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Los Angeles Travel Guide: Two Weeks of Matcha Walks & Meetups
My updated Los Angeles travel guide: a walkable Fairfax–La Brea base, matcha-walk mornings, garden estates, subscriber meetups, and a candlelit teahouse nightcap.
Cafe Olli Review: Portland’s Best Breakfast (and That Shaken Espresso)
My cafe olli review: the Portland farm-to-table spot we hit two mornings in a row — with a fruity, almost strawberry shaken espresso neither of us has stopped talking about.
Case Study Coffee Review: Portland’s Best Rainy-Day Work Cafe
My Case Study Coffee review: the moody, vibey Portland cafe where we hosted our Make Writing Your Job subscriber meetup on a properly rainy day.
Portland, Oregon Travel Guide: Bookstores, Bowls & Rainy-Day Coffee
My Portland, Oregon travel guide: a family-run guesthouse worth the trip, farm-to-table breakfasts, Powell’s pilgrimages, and the rainy-day coffee agenda.
The Whole Bowl Review: Portland’s One-Dish Wonder
My review of The Whole Bowl in Portland: one vegetarian bowl, a few tweaks, absurdly good and affordable — genuinely worth going out of your way for.
Ashland, Oregon Travel Guide: Shakespeare, Gardens & Gluten-Free Gold
My Ashland, Oregon travel guide: the Shakespeare Festival town where artists actually make a living — where to stay, what to see, and the gluten-free food scene that shocked me.
Zi Spice Review: The Farm-to-Table Gem of Ashland, Oregon
My Zi Spice review: Ashland’s farm-to-table stunner — A2 milk chai lattes, gluten-free sourdough that fooled me completely, and homemade A2 ice cream.
3 Tips for Working Remotely as a Freelancer On a Budget
Working remotely has been a huge "secret" to my success, I suppose: I'm happier than I'd ever be if I was stuck in a cubicle with mandated lunch breaks, and being able to experience some lovely places in the US has helped to inspire me in everything I do.
A Year of Writing: What I've Learned from Traveling, Writing for TV, Freelancing, & Ghostwriting Memoirs for People All Over the World
I'm on a rooftop bar in Paris, talking to an American who works in "security" in third world countries (read: definitely CIA) and an allegedly famous actor from Istanbul. The sun is setting, the actor is buying all of us shots, and we're toasting to meeting new people and getting out of our comfort zones in the golden glow of the evening.
Working in Hollywood and the Cost of Ambition
In a whirlwind two months, I graduated from USC with a degree in screenwriting, won some shiny things from USC and from the Television Academy for the series I wrote and created, started full-time as an assistant to an awesome TV lit agent at Verve, and made some incredible new friends.
A Week in the Life: Showrunning, Writing, and Sleeping (Sometimes?)
Since January, I've been inhaling coffee and painting my calendar red, as this semester has been the most insane yet: by May, I will have written 210 screenplay pages, produced over 120 minutes of the dramatic scripted TV miniseries CON, and will have met several career milestones, such as getting my first feature assignment, being nominated for a college television Emmy, and graduating from USC's Writing for Screen and Television program (also known as the Writing on Zero Hours of Sleep program) and to top it all off still maintain some semblance of a social life.
Writing 100 Pages and Second Seasons, #Scriptchat, & Passing the FBI Fitness Test
It's been a landmark summer filled with unexpected writing opportunities, a rollercoaster post-production process for CON, and lots of having to explain why my walls are covered in newspaper clippings, red string, and far too many color-coded notecards.
Playing Pretend: On Set of CON and the Television Experience
Every week we have a quote of the day on our call sheet. My favorite was written by Irina, our Russian supervising producer: “We wrap by 5pm or else I’m sending you all to Siberia.”
On the Importance of Adventures for Writers
In the past seven days, I've shot a balloon with an arrow at the Pasadena archery range, practiced cha-cha one night and learned break on two salsa another, put on boxing gloves and sparred with my self-defense partner as we learned headlocks and groundwork, learned the basics of Python and how to hack a computer to redirect to Bing everytime you type in "Google" (nefarious, I know), and am going to a concert on Friday in Hollywood and the Getty on Saturday for live music.
Adventures in 24 Hour Filmmaking
Every year, USC hosts a 24 hour film contest called the Ed Wood Film Festival. It sets out to prove that students can make a better film in 24 hours than Ed Wood could in his career. Quality aside, 24 hour filmmaking competitions are a great chance to test run ideas, experiment with special effects, and learn how much coffee it takes to pull a productive all-nighter. (Answer: four cups MINIMUM.)
Tips and Tricks for Novel Writing
Here are the tips and tricks I've learned about novel writing during my stay in Maui!
Dispatches from Mexico
There's nothing like international travel to remind you how much you value your limbs.
Hello! 👋 I’m Amy Suto. I’m a bestselling author, creator of the bestselling Substack Make Writing Your Job, and a 7-figure freelance memoir ghostwriter. Subscribe to my newsletter and writing job board to learn how to make writing your job!
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