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The Schizophrenia of Writing Novels and Scripts 

The Schizophrenia of Writing Novels and Scripts 

by Tom Hogan | Aug 17, 2023 | The Forever Game, Book Coach, Screenplays, So You Want to Be a Writer, Writing

If you’re feeling emotionally and psychologically balanced, I have a way to fix that:  for your next writing project, render it as both a novel and a script at the same time. I’ve been doing that with The Forever Game, the novel (and script) that I’m halfway...
Sideways and Down

Sideways and Down

by Tom Hogan | Dec 6, 2022 | Screenplays, So You Want to Be a Writer, Teaching, The Forever Game, Writing

As promised, every two weeks (until I catch up to the work in progress), I’ll include a chapter, in sequence, of my novel-in-progress, The Forever Game. What follows is the opening chapter (remember, there were two different prologues, one for the script and one for...
Behind the Scenes on The Devil’s Breath- Screenplay vs Novel

Behind the Scenes on The Devil’s Breath- Screenplay vs Novel

by Tom Hogan | Sep 13, 2021 | Writing, Inspiration, So You Want to Be a Writer, Teaching

I’m asked every now and then about the genesis of The Devil’s Breath:  was it a screenplay first or a novel? How did you get the core ideas? What made you think you could come up with a fresh take on a subject like the Holocaust? The idea for DB came to me on a...

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