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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Session #21 – Grammar
They’res nuthing woors then ungood gramer! Of course you want people to be enthralled by your characters and story, and not distracted by your poor punctuation, but writing with proper grammar also can make a difference in how an actor reads a line and how it impacts the other characters in the scene. We discuss the myriad of reasons to check and double-check your work for proper grammar.
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Session #20 – Copyright
How, and when, do you protect your work? Do you need to file for a copyright? With the Writers Guild? We discuss the hows and whens of copyrighting your script.
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Session #19 – Animation and Diversity
Is it easier to push a political or social agenda writing for animated films and TV shows than in writing for live action? We discuss Jem & the Holograms, Gummy Bears, Smurfs, A Bug’s Life and everything Pixar and more.
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Session #18 – Coverage
What is coverage? Is it necessary? Why do you need it? We discuss the pros and cons of getting your scripts covered.
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Session #17 – Keeping an Idea File
You have the ideas. Now what do you do with them? We discuss how and why to keep an idea file.
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Session #16 – New Year’s Resolutions
Do you have your new year’s resolutions ready? Yeah, neither do we – We have something better! We discuss some great ways to kick off 2018.
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Session #15 – Write What Sells or What You Like?
Do you write what’s popular and hot? Or write the passion project you can’t stop thinking about? In this week’s session, we debate the pros and cons of writing what you like versus writing what sells.
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Session #14 – Hanukkah
Happy Hanukkah! Keep those creative juices flowing with these fun writing prompts for the holiday (8 prompts for the 8 days of Hanukkah). Post your ideas below!
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