Here’s a directory of some of my most popular blog posts and series.
A Creative’s Coronavirus Diary
Thoughts, tips, and rumination from a full-time creative and freelance writer during the COVID-19 crisis.
Newest additions are added at the top of this list. Stay safe <3
- Remote Work Survival Guide: How to Work from Home and Not Lose Your Mind
- How Creatives Can ‘Create Dangerously’ In Times of Turmoil
- 10 Things to Do While Under Coronavirus Quarantine for Writers and Creatives
The Craft of Writing
- How to Design the Perfect Weekly Writing Schedule
- How to Write a TV Series Bible
- How to Write a Script with a Writing Partner (and not murder each other!)
- Creating Detailed Character Backstory
- 6 Steps to Rewriting Your Work
- 5 Ways to Write What You Don’t Know
- 5 Things You Forgot About Rough Drafts
- The Doomed Love Trope (& Why It’s Awesome)
- Recipe for Great Characters
- 7 Essential Habits for Screenwriters
- 3 Rules of Making it as a Writer in Los Angeles
Freelance Writing
- How to Make Money Having Opinions on the Internet AKA Blogging
- How to Hire and Work with Freelance Writers
- Remote Work Survival Guide: How to Work from Home and Not Lose Your Mind
- Day in the Life of a Freelance Writer
- How I Made My First $10k as a Freelance Writer on Upwork
- How to Ghostwrite a Memoir or Hire a Ghostwriter for Your Autobiography
Essays
- Things I Want You To Remember. About life, about creativity, and about the intersection of art and commerce.
Book & Music Recommendations
- Weekend Read: Ronan Farrow’s CATCH AND KILL, Cold War Kids’ New Album, Way Too Many TikToks
- Good Books: Being Gritty, Successful, and Working Smart for Screenwriters
Writing and Traveling
- A Year of Writing: What I’ve Learned from Traveling, Writing for TV, Freelancing, & Ghostwriting Memoirs for People All Over the World
- How to Plan the Best Research Trip for Your Script or Novel
31 Days of Spy Films and TV
- 31 Days of Spy Films and TV: Introduction to the Month of Spies
- Day 1: The Third Man
- Day 2: La Femme Nikita & the Nikita TV Series
- Day 3: The Bourne Trilogy
- Day 4: The Americans
- Day 5: The Prisoner
How to Prepare for National Novel Writing Month (#NaNoWriMo)
- How to Write a Novel in a Month — FREE full-color manual!
- 10 Ways to Prepare for National Novel Writing Month
- 8 Tips for a Successful Writing Marathon
- Tips and Tricks for Novel Writing
Creative Screenwriting
Writing & Feminism in the Age of #MeToo
The Writer’s Psyche
- Exercises for Method Writers
- Writers’ Life: How Your Examined Life Informs The Stories You Tell
- Stress Relief for Writers: Staying Creative Through Busy Schedules
- How to Get Organized and Motivated After a Setback
- Writing Through Fear
- Writer’s Life: Finding Creativity & Maslow’s Hierarchy
- Working in Hollywood and the Cost of Ambition
- The Link Between Writers and Schizophrenia
Introversion
- INTJ: Introversion, Writing, and Personality Types
- Being an Introvert in Hollywood and Other Truths about Introversion
Yoga for Writers
Living in Los Angeles
- The Ultimate Guide: Moving to Los Angeles to Be a Hollywood Screenwriter
- The 4 Best Los Angeles Coffeeshops to Write Your Screenplay In
Amy & Her Work
- The 9 Things I Did Right in My Writing Career in 2019
- Inside the USC Writing for Screen and Television BFA Program
- Playing Pretend: On the Set of CON and the Television Experience
- Writing Con Artists
- Antidote 15 at Hollyweb
- Importance of Adventures for Writers
- Web Series as Practice for the Real World
- Adventures in 24 Hour Filmmaking
Working as a Hollywood Assistant
- Writers’ Assistant, Showrunners’ Assistant, Writers’ PA: What are these Jobs and How to Get Them
- How To Get Your Life Together as a Graduating Writer (A 5-Step Guide With Photos)
- What Nobody Tells You About Getting a Job After Film School
- How to Network Authentically in Hollywood
- Surviving vs: Thriving: Strategies to Keep Writing as a Hollywood Assistant
- How to Survive Working as a Hollywood Agency Assistant (Part I: Why the Agency Route?)
- A Day in the Life of a Hollywood Agency Assistant
Kingdom of Pavement Articles
I run the Los Angeles-based arts and literary publication, Kingdom of Pavement. Here are some of my favorite articles! (Note: the link will take you to the Kingdom of Pavement website.)
- Alternative Berlin: How Photographers, Writers, and Artists Co-Exist in a City of Expats and Opportunity
- Vinyl Record Shopping with Matt Kessler of Too Many Records
- The Underground World of Immersive Theater and Attending High School Reunions that Aren’t Mine
- Pole Dancing with Erika Flynn, Writer of “SUGAR” — the Show Reinventing How Strippers are Portrayed On-Screen
Guest Posts, Columns, Publications
For the Los Angeles Times:
For Thrive Global:
