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The Mistress by Laura Hedges
And she's not even pretty!
Justin was always upfront about his feelings for another while we dated and then when we got married. But like most people I thought he would outgrow it or at least get tired of it. After all, it took up a lot of his time.
But no. He's hooked. It's an obsession. Drastic measures had to be taken.
Justin tried to go cold turkey several times. No go. Then he tried only on the weekends. Didn't work. Finally he had to admit to his uncontrollable infidelity.
Being the good (okay, bitchy) wife that I am I kicked that damned mistress to the curb...
Doubting Thomas by Laura Hedges
Do you wake up muttering "I feel good. I feel fine. I feel wonderful" like Bill Murray? Or are you Stuart Smalley, reciting affirmations of "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggonit, people like me!"
Why are you doubting yourself?
I'm no expert in, well, anything. (see that? I just doubted myself!) I do hold a Masters degree in Psychology for which I am extremely proud. Obviously I am just like everyone else... NORMAL. Normal in the fact that not everyday is a Superman day. Some days you just question who you are, what your worth is, and if the life path you chose is the right one.
To which I say, are you happy? Do you enjoy what life throws at you? And are you working towards that goal you have set for yourself? Or, are you so afraid of success that you doom yourself to fail? You stutter step your way through your masterpiece, muttering to yourself that it's shit, and voila it is!
So what am I saying? (Mutter to self... what AM I saying?) I'm saying that you, yes YOU, are good enough but you have to believe. And you're not alone. I routinely kick Justin upside the head when he questions himself. When he gets stuck in a rut I remind him of his normalcy. For some reason writers think that if they're not churning out 20 pages a day that they're failing. I say you're crazy in the freaking head. That big old thing called life does not ... << MORE >>
Blame Julie and Jessica: A Promise Kept
Blame Wonder Russell: A Promise Kept Pt. 2
What To Expect 2012
Dying To Help Dying To Do Letterman: Part Two
Dying to Help Dying To Do Letterman
In December 2010, the 3 a.m.
Screenwriter blog featured its very first exclusive. Joke Fincioen, Biagio Messina, and Steve Mazan joined me in an hour-long podcast about their documentary film, Dying To Do Letterman. My exclusive was carrying the very first
announcement of the new website for the film. Here’s a brief synopsis of this extraordinary documentary film:
“When 35-year old stand-up comedian Steve Mazan learned he had cancer, and
might only have five years to live, he dedicated his life to living his dream: performing stand-up comedy on The Late Show with David Letterman.”
“This documentary chronicles his five-year journey, as he races his own ticking clock to achieve a nearly impossible goal. Hilarious, heart-breaking, and ultimately inspirational, Steve’s journey brings a brand-new perspective to living with cancer. This is a story that proves it’s not how much time you have, it’s what you do with it. As Steve says, ‘If you stop chasing your dreams, you’re already dead.’”
In March 2011 I had the honor of flying out to San Jose, California to see the worldwide theatrical premiere of Dying To Do Letterman at the 2011 Cinequest Film Festival. I attended the premiere with friends and fellow screenwriters Chip Street and Sean Meehan. The film premiered ...
<< MORE >>A Widget, A Request, and A Girl Named Alice
Friends, this post has nothing to do with screenwriting, though there is a valuable lesson about dreams in it. I wanted to share with you a new passion of mine by discussing three things: a new widget, a heartfelt request, and a story about a girl named Alice.
THE WIDGET
You’ll notice to the left I’ve added a widget, “DKMS Bone Marrow Donor Center – Become A Donor Today!” This widget will take you to the bone marrow donor registration page of DKMS America, the American branch of the largest bone marrow donor center in the world with over 2.7 million registered donors worldwide. I added this widget to the site because of one person.
A GIRL NAMED ALICE
Alice Pyne is a fifteen-year-old girl from Great Britain with terminal cancer. After a courageous four-year battle, Alice now knows she is going to lose the war. But she isn’t going down without doing a few things first. Alice created a blog called Alice’s Bucket List. For those of you who don’t know and/or haven’t seen one of my favorite Morgan Freeman movies The Bucket List, this is a list of the things one wishes to do/see/experience before they die (kick the bucket, get it?).
Alice made her list and started ticking off what she could. She created the Alice’s Bucket List blog to share with family and friends about her bucket list ...
<< MORE >>Joke & Biagio: A New Show For My Favorite Visual Storytellers
Hands-on producers Joke Fincioen and Biagio Messina have done it again. On top of their IFC show,
Commercial Kings, premiering this June 24th, our favorite husband-and-wife producing
team have had a new show picked up, Caged on MTV. This new docu-series will follow "young cage fighters in small-town Louisiana." On the MTV side, the show will be executive produced by Dave Sirulnik
and Amy Bailey, and on the Joke Productions side Joke and Biagio will executive produce along with co-executive producers Travis Bible and Steve Harris. I'm super-excited about this
announcement for several reasons.
Twitter & the Savvy Screenwriter: a guest post by Kelly Anelons
I was touched and honored when I found out one of my favorite
new Twitter friends, screenwriter Kelly Anelons, joined Twitter because of something I had said about it and using social
media to build/further your screenwriting career. When I read Kelly's blog, I knew I wanted to get that 'voice' on the 3
a.m. Screenwriter in a VIP guest post. So, I asked (fingers crossed). She accepted (girly squeals of joy ensued), and here she is (dun-dun-dunnn).
Twitter & the Savvy Screenwriter
My "Screenwriting Career Plan" was naively simple. I would write an excellent script filled with uniquely entertaining moments and character-driven narrative. The script would place in at least one of the top five screenwriting competitions, and I would fly into L.A. to sign a management deal with a studio executive using a shiny Mont Blanc pen.
Well, I wrote the script, which placed in the Top 5 of Final Draft's 2010 Big Break; was named one of the "Top 25 Comedies" in the PAGE Awards, and earned me some coveted L.A. meetings. After a whirlwind Hollywood adventure, I arrived back at my little desk with a read request for my sitcom pilot. Unfortunately, the loop on my ...
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