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You would be surprised how often people get confused on writing dialogue. To be fair, it isn’t easy. Not everyone uses the same amount or the same structure. You have a variation of tags and tactics when it comes to dialogue. Don’t even get me started on the long paragraphs of one character speaking that […]… Continue reading 7 Tips to Writing Semi-Coherent Dialogue — Legends of Windemere

Life has started to really take its toll on me. I’m more tired, grayer, weightier, unfocused. There was a brief respite where my ego had time to rise – to think about goals and ambitions and productivity. Productivity. I’ve come to hate that word. It makes us all sound like robots. But robots don’t have […]… Continue reading Human in Chair, Writing — The Green Study

Writing novels is a strange way to spend your life. You take months (in my case, years) working alone on a project then there comes a point – if you want your baby to develop, to grow and not remain swaddled to your over-protective breast forever – when you must push what you’ve made into […]… Continue reading Lessons in novel writing: panning for gold in the rubble of rejection — Word Shamble

If you’re like me, you’ll oftentimes sit down to write and find that you have no idea what the hell you want to write about. It can be when drafting a story, a scene, writing in a journal, scribbling on some looseleaf we found… there are times when we don’t have a theme, or a […]… Continue reading When Writing Teaches Us The Most — Story Life

As hard as it is to believe, Jodie Foster allegedly once said, “Acting, for me, is exhausting. I’m more energized by directing. It’s more intense to direct. I can pop in and express myself, then pop out again. It’s a huge passion for me.” So why hasn’t she directed as much as she might have? via… Continue reading Female Filmmaker Friday: Jodie Foster as Director — In Their Own League

Lulu Wang, Lorene Scafaria, Melina Matsoukas and Greta Gerwig among the women with directorial successes in 2019. via Study finds 2019 was a ‘banner year’ for female filmmakers — The Mercury News

This could have been a year where the Academy Awards would have been at its most diverse. 2019 saw a huge boom of not just female filmmakers, but filmmakers who are women of color. Instead of diversity, we got business as usual. Mostly white, male directors and male-dominated films. Even within the Actress categories, most […]… Continue reading 10 Films in 2020 Helmed by Female Filmmakers — TheCollective

Seeking to upend the male-dominated canon but directed by a man, Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema defies some hierarchies while reinforcing others. via A 14-Hour Documentary on Female Filmmakers Illuminates and Frustrates — Hyperallergic

Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women” earned six nominations, including Best Picture, but the annual awards ceremony continues to mostly overlook stellar work from female filmmakers. via Oscars 2020 Shut Out Female Filmmakers in Best Director Race (Again) — IndieWire

Clare Dunne and Andrea Riseborough are best known for their acting work, but they’re both more interested in flexing their creative muscles on the other side of the lens. The duo appeared in a session Monday at Sundance Film Festival’s Cinema Café track moderated by Variety‘s Brent Lang, executive editor of film and media. Both […]… Continue reading Sundance: Clare Dunne, Andrea Riseborough on Lack of Female Filmmakers Nominated for Oscars, Closing the Pay Gap — Variety