A journey of storyboards and directing my first dramatic film — Despite my being an incredibly dramatic person, drama tends to not be my artistic style. I’m a comedy person, see below. But then I met Colin Hinckley, who loves drama and, specifically, horror. And we decided to write a horror film together called Buy In, a tense character study about…

A fitting round-up for me, a filmmaker! Subscribe to my romance newsletter, Forced Proximity, that will deliver you 3 new romance recommendations every Friday afternoon! You Had Me At Hola by Alexis Daria. Real life love blooms on a film set for an American adaptation of a telenovela between the…

First published while I was on my honeymoon… a road trip! Since I’m reposting this from my Substack months later, read to the end for bonus honeymoon pics! And of course, subscribe to my romance newsletter, Forced Proximity, that will deliver you 3 new romance recommendations every Friday afternoon! The…

At least… the ones I read in 2022! Subscribe to my romance newsletter, Forced Proximity, that will deliver you 3 new romance recommendations every Friday afternoon! Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston. The mixed race son of the American president falls for the youngest prince and close in…

By B.L. Castellini (aka 14 year old me) — All typos have been maintained. CHAPTER 1: THE ‘PRISON’ “Kate, come on, You can stare at the clouds later! It’s time for our astronomy lesson.” “Who cares about the stupid astronomy lesson? They’re all a bunch of dots to me.” “Kate! If you flunk astronomy you will be stuck in this prison for another…

How to keep your momentum and take advantage of being stuck indoors — So 2020 is starting out wild, huh? As someone who has been social distancing since birth, and as someone who’s been writing about and observing “homebody best practices for marketing your work” professionally for 3+ years, I wanted to aggregate some advice for those of you who are newer to…

Your finale isn’t your final chance to succeed — Join our filmmaker forum, sign up for our newsletter to receive more great articles like this one, subscribe to our podcast, and remember to recommend 👏 this post on Medium! On the internet, it’s always rerun time. For filmmakers, this can be really useful, because your project’s success doesn’t live…

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Spoiler alert: you can’t become Beyonce overnight. — Join our filmmaker forum, sign up for our newsletter to receive more great articles like this one, subscribe to our podcast, and remember to recommend 👏 this post on Medium! As the primary show-approver on Stareable.com and now as the professor of a web series production class, I have a…