Essays

Short, direct writing about craft and standards. No filler. Updated as new work is published.

Series

• The Council Standard — principles that hold up under pressure
• Scene Surgery — one scene, what it’s doing, and how it’s built
• Notes — observations from writing, directing, and editing

First essays

• Coming next: “Taste is a skill (and how to train it)”
• Coming next: “Editing for meaning, not coverage”
• Coming next: “What makes a scene inevitable”