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ScriptChat
A micro post today. I’ll be tonight’s guest on ScriptChat at 5 pm, pst. To join in the conversation, at the designated time, go to either TWEETCHAT (www.tweetchat.com/room/scriptchat) or search the...
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Resolve!
2011 has been upon us for seven hours and forty-six minutes Pacific Standard Time, and, I am happy to say (cribbed from east coast filmmaker Seth Ruffer) that I have managed to keep all of my...
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The Helicopter Writer
Do you hover around your characters incessantly? Do you place them in danger – but not enough? Do you strive to protect them from their own foibles and weaknesses? Do you love them so much, that the...
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Think Like a Playwright
The experience of sitting on Sunday’s panel at IFFF is still resonating and reverberating deep within me. One thing that startled me was the reaction of the audience, in regard to my sharing that our...
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What a Week!
You may have noticed that HRH has been a wee silent this last week. Not because I have little to say – heaven forbid that – but, instead, I’ve been very, very busy. My partner and I have been prepping...
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Zen and the Art of Scribal Maintenance
Update: Please check out my guest contribution at the Save the Cat! blogsite… A decade ago, I was planted firmly in the trenches of corporate America, toiling in a pimped-out office, and being sent on...
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Wonder Princess
Oh, joy! It’s the weekend! That time when we play! This is how I’m playing: Four mile hike in the Hollywood Hills (commencing in T-minus eleven minutes) Pre-timing a script Preparing a production...
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Extreme Screenwriting
Ah. The thrill of victory! If only. What we more often experience is the agony of defeat. Screenwriting is a sport – no doubt about it. It’s a marathon event; we sprint out a first draft… but that is...
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Words, words, words
“What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name, would smell as sweet.” - Romeo and Juliet, II, ii Words are a funny thing to me. Not only do I love them for their meaning, … Continue...
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My Way
My HRH blog-site has been terribly quiet; I’ve been throwing every ounce of energy into my web-series, which is scheduled to begin shooting October 7ish. At the TLAU blog-site, I’ve been writing about...
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The Faces of They Live Among Us
Now, you’ll see why I’ve been so quiet. Meet the cast! The Faces of They Live Among Us.
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Life’s a Playground
As I mused to my BWF, Balls of Steel columnist Jeanne Veillette Bowerman, to grow up is to wield a double-edged sword. On one side of the sword is who/what we walk away from. We move from the realm of...
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