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Audible Daily Deals
Yesterday, I purchased three books on Audible. I’ve read two of these books before, The Pleasure of Finding Things Out and Everything is F*cked. So why did I purchase them again? I tend to listen to more books than I read. Mostly, I would rather read books; however, when I’m driving, it makes much more…
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Getting Stuck
Sometimes we lose momentum when working on a project. If we step away for a few days or a week, we may feel lost when we attempt to get back to work on the project. Or we may reach a point where we don’t know what to do next. If we feel blocked creatively, that…
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Influencers Are Not Your Friends
I love to learn. As a consequence of this, I follow several “Influencers” to learn more. I enjoy reading books, watching videos, and reading emails from Simon Sinek, Adam Grant, Esther Perel, Chip and Dan Heath, Ramit Sethi, Marisa Murgatroyd, Marie Forleo, and others. Here’s the thing. The relationship we have with Influencers is typically…
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Me and Bobby McGee
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a song. I recorded this one about a year ago. My Uncle Bob spent the night at our home when I was a kid. I played a Kris Kristofferson album on the record player in my room, and he talked to me about the meaning of those songs.…
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Courtesy
“Good behavior” is a social convention that depends on the times, the place, and your specific groups. I grew up in Colorado, where awkward conversations were often pushed aside in favor of talking about the weather. I encountered something very different in New York, where I went to college. My suitemates were from Queens, the…
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May the 4th…
People do not have the same priorities. This is a good thing. Today, early in the morning, I got a text from my son reminding me to celebrate Star Wars Day. This meant the world to me! May the 4th be with you! Later in the day, I took my daughter to visit other family…
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Subtext
When I re-read a partial draft of a screenplay I worked on a few years ago, I was struck by several scenes that lacked subtext. Of course, I also noticed that most scenes were more wordy than I would like. Part of making characters believable is to prevent them from saying what they mean. Real…
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Screenwriting
I’ve decided that my next project is going to be working on another script. I’m not sure why I’m so interested in writing screenplays at the moment, but I’m not going to question it. If writing screenplays can fuel my creative life these days, I’m fine with that. Storytelling has always been important to me.…
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Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Carlos Ruiz Zafon is one of my heroes. I’ve read almost everything he’s written that I’ve been able to find. There is a part of me that loves exotic Gothic and cinematic noir storytelling. Zafon’s books read like movies I would desperately like to see, even knowing they would never do justice to his books.…
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The Impact of Movies
While our experience of watching a movie is subjective, certain elements of movie-making are objective. If some of the dialogue fades in and out because the boom operator wasn’t paying attention, the movie is objectively worse than it could have been with an awesome boom operator. If an actor speaks in a monotone when trying…