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Before there was 'Dune', there were 'The Godmakers'
Frank Herbert is best known for the epic 'Dune' world he created with a total of six novels. Dune came to life in the sixties, and its success gave new…
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So you want to be a screenwriter - do you have what it takes?
The two most essential elements for a screenwriter are discipline and stamina. Only then come craft and talent.
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Pierre Benoit's curious quest for Atlantis
We all have our quirks, don't we? In the case of French writer Pierre Benoit, the quirks were many, among them was that each of his novels had to have…
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The guilty pleasure of the Matt Helm series
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Stealing allowed - Robert De Niro style
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How 'Alien' was born
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Being There: Life is a state of mind
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An 1894 visit to Las Vegas, long before it was even a village
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The Transcontinental Railroad (includes exclusive chapter)
1869 was a landmark year for frontier America. The completion of the railroad was seen as more important than the gold and silver rushes. They were…
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Don't give up your day job
What may be meant as a put-down, coming from someone who doesn’t believe you can write, is actually very healthy thinking.
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"The Star" - H. G. Wells puts a up a mirror for all of us to take a good look at ourselves
We are masters of denialism. Whether its relationships or a global pandemic or climate change, realities can stare right at us and we'll still deny…
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The California Gold Rush went viral because of Thomas O Larkin's 'gold letters'
The famed Gold Rush was a local matter, until Larkin's 'gold letters' to the New York Herald announced it to the world - and brought the world to…
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Don't plot your story to death
Once you get commissioned to write scripts, things like proposals, exposés, treatments in every size, shape and form become the norm. In all of that…
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Notes from Underground: Dostoevsky's take on the importance of the irrational
Dostoevsky's brief 'Notes from Underground' is quite powerful as it tackles humanity's quest for sense and desire for nonsense in a pretty unusual way.
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The Mountain Meadows massacre (includes exclusive chapter)
Nevada in general, and Las Vegas in particular, might look entirely different today - if not for Mormon fears and actions in 1857.
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To Live and Let Die
To Live and Let Die
Thoughts, experiences and learnings from thirty years' worth of writing screenplays and novels.
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