Nobody knows anything.
Treat conventional wisdom as a starting point, not a verdict on the draft only you can write.
The Midas Story Room / Screenwriting Tips
Words from the writers’ room.
Short counsel from writers whose work has already been through the fire.
Get in late, get out early.
Cut the hallway. Start the scene when the temperature changes, and leave before it cools.
The scariest monster of all is the one that looks just like us.
Genre works when the threat is human first — the creature is only the costume.
Do not write what you know. Write what you don’t know about what you know.
The personal draft is not a diary. It is the question you have not finished asking.
Story is metaphor for life.
Plot is the vehicle. The audience stays for what the story believes about people.
The hardest thing about writing is writing.
Pages exist because you sat down. Taste comes later; the first job is to stay in the chair.