subscribe

Explore ‘Featured’...

For Real This Time: Learning To Play Guitar

The guitar was never one of those instruments I was ever dying to play however when I was in my early twenties I purchased an electric guitar off of Ebay (when Ebay was first starting and had great deals). I admit the most compelling thing about the

Read more

Filmmakers Beware: Giving Away Your Work For Pennies

Filmmakers beware! I recently decided to explore the idea of being paid for video content. In doing so, I came across an article, Getting Paid for Content, by Sheila Curran Bernard. I’d originally been out searching for filmmakers who had actually been paid by Current.com for their

Read more

Creative Writing Exercise – 24 Hours to Live

Creative Writing Exercise – 24 Hours to Live

Exercise: You have 24 hours to live. Write a short story based on this. Maximum length is 3 pages. There are no restrictions on what you can write about. You have to have a minimum of 3 characters and 3 different locations. Purpose: The purpose of this

Read more

Finish Your Book – A Writing Plan That Works

Finish Your Book – A Writing Plan That Works

More times than not, when I share my own books with others they respond by telling me they have always wanted to write a book but don’t have the time or don’t know where to start. Most of the time they are just talking the talk. However,

Read more

Documentary Filmmaking In 10 Steps

This past spring I flew to Florida from New York to film my latest two documentaries, Our Side of Joy and Charise: A Portrait of an African American with Albinism.  I’d filmed my first documentary back in 2002 but I was very new to filmmaking at the

Read more
Page 1 of 212