Ian Philpot

What I Do (or Don’t Do) with Writing Ideas

Unfortunately for me, my best ideas come to me right before I fall asleep. And I always convince myself that the idea is so good that I don’t need to write it down. I always think: Why would I write this down? This is too good to forget. And the next morning, as...

Summer Is Here!

The start of June has always been the identifier of summer for me, even though the season doesn’t technically start until June 21. But Memorial Day feels like the end of spring for me, and—after recently returning from a trip to Myrtle Beach (see the picture on...

Script Frenzy: 5 Days Out

I’ve only been putting off writing for my blog because I’ve been trying to sort out what I will write for this year’s Script Frenzy. Last year’s attempt was a screenplay titled Between—a neuotica thriller mean to be Inception meets American...