

His humor turns up in unexpected places, such as recipe books, like Tequila Mockingbird and Hickory Daiquiri Dock. Tim Federle is a humorist, short story writer, and young adult novelist of several titles including Better Nate Than Ever. A screenplay in progress may have two pages of notes all the way at the (Opens in a new window) I also keep project-specific notes at the end of a document. Even though it backs up automatically, I email the notes to myself every few days so that later, when I'm working, I at least know where to search. What I try to do is keep them where I can, at least, find them, which is mostly on my iPhone in the Notes app. Koppelman also has an excellent Vine series called Six Second Screenwriting Lessons (Opens in a new window) with bite-sized tips for writers and creative professionals. He spends a lot of time interviewing creative professionals about their daily work habits and the writing process. The podcast is an interview show with successful people about the inflection points of their lives and how they responded to them.

