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My First Short Story - Paternity Test
Last year, during the WGA writer's strike, I began playing around with short stories, purely as a way to keep myself engaged in writing...
Jake Thornton
Mar 11, 202433 min read


How I managed to sell my first big expensive TV show to SyFy, and lived to tell the tale!
In my previous post, I discussed becoming a professional screenwriter, marked by a four-studio bidding war over our spec script,...
Jake Thornton
Jan 18, 20249 min read


How We Sold Our First Screenplay, Winter’s Knight
A few months ago I responded to a post in a Facebook screenwriting group. Someone had asked whether it was possible for a first-time...
Jake Thornton
Jan 3, 202412 min read


Welcome to 2024. Let's make it better than 2023 yeah?
So... it's official. I suck at blogging. It's not so much that I suck at the actual writing, more that I simply forget I have a blog, and...
Jake Thornton
Jan 2, 20242 min read
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