Stained-Glass Story Moments
Back when I was in graduate school, my screenwriting professor gave me an assignment that made very little sense to me at the time. Every student in the class was tasked with the responsibility of creating a movie poster for the script they were writing. At the time, it seemed like a throw-away assignment. I figured my professor just needed to assign us a bunch of busy work to fill some empty class time. It wasn’t until years later that his movie poster assignment not only ma
What is My Final Image
Getting Back to the Basics
I recently returned from a trip to the Middle East where I was blessed to stand before a group of eighteen students from five different countries and teach them about the art of crafting short stories. My overseas teaching experiences are rewarding beyond measure, but the language barrier is always frustrating. Every time I work with an interpreter, it forces me to choose my words carefully and focus on the essentials. But, most importantly, it m
