I was researching writing quotes for another site of mine when I quickly discovered it was impossible to chose just one! There’s nothing quite as inspiring as the words of wisdom from the great writers themselves – that said, I thought an entire post dedicated to writing quotes was necessary.

“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live!” – Thoreau
“The first draft of everything is shit” – Hemingway
“Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.” – E.B. White
“Writing is the …

My girlfriend, K, recently organized our library of books (in true ex-barnes and noble employee style) that we keep in two, ceiling-high bookshelves – it was a nice surprise to be able to see what we owned again!
One such book I found was The Hidden Harbor Mystery (Hardy Boys, Book 14)

I flipped through it and realized why I wanted it in the first place: the compelling title! Don’t get me wrong; the Hardy Boys series are exciting and original classics, but I’m more interested in taking a look at one …

Today I spoke with two good friends — one of which I’m working with on a project for ScribblePlay and the other who aspires to be a director. I noticed that as I spoke with them about various projects, classic films, and friends’ projects in the works, I felt incredibly inspired to go out there and get some work done.
I realized that regardless of how many connections and how much luck you have as a screenwriter, you won’t be able to hack it unless you have some talent and a …

I’ve learned over the years that writing, like most worthwhile pursuits in this world, is a process. I’ve spent years hoping and wasting time, wishing that writing wasn’t really like that, hoping to sit down and unload all the words of genius inside my head quickly onto the page and be done with it, but, usually it doesn’t work that way. And whatever gods patrol the top of “Good Writing Mountain”, all decided long, long ago not to make it that easy on us mortal writers. They decided to make us work …

One of the first challenges screenwriters seem to face after deciding they want to be a screenwriter is to actually write a screenplay. Perhaps it’s because you can’t seem to articulate your ideas into something viable for the screen. Maybe you’re letting it brew in your head before trying to write it out. It could even be due to the fact that you don’t have screenwriting software. Bottom line is: you’re simply not inspired. Luckily, there are 5 super-simple ways to overcome this dilemma and start writing.
First of all, if you can’t …