I am almost finished watching season one of Cowboy Bebop on Netflix. Sorry to say, I am having a lot of problems with it. I have a policy...

I have been looking forward to the new Cowboy Bebop live-action series possibly more than any other show in recent memory. I love the...

One of the earliest FSM albums that I remember putting special attention into was the first CD we did from I Spy, the groundbreaking...

There’s no dignified way to write a begging letter. And I should know, I’ve written a lot of them! Here’s my best attempt from a Screen...

Yesterday I tweeted something which, by my standards, went viral. (I don’t have many Twitter followers.) Above is a screenshot, here’s...

Somehow I discovered a YouTube vlogger named Will Jordan, who goes by “The Critical Drinker” (exaggerating his natural Scottish accent)...

Our star from our short film, “Sky Fighter,” JESS GABOR, has written and directed a short of her own, and it’s terrific! Link above, but...

I watched The Bonfire of the Vanities on HBOMax. I was looking at the A–Z of movies in the TCM section, it came up (this is why cheapo...

I’ve enjoyed blogging about screenwriting, but it’s occurring to me why I’ll never be a popular blogger (not that I particularly want to...

I have spent some time on “Screenwriting Twitter” following aspiring/emerging screenwriters and sometimes engaging in their...

There was something yesterday called “Screenpit” (short for “Screenpitch”) which was meant to be a free showcase for screenwriters to...

When you try to break in as a screenwriter, you quickly discover that nobody wants to read your script. You also learn that, if they do...

The nightly reruns of Star Trek: The Next Generation on H&I have rolled over from season one to two, and it’s as good a time as any to...

This is the first script I ever wrote, a spec submission to Star Trek: The Next Generation circa 1991. I was 16. I think I found it in my...

I spent a year and way too much money to make a 15-minute sci-fi short film. It was a demanding, stressful experience that I thought...

Showtime has been showing the four Indiana Jones movies. I love watching them—even the ones I like less (more below)—because Spielberg’s...

I wrote a few days ago about Star Trek: The Next Generation’s lame first season. The embarrassing early-season episode “Justice” aired...

I have explained elsewhere, to the approximately three people reading this blog (including my mom—hi mom!), that I have been trying to...

Here’s a screen grab from the teleplay to the Star Trek: The Next Generation pilot, “Encounter at Farpoint,” by D.C. Fontana and Gene...

Things from 10 years ago feel lame. But things from 20 years ago feel cool. Circa 1989, Star Wars was passé. (It was actually kind of...