Dramatic Need – really struck a chord with me. Below is a discussion o...
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To my astonishment, the first three months of 2017 found me in cosmopolitan Singapore. Employed as the Project Director of a professional training program entitled... Read More The post The ...