Category: Growing up
Habitual Living and Habitual Writing
I’ve been trying some new things.
2017 Scripts
Arrival Screenplay by Eric Heisserer; Based on the story “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang Moonlight Screenplay by Barry Jenkins; Based on “In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue” by Tarell Alvin McCraney Young Frankenstein Screenplay by Gene Wilder & Mel Brooks The Lobster Screenplay by Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthimis Filippo Writer’s Group #1 [Hidden due to NDA] John Wick Screenplay […]
2017 Books
March: Book 2 written by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell Lumberjanes Volume 2 written by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Brooke A. Allen and Noelle Stevenson Lumberjanes Volume 3: A Terrible Plan written by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Brooke A. Allen and Noelle Stevenson Lumberjanes Volume 4: Out of Time written by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Brooke A. Allen and […]
2017 Movies
*Blue denotes directed by a woman *Red denotes directed by a person of color *Purple denotes both Coin Heist (2017) directed by Emily Hagins, written by Emily Hagins, based on the novel by Elisa Ludwig The Jungle Book (2016) directed by Jon Favreau, written by Justin Marks The Little Prince (2015) directed by Mark Osborne, written by Irena Brignull and Bob Persichetti, based of the novel […]
Priorities, Joy, and the last 10 weeks of 2017
It’s been an interesting past few months. [I wish you could hear the tone that I’m using interesting in. It would make that sentence sound funnier.] Nevertheless, I have been noodling over the three things in the title and what that means for me as a filmmaker and a human being, honestly.
Writing a bunch and exercising too AKA My September 2016
I wrote 58 new pages this month or almost 2 pages a day.
On the nature of bon soir, sayonara, and all those good bye things, baby.
So, I’m moving to Los Angeles. I’ve been planning a move it feels all of 2015. It was very slow and then it happened all at once. But with moving comes the inevitable stress, spending of my money and the good byes. And part of growing up is saying good bye.
I tried a thing: Habernero chickpeas
As I’ve previously stated, I’m getting healthy and getting healthy requires not eating chips every day. So I’m trying new foods. Insert these chickpeas. I picked them because I like spicy foods. I don’t know if I like them because I think chickpeas are gross or because my tastebuds aren’t used to the flavor. […]
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