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The Only Thing that Matters in a Movie
Three Things About the Entertainment Business
Pure Inspiration Pumped into Your Veins
My 82-Year-Old Mother Wrote a Novel
The Secret to On-Camera Charisma
Discrimination Against White Men
Master Storytellers Hiding in Plain Sight
How to Integrate Humor Into a Dramatic Story
A More Advanced Trick to Find Your Voice
A Little Trick to Find Your Voice Faster
Three Ways to Be Creative and Happy
Nothing Wrong with This Stand-Up Trick
What is 'On the Nose' Writing?
How to Get More Time Than Other People
Your Three-Layered Jell-O Dessert
What Makes 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' So Great?
Let's Share Our Progress This Week!
Here's What Hollywood Wants...
The Best Way to Get Funding for Your Production
Writing Fiction vs. Writing Screenplays
I've Never Written a Book Like This
What Big Budgets Tell Us About Movies
Are You a Detail Person or a Big-Picture Person?
Showing Up with a Week's Worth of Work
Attachment Parenting for Creative People
Let's Talk Pooping and Farting
One More Element to Make a Story Great
The Three Keys to a Good Story
Your Accountability Buddy Is Here
A Wonderful Meeting You Missed
After Doomscrolling, I Realized Something Terrifying
What They Don't Tell You About Production Values
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Why The Writers Strike Mattered
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A Trick for Selling a TV Pilot
Sylvester Stallone's Mindset for Success
How Can You Be Sure Your Project is a Slam Dunk?
Your Accomplishments for the Week
Take This Test to See If You're Funny
What They Say About Good People Isn't True
Simple Fix for Any Problem in Your Career
Here's What a Crappy First Draft Looks Like
Another No-Good Hollywood Myth
Inspiration from a Master Writer
Substack Newsletters to Recommend
The One Grammar Rule that Matters
Writing Jokes That Make You Look Smart
This Week: Writing a Screenplay in a Weekend
Being Productive By Not Doing Anything
Here's How You Get Things Done
The Problem with Obsessive Focus
A Trick for Finding Your Voice
There's No "I" in "Accountability"
To Be or Not to Be Political...
How Do You Know Which Project to Focus On?
A Hollywood Story About Making Decisions
I'm Excited to Talk to You in Two Hours
The Lesson Johnny Cash Learned
Out Next Zoom Meeting and Your Free Course
Three Questions to Ask When Writing Characters
Are You Spoon-feeding Your Audience?
The Two Tricks to Doing Parody Right
Drawings, Jokes, and Book Proposals
How Do You Put It All Together?
How Can You Do Comedy if You're Not Likeable?
What if Somebody Steals My Idea?
Here's a Bunch of Books, Cheap
Your Accountability Buddy for the Week
Great Advice from George Lucas and Michael Jordan
The Gift-Horse Theory of Creativity
Harnessing ADHD to Be More Productive
Kurt Vonnegut Encounter of the Third Kind
Kurt Vonnegut Encounter of the Second Kind
Kurt Vonnegut Encounter of the First Kind
11 Techniques for Better Crowd Work
Which Comes First, Meaning or Message?
Analyzing One of the Most Popular Cartoon Characters of All Time
It's Always Something Fundamental
Get Your Favorite New Books Cheap or Free
Make Money Doing Stand-up at Colleges
The Two Ways Creative Work Goes Wrong
The Secret to Boosting Your Energy
The 'I Think You Should Leave' Character Archetype
Why is 'I Think You Should Leave' So Funny?
Examples of Positive Addictions
This Week's Accountability Parade
How to Come Up with Ideas Automatically
Does Comedy Really Come in Threes?
An Insane Amount of Comedy Tips
Being Funny When You Don't Feel Funny
How Do You Omit Needless Words?
What Makes Audiences Laugh the Hardest?
Comedy Writing is like a Roller Coaster
Accountability Time, Part Three
Are You letting Something Stop You?
Here's Why You're Not More Successful in Comedy
Try This to Get Traction Online
Who Wins the Creative Argument?
How Can You Tell if an Audience Will Relate to You?
My Creative Progress This Week
Ideas Are Worthless, Execution is Everything
How Does The Onion Make Money?
How To Bring Energy to a Stage Performance
How Do You Learn Comedy When You Live an Hour from the Nearest Open Mic?
How Do You Format Jokes When Writing?
My Creative Progress This Week
How Do You Write a Funny Sketch?
The Greatest Power in Show Business
How Do You Write Jokes Based on News and Current Events?
My Creative Progress This Week
Who's the Greatest Stand-Up Comedian of All Time?
Where Did The Onion News Network Find Its Actors?
My Creative Progress This Week, Part 3
My Creative Progress This Week, Part 2
My Creative Progress This Week, Part 1
Are You STILL Working on Your Project?
If You're Not Getting Anywhere with Your Videos
If You're Not Getting Anywhere with Your Videos
If You're Putting Out a Lot of Videos But Not Getting Anywhere
What I've Been Working on This Week
Is Accountability Worth Two Cups of Coffee?
How Do You Start Something Like The Onion?
How Do You Start Something Like The Onion?
A Dirty Little Show Biz Secret
The Genius of Hard-Partyin' Rock Stars
A Classic Half Hour of Improvised Television
How Comedy Audiences Are Like Dogs
How to Write a Screenplay in 21 Days
The Biggest Mistake Aspiring Scriptwriters Make
Another Simple Secret to Success
All the Workout Advice You’ll Ever Need
Do You Struggle with Consistency?
A Great Comedian You Probably Haven't Heard About
Some Great Advice You Probably Haven't Heard
How to Speak in Front of People
The Best Predictor of Success in Comedy
What's a Comedy Premise and What's Subtext?
Making Money with AI the Wrong Way
Incredible Directing Advice from Steven Spielberg
The Strange Relationship Between Confidence and Competence
A Different Way to Think About Time Management
More Bad Advice from Professionals
Bad Advice from Show Business Professionals
The Dangers of Bad Self Talk and How to Fight It
Make Procrastination Work for You
A Great Tool to Build a Fan Base
The Most Important Thing You Need to Succeed in the Entertainment Business
The Thing That Holds Most People Back
If You’re Estas, Stop Talking and Play the Guitar
3 Ways to Use Social Media to Make Your Life Better
There’s No Such Thing As Talent
Here’s a Fun Science Experiment That Won’t Kill You
Five Ways to Get More People to See Your Videos
How to Record Professional Stand-up video Cheap
A Must-Hear Podcast with Bill Burr and BIll Maher
How to Get People to See Your Posts
What Bo Burnham Said Was Wrong
If You’re Struggling, Remember These Four Words…
The Secret to Staying Relevant on Social Media
How to Crush Big Creative Projects
Earn a Living Doing What You Love
You Haven't Heard This Productivity Tip
Our Economy Has Changed - Change With It
Simple Hack for Getting Your Message Out
Speed Up Your Social Media Following