My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying. Anton Chekhov
A Night Out
Safehouse, the writer/actor workshop that meets here at theOffice every Monday night is hosting another fundraiser for our space. It's a night of original one-act plays from some very funny writers. Last year they sold out, so if you're in LA and looking for a night of witty and ridiculous theatre, check it … Continue reading A Night Out
When you feel stuck, afraid to make a move, remember
... there is always someone more afraid than you. Phobias A-L Phobias M-Z -via Prancing Loon PS. If you need to liven up a dull character. Give him Allodoxaphobia or Symmetrophobia or Selenophobia or ...
And the winner is…
We have read through all of the submissions and have chosen OMAR SINGER as this year's fellowship recipient. Omar is a screenwriter, fiction writer and music critic. He submitted a fascinating short story excerpt. He has a wonderfully clever and irreverent voice as a writer. We look forward to seeing more and more from him. To … Continue reading And the winner is…
Hustle and flow
I've been busy on my new movie. We are ramping up for a Kickstarter campaign and I'm consumed with meetings and phone calls and planning sessions and all forms of left-brain foolery and it's times like this when I grow irritable and tired and begin to feel disconnected from my art, my creativity. I'm editing … Continue reading Hustle and flow
Sacred Spot
Running a writing space like theOffice, I'm instrinsically curious about the components that make up an inspiring and productive environment for writing. What I've learned over the years is that, of course, we all have different needs. We've had members with us since we opened 9 years ago. They depend on theOffice every day as … Continue reading Sacred Spot
QOTD
When I was a student at Juilliard, Marsha Norman had said to us if you want to write a good play, write about the thing that frightens you most in the world, and when I was in my early 20's I honestly didn't know what that was. I couldn't think about what it might be. … Continue reading QOTD
Fellowship Update
And now we start the business of sorting through all of the entries to this year's fellowship. We received close to 100 submissions. Considering we're a small writing space in Santa Monica and not some large, well-known, national organization, I think 100 entries is quite a lot. I wish wish wish we could give everyone … Continue reading Fellowship Update
QOTD
Funny is only something that others know about you - you can't be funny by yourself. Chris Rock - His next film sounds intriguing.
QOTD
Oscar winning screenwriter Chris Terrio on Argo. There were definitely moments where I worried that I wasn’t giving a comprehensive enough version of this moment in history. As American filmmakers, we can never tell a comprehensive story about the plight of people in Iran at that moment, but the film — without ever losing the … Continue reading QOTD
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