Daniel Barnes: Screenwriter in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The fallout over The Interview is a massive censor-shit on freedom of expression and speech. Ridiculous. As creatives we thrive on such a platform. This is bigger than the financial bottom line. This is a threat to our given right to create.

Hey writers, what's your ritual or method for your first draft? I like to have a single glass of scotch along with a movie within the genre of the script I'm working on in the background on mute, and I'll listen to an OST relevant to the emotion or charge in the scene I'm writing. Your turn.

Serious about writing? Then we can chat. Time to overhaul some pages for a deadline. It's raining, my coffee mug is full (whiskey free - Vonnegut would shame me), and that damn cursor is taunting me. No need for fear, the words are mine. This blank page is dead, time to bring it to life.

Follow me on twitter - @dan_barnes where I love to talk story and screenwriting.

Amazing. The solid big points I will take away: It rarely takes more than a page to recognize that you're in the presence of someone who can write, but it only takes a sentence to know you're dealing with someone who can't. Which brings us to an ugly truth about many aspiring screenwriters: They think that screenwriting doesn't actually require the ability to write, just the ability to come up with a cool story that would make a cool movie. The main point I made was that he'd fallen prey to a fallacy that nails a lot of first timers. He was way more interested in telling his one story than in being a writer. And much more! Everyone in the industry needs to read this article period. Thank you for this read.

I've heard countless stories regarding those that have gone to LA and ended up going back to their hometown or staying in LA but saying "The demand far outweighs the supply" and had to revert working full-time to pay for rent, etc. I've always thought making the move to LA from Seattle would be questionable in attempting to secure stable work as an actor and not detracting from it by working elsewhere to pay bills, but the common theme among these stories is they are either going down with no experience or don't know where to look for work and expect an agent (if one even signs them) to do all the work for them. Thoughts?

Took a hiatus from writing for nearly four months, and as with everything - if you don't use it you lose it. Time to pick up the pen again and get back to it!

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