Most recent letters
014 / Outsider's Luck
Do people who aren’t trying so hard have some kind of outsider’s advantage?
• 2 minute read
013 / Three Thoughts on Visual Storytelling
On Spiderman Into The Spider-Verse, the nature of juxtaposition and writing screenplay dialogue.
• 4 minute read
012 / Musical Interval
Playing around with loops and ossilations, I discover whale music inside a 95-year-old song.
• 3 minute read
011 / Five Days
A day-by-day account of writing and designing a film for The New York Times.
• 5 minute read
010 / Building A Body Of Work
You’re not just publishing into a never ending stream, you’re building a library of work
• 3 minute read
009 / Barbecues On The Titanic
On climate change and how stories create aesthetic emotion to comprehend what’s happening.
• 3 minute read
008 / On Being Busy
Is busyness really a trap? Or is a sign of a life well-lived? Is creative energy a finite resource or something abundant?
• 4 minute read
007 / Haiku
A great example of The Third Something at work — in words, not pictures!
• 4 minute read
006 / The Sleep Consultant
Robin Sloan asks a critical question for creators — what does it mean to love something on the internet today?
• 3 minute read
005 / The Screenplay Problem
The problem with screenwriting as a creative pursuit, and three ideas to fix it.
• 3 minute read
004 / It's Telling You What It Wants To Be
Thoughts on the creative process and letting the work tell you what it wants to be.
• 3 minute read
003 / Movies Made In Slow Motion
How graphic novels and films are sister mediums, speaking the same language.
• 3 minute read
002 / Trust The Process
Thoughts on patience and the creative process on months-long projects.
• 2 minute read
001 / Towards the door we never opened
Paris vs London and reflections of place and placelessness in the 21st century.
• 2 minute read