Appellate Practice,
Law Practice
Jan. 21, 2020
Write to dream
A while back, I dabbled in writing screenplays. One of the books on how to write a script said something that has stuck with me: To a viewer, a movie should feel like a dream. The viewer drifts into it, totally, even though it’s not real.
Myron Moskovitz
Legal Director
Moskovitz Appellate Team
90 Crocker Ave
Piedmont , CA 94611-3823
Phone: (510) 384-0354
Email: myronmoskovitz@gmail.com
UC Berkeley SOL Boalt Hal
Myron Moskovitz is author of Strategies On Appeal (CEB, 2021; digital: ceb.com; print: https://store.ceb.com/strategies-on-appeal-2) and Winning An Appeal (5th ed., Carolina Academic Press). He is Director of Moskovitz Appellate Team, a group of former appellate judges and appellate research attorneys who handle and consult on appeals and writs. See MoskovitzAppellateTeam.com. The Daily Journal designated Moskovitz Appellate Team as one of California's top boutique law firms. Myron can be contacted at myronmoskovitz@gmail.com or (510) 384-0354. Prior "Moskovitz On Appeal" columns can be found at http://moskovitzappellateteam.com/blog.
By conventional standards, I'm no great writer. My vocabulary is no better than average. I don't keep a style manual on my desk. Or a dictionary. Or a thesaurus. And I'm no punctuation and grammar maven. I vaguely recall the term "subjunctive mood" from high school, but I'm still not sure what it means.
I'm not lazy. I just come at writing from a different place.
A while back, I dabbled in writing ...
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