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 Written by Kathy Haggis, January 25, 2015 Paul Haggis was cheated out of a credit on Lawrence Wright’s recent book (now a “documentary”). The credit should read “written by Lawrence Wright, fabricated by Paul Haggis.” And it should be subtitled with their mutual motive for concocting such a story: “Never let the truth get in Continue reading A Tale by Two Liars: Lawrence Wright and Paul Haggis  A whipping boy or girl was, supposedly, a child educated alongside a prince (or boy monarch) in early modern Europe, who received corporal punishment for the prince’s transgressions in his presence. Instead of the prince being punished, the beating was reserved for one appointed to receive the blows instead. In more modern times the phrase Continue reading The Hater’s Whipping Boy  By Kathy Haggis, March 7, 2011 As I explain in The Brother I Knew, for the first eighteen years of his career, I maintained close personal and professional relationships with Paul. We collaborated as screenwriters, our families socialized, our children grew up together. I have been a dedicated Scientologist since 1978. Paul and I Continue reading How Pinocchio Became a Jackass  In fiction, authors begin by fashioning a sympathetic hero – someone we can care about, or, in the case of an anti-hero, at least feel for – as the entrance point to their story. It’s the trick an author uses to grab and, hopefully, hold the attention of the reader throughout the book. Continue reading Paul Haggis rewrites history – his own!  Debunking “The Apostate” by Kathy Haggis Below is a letter I wrote to David Remnick, Editor of The New Yorker magazine, in response to their recent profile on Paul Haggis. Although Remnick devoted 28 pages to smearing my religion, he did not have the decency to print the one page I wrote to refute it, Continue reading Biased Journalism | You can’t make donations to this site…
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