JAKE THORNTON

Last year, during the WGA writer's strike, I began playing around with short stories, purely as a way to keep myself engaged in writing...

In my previous post, I discussed becoming a professional screenwriter, marked by a four-studio bidding war over our spec script,...

A few months ago I responded to a post in a Facebook screenwriting group. Someone had asked whether it was possible for a first-time...

So... it's official. I suck at blogging. It's not so much that I suck at the actual writing, more that I simply forget I have a blog, and...

IP, intellectual property, has been the source of adaptation since movies were a thing. There are examples of film adaptations going back...

Greetings. It has been quite some time since my last blog post. Admittedly, maintaining this writing habit has proven to be more...

A recent tweet by John Zaozirny, Bellevue Literary Manager, reads: Aside from the obvious, the tweet is true. Writers actually write....

One of the questions many emerging screenwriters ask is “How do I get a manager?” Well, the answer is there is no ONE WAY to get a...

Writing is hard. We wake, we think we have to do some writing. But we find something else to do. A little voice reminds us ,“Hey, you...

I. Love. Midjourney. As a screenwriter and aspiring author, I am constantly imagining wonderful and fantastical locations, characters,...

When I had lived in LA for my first year, I celebrated by going down to Venice Beach, (or as, a Londoner, I call it Camden by the Sea),...

2022 has been a big year. I’ve celebrated lots of things. I became an American citizen. I finished writing my first novel. And I had my...