Film Editing Prints

'He really wanted to get into the zombie role, so he became a Meth-Head actor.'

"For the best picture not having won anything thereby being eliminated from this category..."

Campaign for Plain English

"Do you see yourself becoming a movie in five years?"

Producer, Director and Novelizer.

Punctuation Police

Men looking at black screen, "I call it film noir"

A Copy Editor and His Dog

"Your usually vicious sarcasm is weak. Go pump some irony."

"I remember when the death of the hero meant the end of the sequels. Now it marks the beginning of the prequels."

"Your hunch was right, Officer Garcia. We'll need a good editor to clean up this manuscript and bring his unfinished novel to a satisfying conclusion."

Working in the Hazard Zone!

"All our extras are ex-soccer players - they're the best at dramatically faking injuries."

"O.K., O.K., people - we're not workshopping these, they're already set in stone."

"I always thought I'd be good at getting drunk and crying on camera for Bravo."

Personnel - "This letter of recommendation is full of misspellings!"

"Baxter...about this report...your punctuation, spelling and grammar are perfect. No one can understand it!"

Contemporary English Lesson: The Cat was Sat on the Mat.

"Still suffering from writer's block?"

"Various entrances to the gates of Hell."

"What your memoir really needs is an addiction."

"It's about the murder of an editor who refuses to publish a writer's work..."

"No—You're thinking dog years—Editor years are twice as many."

Your resume begins Once Upon A Time...I like that!

'Action!...Cut!...Right, everything else is CGI'

"You haven't enjoyed the Yule log till you've enjoyed it in high def."

'Dad, would you ming standing up, then accidentally tripping on the dog and falling flat on your face? I'll try to get it in one shot.'

"Moby Richard by Herman Melville" "Wonderful! Not sure about the title—let's discuss editor."

"And the award for the best use of AI in a movie goes to..."

Ironing Punctuation

"Confounded spell checker... never catches anything."