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Producer’s POV Column: Writers’ #1 Fear: I’m Not Good Enough

Sunday, May 12th, 2013

Producer Anne Marie Gillen recently posed this question to our Mastermind Group: ”What keeps you awake at night? What are those nasty thoughts that keep playing around in your head?  The shoulda-coulda-woulda?” It stimulated such an open and honest discussion about our communal fears and insecurities that we entrepreneurial artists all share but rarely give voice to, I thought [...]

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The Minimalist Guide To Understanding The Commerce Of A Script

Thursday, March 21st, 2013

I recently did an interview/blog for GLOCUL MAG - Tackling The Business Side of Creativity: The Minimalist Guide To Understanding The Commerce Of A Script

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Producer’s POV: New Column Just Launched for Script Magazine!

Friday, March 8th, 2013

How (and Where) Should I Pitch My TV Show? It Depends… Like any other sales activity, you have to consider: What it is you’re trying to sell? What is your actual product? How can you best show it off? Who are you selling it to? Do they even want what you’re trying to sell them? [...]

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Getting Things Right

Tuesday, September 18th, 2012

I’ve just finished reading Atul Gawande’s The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right. I am struck by how useful a simple checklist can be to professionals as divergent as surgeons in the emergency room to commercial airline pilots in eliminating potentially fatal mistakes in incredibly stressful situations. While not usually life threatening, our decisions [...]

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Which Camera Should We Shoot On?

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

You should never pick your DP based on what camera he or she owns or has access to or can get discounts on. The decision on which DP to hire should be based on his or her talent (not just the reel but entire films – several of them), reputation, relationships, referrals, shared vision for [...]

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