Familiarity Bleeds

The Writer: Jeffery Stevenson

After many years writing webcomics and comics, I found myself stuck in traffic and listening to someone on the radio talk about the upcoming Austin Film Festival. Oddly enough, I used movies as part of my training when learning to write comics by pausing scenes at their most critical points and describing what I saw in a way an art team could reproduce it, so I made an impulsive decision to attend. I went to panels where the writers and directors of some of my favorite movies and shows spun tales and tips about their adventures in the industry. And I was hooked. I gathered up all my notes from the conference, downloaded a ton of sample screenplays, bought a copy of The Screenwriter's Bible… Go to bio