Happy Friday! I hope that everybody had a lovely Thanksgiving. Using Real-life Events to Shape a Fictional Story One of my students has been working on a novel for severalRead More
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First Draft Expectations and Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Friday and happy early Thanksgiving! This has been a wonderful week for me, in part because one of my students fulfilled a lifelong dream of completing her first draftRead More
Word of the Day Practice, Research, and Honoring Our Veterans
Happy Friday! Writing the Screenplay in 8 Weeks Tuesday was Class #7, and all my wonderful and talented students have already completed a second draft! I am so proud ofRead More
Discover Your Characters Secrets/Work and Play Better/ WOTD
Happy Friday! I hope everybody had a great Halloween! I went to three dance parties, and my belly dancer costume was a success because no one knew who I wasRead More
Halloween: Characters, Insights and Development
Happy Halloween! I was thrilled to attend the premiere of Hunter is F**ked, a short film made by my friend Rick Mowat. It’s a 20-minute comedy about an imaginary encounter between HunterRead More
Insights into Character Development
This has been an awesome week! Our Word of the Day webinar on Wednesday was very exciting as we learned to use the Word of the Day technique to develop and expand ourRead More
