The Plight of the Screenwriter #1

All my favorite books read well aloud. I like sentences that find their own distinctive rhythms, while maintaining the cadence of the stories in which they are written. I despise long blocks of back-and-forth dialogue with no references as to who is speaking. I actually like adverbs. Most of the time. I appreciate writing that…

Shawna said she was buying me a Mustang, red or blue with racing seats, and that we were no longer paying any bills we don’t like. I didn’t take the opposing side in either of these debates, because there are definitely a few bills I hold a grudge against and I desperately need a muscle…

Does everyone know that Redhead is going to be on Ugly Betty next Wednesday? Do you all know that she’s like the lead guest star in the episode? Do you realize that she was supposed to be on tonight, but that Ugly Betty was preempted last week because some people care about the state of…

You know those times when you laugh so hard for so long that you actually try to withhold your laughter because you are in so much physical pain? Your head aches, your jaws ache, your neck aches and your ribs feel like someone’s been using you as a boxing dummy. Isn’t that the best? Well,…