Screenwriting
Joy
+6
Aug 21, 2026
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2 min read
Filmmakers of color are asked to justify their joy in ways white filmmakers are never asked to justify their suffering. On what gets to be a story — and who gets to tell one just because they feel like it.
Filmmaking
Aug 14, 2026
AI-generated writing and inexperienced screenwriters fail in the same way because metaphor requires a life lived.
Directing
+5
Aug 10, 2026
5 min read
Two weeks before shooting my first feature, I flew to Vermont for a writing lab I thought would be a waste of time.
