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March 29, 2010

"Oh I've been through the desert with a book with no theme . . ."

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Frequently my characters are having a conversation. I know exactly what points I want that conversation to touch on and I even know some of the dialog word for word before I write it.

But I don't know what order the topics have to come up to flow correctly. I have a small scene I have been trying to put together for ages. It doesn't even seem that important at the time where it falls in the story but it is basically a metaphor for the entire ...

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Published on March 29, 2010 12:07

03/29/10

I just wanted to give you a quick heads up that I just added a new post at one of my other blogs. You can click the link below to read the rest of the article.

Screnzy tips: Objects in motion stay in motion so don't stop!
Tough Love Script Writing Advice from David Mamet
Script Frenzy April 2010 desktop wallpaper calendars
When good scripts make bad movies (a look into Battlefield Earth)



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Published on March 29, 2010 10:34

03/29/10

I just wanted to give you a quick heads up that I just added a new post at one of my other blogs. You can click the link below to read the rest of the article.

Screnzy tips: Objects in motion stay in motion so don't stop!
Tough Love Script Writing Advice from David Mamet
Script Frenzy April 2010 desktop wallpaper calendars
When good scripts make bad movies (a look into Battlefield Earth)



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Published on March 29, 2010 10:33

March 28, 2010

03/28/10

I just wanted to give you a quick heads up that I just added a new post at one of my other blogs. You can click the link below to read the rest of the article.

Screnzy tips: Tell everyone you know that you are doing Script Frenzy



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Published on March 28, 2010 10:30

March 26, 2010

03/26/10

I just wanted to give you a quick heads up that I just added a new post at one of my other blogs. You can click the link below to read the rest of the article.

Screnzy tips: Don't let other people's page counts discourage you



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March 25, 2010

March 24, 2010

an editing progress report

I've been going on some on this blog about how I'm going to finish editing my Mistress Novel before Script Frenzy starts but, I am sorry to say, even I didn't really believe I could do it deep down in my soul. Then I realized early last week that I had exactly as many chapters left to edit as there were days left in the month meaning, if I did a chapter a day, I could actually really finish. This put a hell of a fire under me.

So I began editing like a maniac, so much so that I totally...

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Published on March 24, 2010 23:13

This week is really messing me up. Oh and power outages.

We were out of town Friday into Saturday of this weekend. We got home late Saturday and then Sunday we went on this epic marathon hike on Turkey Mountain. Now, Turkey is next to Pyramid Mountain which is where we usually hike but we decided to mix it up a little. Now, we've hiked Turkey before but took a short hike and this time it was the world's most glorious day out and we had nothing planned so we decided to just really go for it.

So we just picked a random path and every now and then...

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Published on March 24, 2010 06:45

March 23, 2010

Review of Grossmont High School's production of The Love of Three Oranges

Just wanted to point out this review of The Love of Three Oranges as written by the sister of a cast member. The author wrote lots of very nice things about the play in general and I thank her for it!


You can read the review here.



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Published on March 23, 2010 15:16

03/23/10

I just wanted to give you a quick heads up that I just added a new post at one of my other blogs. You can click the link below to read the rest of the article.

Screnzy tips: Work to finish your script, not just the Script Frenzy challenge



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Published on March 23, 2010 10:34