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DAY 10 – FOUR PLACES TO WRITE

It’s time for your first list — by the way, I love lists! Write four potential writing places on ‘ YOUR FIRST’ list. I can tell you love Italian cappuccino, but un bar in Florence can’t be on this list. Instead list places where you’ll be able to find a spot to sit, not too [...]

DAY 11 – THE OTHER WRITING PLACE

There are days I feel tired of writing at home. Those are the days when isolation and boredom take over and I wish I could sit on a bench in Paris and sip une chocolate chaude. Dreaming, always dreaming! Paris is a possibility, and so is the coffee shop around the corner. I love to write [...]

DAY 14 – THE BEGINNING/THE IDEA

The very thought of writing a screenplay can be overwhelming. The question I’m ask the most often [after, 'Where are you from?' - LOL] is, ‘Where do I begin?’ Writing a script for the first time can be a daunting experience. So where do you start? You begin with an idea. That idea should be [...]

DAY 17 – MOVIES I LOVE!

A screenwriter  must watch movies. Here are ten movies I love [and more to come]: 1. A Man and a Woman  - Claude Lelouch’s Masterpiece 2. Crash – Great Ensemble Piece 3. Tootsie – Fun! 4. Thelma & Louise – A must to study character development. 5. Ghost – Drama/Comedy – It so works! 6. [...]

DAY 18 – MORE MOVIES I LOVE!

Here are ten more: 1. Nottinghill 2. The Bourne Identity 3. Before Sunrise 4. Before Sunset [If you can watch 3 and 4 as one long movie… needs popcorn! And I give the last scene of Sunset the best ‘Last Scene Award’. 5. The Departed 6. The Shawshank Redemption 7. Out of Africa 8. Titanic [...]

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