I feel a tiny bit hypocritical this evening, as I am postponing doing my homework so that I can blog about procrastination. Especially considering my homework includes reading a textbook that preaches the value of planning, organizing, and prioritizing your workflow so that I/you/we can write a script in 21 days. Whoops. I’ve discovered that…
WHEW! Sorry I haven’t posted in a few days, guys and gals! I started a new class on Monday, a Writing Workshop for Film/TV, and it has kept me BUSY! We’re reading two textbooks this month: AND The course is already quite challenging, with three discussion board assignments due on Wednesday, a lecture on…
In last month’s course, I read Chris Anderson’s book, The Long Tail, which discussed the evolution of the market and how “hits” are no longer the sole generators of profits in the entertainment and retail industries. In the case of addressing more traditional forms of literature, such as novels, Anderson didn’t go into as much…
I’m at work, so I can’t spend too much time on this post, but I had to quickly celebrate by 15th publication! I submitted an excerpt of my novel to the University’s literary magazine, The Aviator, for consideration of publication a few months back. They accepted it and the newest volume of the magazine has…
This morning, I sat down at my desk and committed myself to focus on my homework for class. This is the final project, the culmination of our studies on publishing and distribution. In case you haven’t been following the blog for the past few weeks, I had to come up with a new project and…
Tomorrow I will be attending an eight hour workshop, sponsored by Burrow Press, at Urban ReThink here in Orlando. The focus of the workshop will be the art and craft of writing short stories. Writing short stories has been challenging for me for several reasons: For one, I’m verbose. Extremely verbose. I could spend pages…
Image Source: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MJogfDaUyFw/Thofg4i_qpI/AAAAAAAAAss/geXFE71FiNY/s1600/flashfiction.jpeg I’ve been in a creative mood lately, likely the result of producing and distributing my documentary last week. That was such a step outside of my comfort zone that it seems to have broken down the stone dam blocking my creativity; everything is rushing out in a flood. The last few days,…
I’ve spent the last two nights staying up until 2am. Not by choice, but that’s not to say I haven’t enjoyed the project. I’ve spent the last two evenings editing the footage from my documentary and putting it together with still photos, slides, music, and narration to hopefully create a usable short film. I’ve learned…
OK, so, I did it! I managed to pitch the concept for my novel in less than three minutes, absolutely unscripted and with no editing after-the-fact. I’m a bit bubblier than I intended to be at the start of the video, but I think I toned down the enthusiasm by the end. In retrospect, I…
I just received an email from Priscilla at Different Perspective Productions letting me know that they already have a logo presentation ready for me! WOW! That was incredibly fast. Guess the pressure I put on Rob, their Creative Director, to produce something mind-blowing worked even better than expected. A less than 48 hour turnaround from…
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