Step-by-step: Writing An Outline For Your Feature Check In: Watch The Fugitive Therapy Is In Session: The outline format comes in four phases: Phase One Inciting Incident Midpoint (Climax) Lowest Point Conclusion Phase Two Status Quo Point Of No Return Phase Three Trigger Lasting Change Post Conclusion Phase Four: Add …

Are you in a creative (or other) rut? Get. Out. Now. Right Now. Check In: Watch The Sixth Sense Therapy Is In Session: Recognize it’s not going to be sexy. Make a plan. Set meetings. Make another plan. Schedule plan with accountability. News & Updates: Free mini-consultations for screenwriters. Book …

What should you be doing before you “make it” in the biz? Check In: Watch Good Time! Therapy Is In Session: Change your mindset around timeline. Maintain your relationships. Don’t wait to start doing good. Drain yourself of desperation Believe your genius News & Updates: Free mini-consultations for screenwriters. Book …

Banish Career Envy Forever!   Check In: For comedy TV writers, re-visit Golden Girls for technique on writing throwaway jokes. Therapy Is In Session: Career envy is a guilty pleasure, something that is sometimes easier to access that the true belief that you can make your dreams come true. Very …

Listen to this BEFORE you start shooting your documentary! Check In: Jennifer Brea has done an AMAZING JOB talking about her film. Check out her TED TALK here. Therapy Is In Session: Do the emotional work to be vulnerable enough to answer questions about your film or process. Spade explains …

Listen to this BEFORE you start shooting your documentary! Check In: Find I Am Not Your Negro. Watch it. Study it. Therapy Is In Session: Your documentary sample should display character, stakes and perspective in a compelling way. Character: Who Stakes: Who cares? Perspective: Why you? News & Updates: Spade …

Listen to this as you’re developing your documentary. Check In: Find Position Among The Stars. Watch it. Study it. Therapy Is In Session: Documentary isn’t a genre, it’s a filmmaking technique. Here are some doc genres: historical doc, personal doc, survey doc, verite doc, issue doc. All of them need …

Banish screenwriting and editing procrastination forever! Here’s what we cover: Check In: Go See Strong Island. It’s on Netflix. No excuses. Don’t skip because it’s a documentary. Therapy Is In Session: Procrastination is mostly birthed out of fear and/or apathy. Here’s how to cure it: Plan. Everything. Meals, communication, time. Everything …

Expand your view of diversity into a nuanced and very useful tool for story and character development! Here’s what we cover: Check In: Go See Call Me By Your Name. Now. Today. Therapy Is In Session: We don’t bother with diversity b/c we don’t care, feel we can’t identify, too …

Welcome to Storyteller Therapy! It’s like therapy… for storytellers. This episode is an introduction to Spade, her experience in Film & TV and what this podcast is all about. Here’s the rundown: Spade knows story, so there’s that Story Consulting Services is here for all of your development/story consulting needs. …