In this week’s session, we interview young-adult novelist Rebekah Walsh about her writing projects, including a ground-breaking novel-in-progress “Crossplay” about a trans-gender teen on a journey of self discovery through cosplay.
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Session #30 – Serialized vs. Procedural
Is your script serialized or procedural? What? It’s a sitcom! Since when are sitcom’s categorized as either of those? We debate how you categorize your work, whatever genre, in this week’s session of Writers Group Therapy.
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Session #29 – Finding Time to Write
How do you find time to write? As aspiring screenwriters, we always struggle to find time to focus on our writing projects. It’s a skill and we discuss our best ideas for how to make writing a priority to keep you moving forward.
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Session #28 – Interview with Dan O’Shannon
In a very special session of Writers Group Therapy, we interview veteran comedy writer and executive producer Dan O’Shannon.
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Session #27 – Screenwriting Contests, Fellowships & Festivals
It’s that time again! No, not Spring, well, yeah, almost, but here on Writers Group Therapy it’s Screenwriting Contest, Fellowship and Festival season. Now is the time you should be getting your spec scripts done to submit to the big fellowships in May and June as well as the other screenwriting contests and festivals. We discuss what, when and how to write in this week’s session.
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Session #26 – Sci-Fi in the Mainstream
In this week’s session, we talk about how Science Fiction has gone mainstream, with films like “The Shape of Water” and “Get Out” winning Oscars, and with Marvel and Star Wars dominating box offices worldwide, sci-fi isn’t just for nerds any longer.
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Session #25 – Writers’ Take On Black Panther
In this week’s session, we discuss the latest Marvel blockbuster “Black Panther,” from a writer’s perspective, and discuss characters, gender roles, world building and more.
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Session #24 – Punk Rock TV Pilot with Adam Pineless
Do you like musical TV shows? Listen in on this week’s session as we interview screenwriter/songwriter Adam Pineless and talk about his punk rock musical TV pilot.
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Session #23 – Mentoring
How, when and where do you get a writing mentor? What makes a good mentor? Are you a mentor? Join us in this week’s session all about mentors.
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Session 22 – Focusing On One Project vs. Multiple Projects
Do you focus all your time and effort into crafting the perfect script for your passion project? Or do you write anything and everything until your eyeballs bleed? We discuss where we fall on the continuum of working on one project to multiple projects in this week’s session of Writers Group Therapy.
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