Reading Time: 5 minutes I’m pushing 50 these days so this particular branch of toxic masculinity doesn’t reach for me the way it did when I was young. Back then, it felt entitled to lean out car windows and …
Reading Time: 3 minutes 12″ x 12″Japanese Paper & Acrylic on Canvas As already established in the post about the painting I hate, I learned a while ago how much I like to tear paper like a happy hamster. …
Reading Time: 6 minutes My Tale of Two Screenplays is definitely not the only time I’ve encountered feedback on my work offered first and foremost based on where it sits relative to institutional conventions and rules. In fact, not …
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Listen. Or, listen and read along. Or, skip this and just read below.) Dear Mr. Evans, One of my close friends recently sent me your 2019 “Actors On Actors” Variety interview with Scarlett Johansson. She …
Reading Time: 6 minutes Back in the early 2000s, I spent a lot of time writing screenplays, short fiction, and blog posts. At a certain point, an old acquaintance with Hollywood ties kindly agreed to read my second feature …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Once, a friend and I were catching up about our weekends. I had told her that I’d spent most of mine working on one of the novel-things and had also mentioned that I was definitely …
Reading Time: 9 minutes I have had the privilege of being able to occasionally see an acupuncturist. She is a lovely human and frequently talks to me about my angry, stagnant liver. I imagine this cess-pool of unmoving Qi …
Reading Time: 8 minutes There is probably very little I can tell any of you about productivity as a “goal” or “set of habits” that you cannot learn from the wealth of literature, talks, and courses already available. I …