Heroes – ETB Screenwriting

#TypesTuesday – Schindler and Spider-Man: What It Takes to Be a Hero

#TypesTuesday – Sacrifice and Heroism

#TypesTuesday Heroes – Power of Imagination

#TypesTuesday – Move off the emotional playing field at your peril

Prince of Persia

Character lessons from Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time– Here are the key points of what to avoid in writing an action adventure film.

These characters are the naifs, innocents and eccentrics, seemingly the last person anyone would think of as a hero. They are, in fact, the classic mythic hero or the reluctant hero that Joseph Campbell and Chris Vogler describe.

Mad Men – Art vs Commerce

Mad Men has had wide-spread critical acclaim, won numerous awards and has become a cultural reference– but it has a very small audience. This struggle between art vs commerce and high brow vs low prestige mass entertainment is a dilemma writers and producers wrestle with continually.