Unleashed Imaginations

  There Be Giants… When you dive into the world of monsters and cryptids, it’s like peeling back layers of the unknown—tales of beasts, ancient lore, and modern sightings flood in from every corner of the internet. Today, I received a message that piqued my curiosity: “What do you know about giants? Specifically, those linked to Lovelock Cave in Nevada.” Well, this wasn’t my first time wandering down this rabbit hole. In fact, one of my scripts referenced a hidden underground crypt that once held an ancient giant city with giant mummies and even a real giant overlord. And let me tell you, once you start looking into giant lore, you realize you’ve stumbled into a labyrinth of legend, folklore, and tantalizing, if not dubious, evidence. Go ahead—type “sites of giant graves” into a search engine and prepare to be inundated with tales that straddle the line between myth and reality. Of course, the internet is awash with AI-generated images of colossal skulls and towering skeleton...

                  Well, it’s happened—I’m stepping up to the podium to talk about screenwriting to a group of writers in my area. After two decades of pouring my soul into the craft, mostly through screenplays, I’ve been asked to face a room full of eager writers and, well, give them a dose of reality: turning your beloved book into an on-screen hit. It’s a Herculean task. Let me explain. I love screenwriting. It’s a craft that lets you build entire worlds, shatter characters, and send them on transformative journeys that captivate audiences. But before you dive in headfirst, there are some hard truths you need to know.                 Let me start at the beginning. I started my screenwriting journey after writing my non-fiction World War II story, Gerti’s War. I poured years into researching (reading over 129 books on the subject), writing, rewriting, but driven w...