Category Archives: Shoutouts
Straight From Mumbai, India
This blog post comes to you today thanks to Zinal Bhadra, a blogger in Mumbai, India. (Never been to India, though my brother Pukha lived there for a while.) I had gotten to a point where I was frustrated with myself for not accomplishing my goals faster, and I had sort of vowed to myself not […]
5 Years. 5 Novels. 5 Films.
I like setting big, stupidly crazy-ass goals. Why? I don’t know. Maybe because secretly I’m a megalomaniac? Maybe because life gets tedious and boring without them? Maybe because I’m f$%-ed up in the head? Whatever the reason is, on January 1, 2011 I declared publicly “2011 will be the year that people everywhere will see […]
The Self-Sabotaging Word “Aspiring”
What do you dream of doing? Writing? Filmmaking? Painting? Theatre? Well stop dreaming, and just do it. That’s the message of Jeff Goin’s You Are a Writer (So Start Acting Like One). If you haven’t head of Jeff Goins, I recommend checking out his blog. He’s got a lot of cool stuff on there and a free […]
Nuts In a Blender: Creating Personal Art
I just got done with 6 hours of excruciating pain. No, I wasn’t at the dentist’s office, and there was no Iron Man triathlon today. What I was doing was much more difficult: I was turning my heart inside out for the world to see. I decided to do what I didn’t want to do: […]
Shout-Out: Steven Pressfield’s Blog and The Hero’s Journey
If you’ve read any of my former posts, chances are you noticed that I’m adamant about The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. Pressfield is a prolific novelist, author, and screenwriter. Some of his bestselling novels include The Legend of Bagger Vance (later adapted into the Hollywood film starring Will Smith), Gates of Fire, and […]
Shout-Out: Writer Ryan Trimble, Discovering Rebel
Well, I’ve probably done enough self-promotion on this blog over the last year to last several lifetimes for other bloggers. So I figure it’s time to spread the love. Seriously, though folks. This shout-out goes to a new blogger on the scene who is going to make a serious difference in the world. I don’t […]
Hitler on Filmmaking
The only thing that is important is the last line. The rest of it is really funny though. Thanks to Ryan Grassley, a.k.a. Half Throttle, from whom I stole this…
Why Care About the Hero?
I originally entitled this post: The Best Fight Scene Ever. Part Deux. But then I realized that this article is just as much about how movies make us actually care about the hero as opposed to just watch them go around and do things without any emotional involvement. Note: There are a few plot spoilers […]
