Last summer I was introduced to the Canadian writers’ community through a little networking drinks thing called Ink Drinks at the Paddock on Bathurst. It was then organized by Canadian writer/showrunner Denis McGrath who has worked on such shows as The Border, Stargate, and Blood Ties. Last Friday was his last day at a Toronto [...]

I’m from Toronto, my heritage is English and yet I have an American mentality.  The kinds of stories I write mix all three and yet don’t seem to fit any one in particular.  I’ve written a show that takes place in Toronto, one based in L.A. and neither one would sell as is to the [...]

When someone asks “What are you working on?” you tell them, “A story about a girl who…”  All scripts begins with a concept.  Without this, you have nothing.  So why is it that once the writing starts, that concept seems to go out the window? If you’re fortunate enough to pitch a concept to a [...]

The thrilling, challenging and terrifying thing about the arts is that there is no guarantee that you’ll have a career with actual income.  We continue blindly down this long and winding road toward uncertainty, hoping to reach our destination, never knowing how far we have to travel. Everyone says, “You’ll get there if you stay on the [...]

These days, you have to be flexible as a writer.  You need to be willing and able to write for both film and television, and for more than one genre.  Not only that, but you need to understand writing for all media platforms: Web 2.0 (social media), mobile media (cell phones), web series, etc..  The [...]