Field notes on action-thriller craft, rewrites, and commercial storytelling.
Action-Thriller Craft
How to Build an Escalating Action-Thriller Premise Before You Write a Page
A strong action-thriller premise does more than set up a cool situation. It gives your hero a clear objective, meaningful consequences, active...
Sep 08, 2026 • Read Time: 12 Minutes
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Action-Thriller Craft
What Is an Action-Thriller?
An action-thriller is more than gunfights, chases, and explosions. It is a story where physical action creates escalating pressure, every choice has...
Sep 06, 2026 • Read Time: 10 Minutes
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Action-Thriller Craft
How to Write an Action-Thriller Screenplay That Escalates
Action is what happens. Thriller is the pressure created by what could happen next. Learn how to build an action-thriller screenplay through...
Sep 04, 2026 • Read Time: 16 Minutes
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Atomic Habits: Cues
Intro Today’s post will be short, but it’s powerful. Today we’re talking about cues, and more importantly, our interpretation of cues. Over...
May 26, 2021 • Read Time: 4 Minutes
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Atomic Habits: Peer Pressure
In Chapter 9 of Atomic Habits, James Clear walks us through the three tiers of social pressure and how they affect our...
May 25, 2021 • Read Time: 8 Minutes
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Atomic Habits: Make It Attractive
In Chapter 8 of Atomic Habits by James Clear, he discusses the topic of “Make It Attractive.” This means simply making us...
May 19, 2021 • Read Time: 7 Minutes
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Atomic Habits: Self Control
I don’t specifically remember the moment I was first told I was fat. I was definitely a kid. I definitely disagree looking...
May 18, 2021 • Read Time: 8 Minutes
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Atomic Habits: Environment Design
In Atomica Habits Chapter Six, we learn about “environment design”. We know that all habits start with cues. Why not embed our...
May 17, 2021 • Read Time: 8 Minutes
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Atomic Habits: Habit Stacking
In Chapter Five of Atomic Habits, James Clear discusses the principle of Habit Stacking. This simple practice of aligning your intention with...
May 15, 2021 • Read Time: 7 Minutes
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Atomic Habits: Make It Obvious
I’m continuing my reread of Atomic Habits by James Clear (no puns today, I promise) and in Chapter 4: Make It Obvious,...
May 14, 2021 • Read Time: 6 Minutes
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Atomic Habits: The Four Stages of Habit Creation
As I continue to re-read Atomic Habits by James Clear, I find more and more information worth documenting here so I can...
May 13, 2021 • Read Time: 5 Minutes
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I Don’t Want to be a Salesman and Other Dumb Things I’ve Said
At some point in the fall of 2009, I was at a recreational softball game watching my cousin Bob and some of...
May 12, 2021 • Read Time: 7 Minutes
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