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The Benefits of Journaling

Journaling always seemed to be a romantic ideal, something out of a Jane Austen novel,…

Take Time to Just Be

"I've long since stopped feeling guilty about taking being time; it's something we all need…

How to Stop the Decline in Education

Our children are not reading, and we can't blame the pandemic for the dramatic decline.…

3 Keys to Surviving the Current Moment

Screenwriting has taught me three things we can use to survive this moment: constraints are…

We can Save Mankind through Stories

History shows us that stories play a vital role in shaping our culture by shaping…

Storytellers, Mission:Impossible, and A.I. gods

Storytellers are leading the way against the rush to accept Artificial Intelligence as the answer…

Let’s Create

Actual Realization The moment always comes when, having collected one's ideas, certain images, an intuition…

10 Myths About Acting

Defeating the 10 biggest myths crippling actors.

10 Myths About Acting

10 Myths About Acting: #1 You’re Too Old

If anyone's ever told you you're too old to act, act out. Over the past…

10 Myths About Acting: #2 You Have to Take Your Clothes Off/Sleep with the Director

I propose we demand a higher level of excellence from ourselves, those producing creative content,…

10 Myths about Acting: #3 You Have to Cry on Demand

In life and in film, genuine connection is what we’re after. Tearjerkers. Those moments in…

10 Myths about Acting: #4 You Have to Promote Yourself on Social Media

If we stop depending on social media and connect more with our communities, we can…

10 Myths about Acting: #5 You’re Too Fat / Not Pretty Enough

In the film, Sleepless In Seattle, Rosie O’Donnell and Meg Ryan’s characters are confronted with the…

10 Myths About Acting: #6 You Have to Stay Miserable or Get High to Create Great Art

Pain. Grief. Fear. Torment. To see an actor wrestle with these emotions on screen equals…

10 Myths About Acting: #7 Acting is Your Identity

10 Myths About Acting: #7 Acting is Your Identity

Acting is the act of doing something. It is also a state of being or…

10 Myths About Acting: #8 It Takes 10 Years to Break Into the Business

What constitutes success to you? What is “making it in the biz” exactly? Is it…

10 Myths About Acting: #9 You Have to Book the Room

Being a professional working actor means having to interview for nearly every job opening that…

10 Myths About Acting: #10 You’re Doing it Wrong

Did you make up stories or skits and plays as a kid? You may have…

Jumpstart Writing

Keys to starting your writing journey.

Jumpstart Your Writing

3 Ways to Jumpstart Your Writing, Part 1

Telling stories is in our DNA. When we discuss our day with a friend or…

Awake, O Sleeper

One of the greatest gifts we can give ourselves as writers, and those we love,…

4 Benefits of Storms

We all face obstacles we have to overcome; we always will. It's high time we…

Value Others

Remember the value of other people in the creative process. “We live in a culture…

News

Huck&Dorothy in local and national news.

New Article in Payson Roundup

Movie features Rim Country locations by Teresa McQuerrey roundup staff reporter | Sep 26, 2023…

ShoutOut Arizona Highlights Huck&Dorothy

Local couple brings hometown to silver screen

By Alex Gallagher, Foothills Focus Staff Writer Jun 2, 2023 A poem plants a seed…

Movie is a family affair for Scottsdale natives

By Alex Gallagher, Progress Arts Editor May 31, 2023 When HB 2156 passed the state…

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