Rachanee and Tom share their experiences become students in Masterclass.
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Fighting Writer's Block and Other Literary Ailments
Session #89 – Writing Hard Scenes
They’re not something we, thankfully, as writers, have personally experienced. So, how do you write scenes depicting rape or abuse, murder or drugs?
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Session #88 – Homage or Ripoff?
Where’s the line between paying homage and ripping off a well known movie or TV show?
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Session #87 – Jump the Shark
It’s not everyday that a TV show makes it to four seasons, let alone seven, or 10, or even, as record holder The Simpsons currently stands, 30. In this session, we discuss what makes a show go the distance. Why doesn’t it “jump the shark”?
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Session #86 – Interview with Steven Smith, Documentarian and Author
In this week’s session we interview documentarian and author Steven Smith. Steven has produced over 200 documentary features ranging from “The Sound of Music,” to “Star Wars,” to “Aquaman.”
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Session #85 – What’s Your Writer’s Story?
Besides the stories we put into our scripts, we all have our own “writer’s story.” How does your writer’s story influence how and what you write? We discuss our stories and how they drive us in today’s session.
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Session #84 – Interview with Deck the Halls Podcast Writer Ashley Quach
In today’s session, we interview podcast writer Ashley Quach from the “Deck the Halls” podcast.
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Session #83 – What’s Happening In Hollywood?
The past few months in Hollywood have been CRAZY! In today’s session, we discuss what’s going on between the WGA (Writers Guild of America) and the ATA (Association of Talents Agents), the college admissions scandal and the stars caught up in the sting, the dumping on Netflix by the Academy, actors and directors, and Disney’s takeover of 20th Century Fox.
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Session 82 – Tom’s Adventures in Wonder Con
Wonder Con, produced in the Spring in Anaheim, California by the same company that produces San Diego Comic Con (i.e. the mothership of all comic cons), provides opportunities for writers to network and learn, as well as have a lot of fun.
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Session #81 – Writing in a (Genre) Rut
Are you stuck in a genre rut? We’re often told, as writers, to focus on one genre. Does being in a rut, in what we write and watch, make us less well rounded as writers? What can you do to get out of a rut?
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