Most everyone in film and television agree on a fairly simple rule:  it’s all about story. Everything else — from wardrobe to sound to score to art direction to cinematography — can be downright breathtaking, but if the story isn’t there, it won’t amount to much.

Still, even if the rule is simple, the reality isn’t.  Almost everything you could ever hope to do, in life, is far more simple than telling a story well.

So you say you have to crawl around under houses and re-connect sewer pipes that are on the verge of breaking?   Continue Reading »