Last week I attended a play at the Toronto Fringe Festival called Kim’s Convenience. The writer, actor, director of this show is Ins Choi. Recently I had the pleasure of joining a writer’s group in which Ins was the leader. Kim’s Convenience received rave reviews from critics and as a result was picked as one […]
Archives for July 2011
Words on the Page
So there I was today typing my new screenplay called Struck. I had finished writing a rough draft of Struck a week ago and I am now imputing my hand written copy to the computer. I write everything long-hand first and never do a first draft straight to the computer. I think better when I’m […]
Names & Concepts
My brother Adam has been working on a feature length animated film for over 10 years and he has finally completed it. Adam did everything in this film (all the animation, built the sets & models, editing, etc.). The script was written by Michael Stokes – a writer Adam met during his York University days. […]
We Begin
All first drafts of any scripts I write are handwritten and the first words I scribble at the top of the first page before I write anything else is “We Begin”. I believe this phrase came from a math teacher back in my high school days. This is how he began his math class by […]