DUFFLYN'S BLOG

I just drove a little too close to the edge, and I'll do it again…

RAVEN “Best Experimental”

I’m thrilled to report that our short film project, RAVEN, has been accepted to the Los Angeles International Underground Film Festival 2011. RAVEN...

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SINGLE LIFE: WHO KNEW IT WOULD LAST THIS...

A friend of mine just broke up with her fella a few months ago. She was devastated, even though it was she who ended it. She’s getting over it now, but...

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TOP 10 STORES MY MAMA LIKES TO TELL

The one about the time the FBI came to arrest her drug dealer boyfriend and she had a loaf of cornbread in the oven. The one about how Johnny Carson told...

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THROW AWAY THE KEY

“You must be waiting for you lover,” he says, his head tilted to the side a bit, his moustache blowing in the wind. “Not exactly…”...

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BACK AT THE BIG HOUSE

THE FOLLOWING EXCERPT COMES FROM AN IN-CLASS EXERCISE IN WHICH WE WERE CHALLENGED TO WRITE A SCENE WITH A SENSE OF HUMOR. . . A LITTLE HONEY TO GO WITH...

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WRITING PROMPTS

POSTCARD II: The true story of Van Gogh’s ear

I Liked this exercise so much I did it twice. The second time I actually sent myself this postcard from Paris after visiting Van Gough’s Montmartre...

BEAR AT THE DOOR, Where are my fireworks?

EXERCISE WITH CHERRY BLOSSOMS

FROM MEXICO WITH LOVE

THE PINK PEACOCK

BACK AT THE BIG HOUSE

IF I DIED TODAY

RAVEN: coming to a theater near you!

I couldn’t sleep Saturday night. I woke up at about 2am and had a very long and animated conversation with myself. How did I get so worked up? It...

COMING HOME

I have a new stone in my pocket. This one is a dirty white, shaped like a candy orange wedge, and smells not unlike the shell of a peanut. This one came...

What are the best books on acting?

My acting coach Stephen Book always says, “Acting is doing and there’s always more to do.” And while I feel he is right, I have begun...

HOW TO CHOOSE A SCENE?

So, while I wait for agents to read my manuscript (fingers crossed!), I continue to work at Act Now, a networking company for actors in Sherman Oaks. These...