Failure Thrives on Inaction.

Young Woman Waiting Beside TelephoneIf you’re serious about your screenwriting career you need to step up and take action. Waiting for the phone to ring is NOT a business plan.

Welcome to the home of My Story Can Beat Up Your Story!, the bestselling tough-love book on screenwriting.  Here you’ll find real insights, professional excellence, career growth, straight talk, and actual opportunities.   You are not alone on this journey.  Come and take action with us.

100+ Film Reviews

We have over one hundred film reviews posted in our blog section. These are films, old and new, broken down and analyzed according to two key concepts from "My Story Can Beat Up Your Story!," namely the Four Questions and the Four Archetypes. Check out the index by clicking on the READ MORE button below.

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Make Money From Your IP

Yes, you can. TV studios and broadcasters are hungry for existing intellectual property (IP). While this isn’t news, what IS news is that the IP they’re looking for does not have to be from an established brand or from a known writer/creator. This is a huge, new opportunity for people to get discovered in a big way...

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The Best FREE Act 2 Trick You’ve Never Heard Of

It's called "You Hit Singles, I Double Up!" It's the missing chapter from the book My Story Can Beat Up Your Story! and it's yours FREE for subscribing to my newsletter. It's the chapter I meant to include in my book but, uh, forgot. Seriously. But it teaches one of the most amazing techniques for solving problems with Act 2 you'll ever learn.

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Webinar Series Downloads

The My Story Can Beat Up Your Story Screenwriting Crash Course, WEBINAR SERIES is the same course I've taught all over the world, but now available for IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD. Recorded live, in this video series I share the same real-world system that I've used to write and sell scripts of all kinds, in all genres, from million dollar spec scripts to TV movies and miniseries.

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