Most recent letters
027 / I Don't Know How To Be Older Than This
How I lost my way and some advice for creative folk in their 30s.
• 4 minute read
026 / Your Questions, Answered
A Q&A session with Third Something Readers - I answer questions about filmmaking and my creative process.
• 8 minute read
025 / The Threshold Of Awareness
This diagram helps me tell visual stories that make the audience both think and feel. Here’s how to use it.
• 2 minute read
024 / The Sacred Stage
Are you feeling creatively blocked? You might be thinking about your ideas all wrong.
• 4 minute read
023 / A Vague Haze of Malaise
I’ve been feeling depressed lately and I wonder if it’s connected to how much time I make for myself to create.
• 2 minute read
022 / Looking and Seeing
Here’s a useful exercise in using drawing as a form of meditation and awareness. Try it out!
• 3 minute read
021 / My Storyboarding Process
A step-by-step look at my previsualisation process for making a video for The New York Times.
• 4 minute read
020 / You're Weird
Exceed algorithmic description - make art the computer cannot categorise!
• 4 minute read
019 / Five Miscellaneous Things
There’s a lot in this one! Poetry, filmmaking, graphic novels and visual storytelling - take your pick!
• 6 minute read
018 / Planned Improv
Notes on the balance between preparation and improv in the creative process, while shooting a film for The New York Times.
• 4 minute read
017 / Practicing Scales
Some practical advice on how filmmakers can build a daily practice habit that improves their craft.
• 6 minute read
016 / Keep Hanging On, Kid
Remembering Lyra McKee, a fellow journeyman who lost her life too soon in Northern Ireland.
• 2 minute read
015 / The Gift
A quick note on Patreon and the power of generosity in the Creator Economy.
• 4 minute read
014 / Outsider's Luck
Do people who aren’t trying so hard have some kind of outsider’s advantage?
• 2 minute read