I was planning to write a blog post for New Year’s about New Year’s Resolutions and all the excitement of making plans for 2016 (and putting them into motion for reaching our goals and accomplishing our dreams), but I think the best way to encourage all you artists out there is to post this letter I wrote to my friend in Taiwan whom I met at the London Screenwriter’s Festival 2015. She has the same hopes and dreams as me and what we took from the Festival was that our dreams

Want to envision something terrifying to get you in the mood for Halloween? Imagine being in a large room, the audience packed with writers that have all their attention focused on the stage, where you're about to go up and pitch your film idea, with only two minutes to speak! I was among these gutsy screenwriters daring enough to take this terrifying yet fun challenge of pitching in front a live audience as well as four Industry Professional Judges on a panel at this year's