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November 2012

November 09, 2012

Few Perks for the Audience in Wallflower

The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) - Written and Directed by Stephen Chbosky,...

October 2012

October 24, 2012

Back Down is a Union and Government School Smack Down

Won't Back Down (2012) - Written By Brin Hill and Daniel Barnz; Directed by...

October 11, 2012

Enter Catharsis

Here's a nice piece on a new company which I just started to help storytellers...

October 10, 2012

Learn Screenwriting in Phoenix!

Act One is holding one of its amazing screenwriting weekends next month in Phoenix. Seats...

September 2012

September 29, 2012

Trouble is a Solid Double

Trouble with the Curve (2012) - Written by Randy Brown; Directed by Robert Lorenz; Starring...

September 25, 2012

Under Homeland’s Power

I'm irrationally excited for the second season of Homeland, on Showtime. I think it's the...

September 23, 2012

Mastering Pretentious Obscenity

(The Master (2012); Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson; Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin...

September 22, 2012

Odd Life Lacks Life

(The Odd Life of Timothy Green; 2012; Written by Peter Hedges and Ahmet Zappa; Directed...

September 18, 2012

What Frank Stole in His Glory Days

Robot and Frank (2012); Written by Christopher D. Ford; Directed by Jake Shreirer; Starring Frank...

September 16, 2012

Not Mincing Words

(The Words, Written and directed by Brian Klugman and Leon Sternthal; PG-13) I liked The...

September 12, 2012

Truly Lawless Storytelling

According to Aristotle, the first law of storytelling is that plot reigns over all other...

March 2012

March 27, 2012

So you think you have an idea for a movie?

I got another one last night. A person who heard me give a speech sent...

March 22, 2012

No actually, You Don’t Want a Screenwriter

Someone forwarded this on to me today. We get these kind of requests through Act...

October 2011

October 24, 2011

Mediocrity Takes on Some Champs

I don't have the time or will to do a complete analysis of all the...

September 2011

September 06, 2011

Screenwriting Grammar Matters

Somebody wrote me recently that their project got rejected in Hollywood for improper formatting. The...

July 2011

July 09, 2011

On Visual Imagery

I am giving a two day workshop on the use of visual imagery in storytelling...

June 2011

June 03, 2011

New Article from Barb on Euthanasia

Here is a new piece I wrote for my friends at Crisis Magazine about the...

April 2011

April 19, 2011

What Happened to the Good Stories?

Here's a snippet from an interview I just did with a Christian magazine called Aletheia....

September 2010

September 25, 2010

Who is Your Audience? Writing What Your Soul Knows

[NOTE FROM BARB: Here is the outline for a talk I gave this weekend at...

August 2010

August 18, 2010

Have We Forgotten?

[Note from Barb: This is something I wrote in the weeks following 9 It seems...

August 18, 2010

Fawn, Pander, Blather

It seems hugely anti-climactic to end my two year movie review silence for the likes...

August 05, 2010

Another Nice Review

Here's a nice review of a book for which I wrote a chapter. They had...

August 04, 2010

Over 1,000,000 Served!

This blog just passed that rather cool benchmark. Thanks so all of you who have...

August 02, 2010

Turn, Turn, Turn

Here's the long version of my article on the Boomers and their cultural legacy. Thanks...

May 2010

May 05, 2010

Act One Alumni Praise Report

Kudos and best wishes to Bob Martinez (WP-00) and his writing partner who recently sold...

April 2010

April 22, 2010

Another Act One Alumni Movie!

Dear Snowpeople --Well in case you were wondering — finally — there are SNOWMEN in...

March 2010

March 08, 2010

For the Beauty of the Church

Just released! I have a chapter in this book called something like "Identifying Real Artists...

November 2009

November 06, 2009

New Movie from Act One Writer, Director and Producer!

March 2009

March 24, 2009

“I come not to praise BSG, but to bury it.”

Well, it's over. And I have lots to say as a requiem. Unfortunately, I am...

March 12, 2009

Barb on Haunting Moments

Here is my talk about haunting moments in storytelling, from the Storytelling Conference that Act...