How do you thrive in this business? Always be learning. Ask questions. Nobody knows everything. You can learn from anybody. Keep an open mind, and be flexible.

Drawing from real life makes writing, and creating characters real and believable. The connection between real life experience, and the development of a character is what brings a solid human element.

Great subplots bring depth as well as human elements to every story. Focusing on strong subplots will take you characters and story to a whole other level.

Without talent technology is useless. Too often talent is what is sacrificed by some filmmakers so that they can have impressive gear. Always choose talent over technology.

Knowing who your friends are is crucial to your survival as a filmmaker and an artist. Allowing the wrong element to influence you can be detrimental to your well being as an artist, and as a human.

When it comes to making a choice, we sometime experience apprehension that maybe what we're about to do might be too crazy or too over the top. This is when that choice is usually the most memorable.

Planning and setting goals is imperative to achieving any type of success. It is also crucial to be flexible and to reassess our trajectory.

We all know that bad sound is an unforgivable sin of filmmaking. Is poor sound quality really the only thing that we can't live with? These days there are no excuses for poor quality in several aspects of your film. Let's chat about it.

In an industry as non constant as we are in, we need to realize that everything comes in waves. The highs as well as the lows. We just need to be ready for the next wave. As indie filmmakers we take the initiative to create our own waves.

This is a key component of story telling, acting, and directing. Without this component the actor, the director, and the audience are not connected with the story.