This Is One Writing Lesson I Learned 20 Years Too Late - Tom O'Brien

Our two new books... STORY QUESTIONS: How To Unlock Your Story One Question At A Time - https://payhip.com/b/ZTvq9 and 17 Steps To Writing A Great Main Character - https://payhip.com/b/kCZGd Watch the video version of this podcast on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/4_9JCyWR39c?si=koo-r9gyfqH8MQ0R Tom O'Brien is a Los Angeles based writer/director. He teaches acting and writing at Scenestudyla.com. Tom’s first feature film, Fairhaven, Starred Chris Messina and Sarah Paulson and was a critics pick in the New York Times. Tom's second feature, Manhattan Romance, starring Katherine Waterston and Gaby Hoffmann was distributed by Netflix worldwide. Tom’s online series, OM City, that he created with his wife, Jessie Barr, was a New York Times Critic’s TV Pick. Tom is also a produced and published playwright and a former college hockey player. CONNECT WITH TOM O'BRIEN https://scenestudyla.com / scenestudyla / scenestudyla https://www.threads.net/@scenestudyla CLASSES WITH TOM O'BRIEN https://scenestudyla.com/classes TOM O'BRIEN'S FILMS https://scenestudyla.com/tomsfilms VIEWERS ALSO WATCHED This Is One Screenwriting Lesson I Learned 20 Years Too Late - • This Is One Screenwriting Lesson I Learned... This Is How To Get Work In The Film Industry - • This Is How To Get Work In The Film Indust... The Truth About Finding Work In The Film Industry - • The Truth About Finding Work In The Film I... Big Reason Why Many People Quit The Movie Business - • Big Reason Why Many People Quit The Movie ... How 15 Minutes Of Work Can Change An Artist's Life - • How 15 Minutes Of Work Can Change An Artis... How The Movie Business ACTUALLY Works - • How The Movie Business ACTUALLY Works - Ke... CONNECT WITH FILM COURAGE http://www.FilmCourage.com http://twitter.com/#!/FilmCourage / filmcourage / filmcourage / filmcourage / filmcourage SUBSCRIBE TO THE FILM COURAGE YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://bit.ly/18DPN37 SUPPORT FILM COURAGE BY BECOMING A MEMBER / @filmcourage SUPPORT FILM COURAGE BY BECOMING A PATRON / filmcourage LISTEN TO THE FILM COURAGE PODCAST / filmcourage-com (Affiliates) ►WE USE THIS CAMERA (B&H) – https://buff.ly/3rWqrra ►WE USE THIS SOUND RECORDER (AMAZON) – http://amzn.to/2tbFlM9 Stuff we use: LENS - Most people ask us what camera we use, no one ever asks about the lens which filmmakers always tell us is more important. This lens was a big investment for us and one we wish we could have made sooner. Started using this lens at the end of 2013 - http://amzn.to/2tbtmOq AUDIO Rode VideoMic Pro - The Rode mic helps us capture our backup audio. It also helps us sync up our audio in post https://amzn.to/425k5rG Audio Recorder - If we had to do it all over again, this is probably the first item we would have bought - https://amzn.to/3WEuz0k LIGHTS - Although we like to use as much natural light as we can, we often enhance the lighting with this small portable light. We have two of them and they have saved us a number of times - http://amzn.to/2u5UnHv *These are affiliate links, by using them you can help support this channel.