Thursday, July 21st @ 7pm PST we will do a zoom about OUTLINING. It’s not the sexiest part of the job, but it might be the most important for most of us. Donations of $30 for a good cause, DM me with your email address for details!

Figuring out my brand in 𝙺𝚊𝚒𝚊 𝙰𝚕𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛’s EBS course helped me as a #screenwriter — honing in on the stories I want to tell, focusing more strategically instead of feeling scattered with my projects. And it makes the pitch deck/website/cover letter bio so much easier!

Read Book Riot ⬇️⬇️ and also, check out our #FReadom "how to" guide on our site, with info on how to write board members, speak at meetings, write letters to editor, engage students. freadom.us/how-to-instruc…

Join us tomorrow at 7 pm CT! ⬇️

Just found out I’m a semifinalist in the Ojai Film Festival #screenwriting competition, woo-hoo! 🙌

Writers, who needs a friendly accountability group?

I stand against Open Library’s unauthorized copying and distribution of authors' works. Open Library does not “lend” ebooks. It is scanning (copying) and distributing ebooks of print books and infringing on the rights of authors. Thank you for taking action, The Authors Guild

Exciting! Here's the latest news from SPF22: The Art of Sustainability - mailchi.mp/74c81bc152d2/s…

#WritingCommunity How long does it take to get used to a standing desk? I don’t love it yet…

Fantastic finale! 😍🤩😆

Working my way through @LisaCron’s brilliant Story Genius book and wondering if a feature screenplay/movie opens at the same point in the character’s story as a novel does? Can/should a movie start a few ticks earlier? Any insights, @LisaCron ?

Is also as a former development exec- this is my most common note- and one if you don’t nail it, no one will ever buy your script no matter how well written it is so listen up:

Brilliant and hilarious

Reminding myself today that first drafts are pretty much OBLIGATED to be crappy. Toss in those clichés! Ramble on a tangent because it’s fun! My inner critic’s eyebrows are rising in alarm, but she’s keeping her mouth shut as the words pile up.

APA children's book author Julie Dillemuth talks about her books that teach #spatialthinking and #mappingskills in this Directions Magazine article. Check it out! bit.ly/3tgGuDA

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