Introduction:

Hey folks, I'm back. And as the title suggests, I'm here to show you some new tips and tricks. Now you may be asking, what could you possibly have for us know? You've already done…

'The Princess Bride' is one of those perfect cinematic cocktails. It expertly blends a childhood fascination with fairy tales with more grownup comedic sensibilities and just a dash of storytelling…

The purposed fourth installment of the 'Jurassic Park' franchise remains one of those somewhat ephemeral projects that we've been talking about for years, but has never actually manifested into anything. This year there has been…

Growing up I always had a passion for writing and the arts, and by arts I mean everything from music, to singing, to acting I love it! And respect it as a craft, as a I would for someone sharing a passion for knowledge and being a scholar. So naturally I've always aspired to be a sort of renaissance woman of the arts, I wanted to sing, act, write..especially write. Writing is my first love after all, and deciding at a young age that this is what I wanted to do. As I got older I would…

Here's the second installment on my attempts at completing an assassin's mission in Assassin Creed: Revelations. Kept failing and restarting but, that is the plight of a perfectionist... or someone with too much time on their…

Sitcoms are great. Who doesn't love a laugh? Sitcoms can range from mediocre to great. I firmly believe that the person who creates the next “Seinfeld” is out there, but what if they have the idea and the story for a show, but don't know how to format it? Well, Earthlings, that's where I come in. I'm here to try and de-mystify the process of formatting for you once again. So, without further ado, let's get into it...

**This tutorial will deal strictly with formatting your script. For…

Ilene Engelberg - How to Write a Bio

Don’t know how to write a bio on yourself? You’re not on your own. Bio writing is challenging; it forces you to rank what’s most important about you. It’s a daunting task to boil down your entire professional life into one paragraph that’s clear, concise, and works for you. Luckily, you don’t have to start your bio from scratch. Before writing your bio, let’s see what Ilene S Engelberg has to…

The height of accomplishment for any fan of cinema is to write a film of their very own. We've seen plenty of movies, and naturally, we think that we could write one ourselves. But then the realization hits us: How? So, the natural thing to do would be to do a Google search, and we'd come across forum after forum telling us this works, and that works. Read this book, and go to this site. And before you know it, your head is spinning…

So I made a synopsis of my script. I'm trying to pitch this to anyone who's looking for a story. Hope you guys like it. It's just a draft, don't pay attention to the spelling and such....

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Search of a lifetime

These events take place in the NEAR FUTURE were the advanced technology and medicine  allow people to CHOOSE what gender their child will be.…

There seems to be some controversy about when it's alright to call someone on the stupid shit they've said on this site. I've defended Hector a time or two, not because he's never said anything beyond reproach, but because I was under the impression that he is very young. Based on his profile pic and his writing, I pegged Hector at around 10 years old. However, a cursory glance at Hector's page the other day revealed that Hector is, in fact, 16 years old. In my opinion, 16 is well past the…

Hello, readers. In order to attract more viewers to my main site, I've decided to publish this next entry of…

When you discuss writing with other people, an annoying little question comes up every so often.

"When did you decide you wanted to become a writer?"

Bitches: they're always so fucking interested and stuff. 

This annoys some writers because they don't…

Part III: Dialogue and Language

Two of my greatest film influences have been Stanley…

Part II: Notetaking

I know you didn't ask for this. However, being a straight-edge kid with no teaching degree or writing group, I'm lacking in opportunities to channel my inner ex-con seminar instructor. So, instead I wrote this post, explaining where I fucked up in life--err, I mean in my writing--and tell you how to avoid a similar fate.

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I never thought writing a blog would be this hard...

 What do I write about? Where do I start? With a review, a short story, a rant? I'm not the most critically minded. Video games? That's been done to death I suppose. I could write about what Spill was like before podcast. Fuck, I could even attempt a short story about a boy and his pet dinosaur. I consider all these options as I sit here staring at a screen, music playing in my…