by Trevor Mayes | Dec 31, 2022 | General, Miscellaneous, Motivation, Writing |
Goodbye, 2022! Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Life Day or whatever the Flying Spaghetti Monster does, the year end is a wonderful time to reflect on all of our experiences and how they’ve shaped us as writers. It’s crucial to keep in mind that...
by Trevor Mayes | Jun 23, 2014 | Motivation, Screenwriters, Writing |
Anyone else out there a fan of MMA (mixed martial arts)? No? Doesn’t matter, this lesson applies to any professional endeavor — including screenwriting. So there’s this fighter named Benson Henderson. He’s got about as much genuine swagger as...
by Trevor Mayes | Aug 6, 2011 | Career, Industry Advice, Motivation, Television |
The Glee Project Is anyone else out there watching The Glee Project? For those who don’t know about it, The Glee Project is a pretty cool little talent show on the Oxygen network that gives the winner a seven episode character arc on the upcoming season of Glee....
by Trevor Mayes | Jul 9, 2011 | Motivation, Quotes |
“Now! What are you prepared to do?!” – Sean Connery as Jim Malone in The Untouchables I read an article a while back about a high-level mixed martial artist, with a severely damaged toe. He had to make a tough choice — take a year off from...
by Trevor Mayes | Jan 20, 2011 | Motivation, Quotes |
Today’s inspiration from PhotoQuoto.com: That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well. ~ Abraham Lincoln Regardless of the odds, a bunch of screenwriters are going to sell their spec scripts this year, or break into the...
by Trevor Mayes | Jan 19, 2011 | Corey Mandell, Motivation, Writing |
Corey Mandell has an excellent post on what he calls the “dangerous fairy tale.” That is to say, “the fairy tale that talented writers are born, not made.” The danger of this fairy tale is that it feeds the other seductive notion that naturally...
