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BACK TO THE HOT ZONE – OR STILL CRAZY SCARY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS

At 9pm EDT on May 27, Memorial Day eve, The Hot Zone, a 6 part mini-series premiered, based on Richard Preston’s terrifying 1992 article in the New Yorker, “Crisis In the Hot Zone”, and his even more terrifying 1994 book, The Hot Zone, introducing the unsuspecting public to the deadly pathogen…Read More
TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN: START YOUR NEW YEAR AT THE TOP – NOT THE BOTTOM

Skiing, Writing and Living Large HartChart users are familiar with “The Top of the Mountain” signpost on the HC story mapping tool; aka “As Good As it Gets”. The definition of the TOTM sign post of your character’s journey reads: “If you are drawing a picture of your narrative, TOTM…Read More
THE AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL – 25 YEARS LATER

Why writers like to hang with each other and are “still crazy after all these years?” This photo was taken at the first Heart of Texas Film Festival in 1994. The brainchild of Barbara Morgan, a fiercely determined force of nature and Austinite, it was to be a film festival for Writers….yes, fo…Read More
Jordan Peele Interview

Exclusive HartChart Interview with Writer and Director Jordan Peele of "Get Out".…Read More
THE SHANGHAI FILM FEST 2018 – AKA: THE ARTS WILL SAVE US – MAKE ART NOT WAR

An invitation to any film fest is a call to action in Joseph Campbell speak, so to speak. But a hero’s journey to another country to attend an international film fest is an opportunity you must find a way to take. Never mind the tsunami of weird, cool, challenging, inspiring, mind fucking films…Read More
SANCTUARIES, SAFE HARBORS AND OTHER HAPPY WRITING PLACES

Every writer needs a happy writing place. And if we don’t, that is often the prime excuse we make for not writing. My computer crashed and I lost all my files is a good one. My significant other and I broke up works. Hey, I had to walk the dog. The baby is teething. The line at Starbucks was like,…Read More
THE SATISFYING ENDING: DAMIEN CHAZELLE + THE LALA LAND DILEMMA

After all the weeks and months and sometimes years of slaving over your script-to-screen adventure, it would be nice if your audience affirmed and validated your efforts by feeling satisfied by your ending -- satisfied by the experience and the landing zone you provided for them; satisfied that the …Read More