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April 5 2020

Finding Respite from the Rough Seas

As I write this, the world is facing dangerous, scary and uncertain times. Death tolls rise from a virus, millions have lost their jobs, and the freedoms most of us have taken for granted our entire lives are chiseled—hopefully temporarily—away. I get out of bed in the morning asking myself, “Is this really a good […]

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February 28 2020

The Content of Their Character

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” –Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. 28 August, 1963   I love that quote. If stated today, Dr. King may have […]

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February 15 2020

Early Lessons Learned: Part 1

“You don’t know pasta from dog poop.” The above statement was self-directed and came from an honest moment of introspection following months (more honestly, it’s been years) of endeavoring to be a successful screenwriter. Indeed, the road to “success” (I will explore that term in Part 2) is bumpy, replete with wrong turns and dead […]

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February 10 2020

The Story Behind Benny B

I left a well-paying job in the corporate world by choice some time ago to follow my passion for storytelling. At that time, however, I watched a disturbing trend develop wherein very experienced, talented (and, I should add, highly compensated) individuals were being forced out to bring in younger, less experienced and less talented (and, […]

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WHO IS MWHOGAN?

For independent producers and those inside production companies and studios, risk aversion is often THE driving business mandate. However, producing more versions of “Rocky” than there have been Super Bowls results in many worthy and commercially viable spec scripts being overlooked.

That leaves spec writers—like me—swimming upstream just to get my work read. And that’s why a primary objective of this website is to reduce or eliminate knee-jerk concerns that may keep my screenplays from getting into the right hands.
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Latest Posts

  • SailboatSilhouette-1500Finding Respite from the Rough Seas
  • Silhouette_web1500The Content of Their Character
  • typewriter-licensed-mwhEarly Lessons Learned: Part 1
  • alienThe Story Behind Benny B