Sad, Anxious, Second-Guessing
Hmm. After that title, do I really need a post?
The Writing Life
Results
Today is an interesting day for aspiring screenwriters–the day the quarterfinalists are announced for the Nicholl screenwriting competition. It is one of the oldest (since 1981 I believe), and most respected of the screenplay contests–I guess because it run by a reputable foundation, and, I guess, since a thirty thousand dollar fellowship to the winner … Read more
RSVPs–Another Hollywood update
Oh–and few RSVPs on the fellowship/contest front that are already in the past: I was NOT selected as an Emmy intern–and did not even make the finals. I’m fine with this. What I’m less fine with is that I never received any kind of notification. I think that they finally received enough queries that they … Read more
UFO’s and Conspiracies
One of the things that I like about writing is researching. I’m working on a piece right now, as I may have mentioned, that involves some aliens. And I’ve thought for awhile that the protagonist might work with a guy who is into conspiracies and alien cover-ups and stuff. I want to really ground his … Read more
Two ways about it
Today, someone in Taipei reached me via googling “Two Ways of Seeing a River.” Mark Twain lives. And me? I made it back to the gym, and my Sunday morning yoga class today after more than a week off due to illness. That’s nice. I’m in a weird mood, half sad, half gearing up for … Read more
Like Writing?
“Happiness is absorption in a cause which in the end is but illusion.” –Joseph Campbell
Immersed in Vietnam
Since last weekend I have had the luxury of thinking about only one script for a several consecutive days. It has been great. I may have already mentioned that the script is an adaptation of a Vietnamese novel that I am co-writing with another woman who has actually read the novel (which is in Vietnamese.) … Read more
Shirt Inspiration
These are images from two shirts I have recently ordered from shirtWOOT. Shirts from this site cost ten bucks, including shipping, and are created by various artists from all over who send in their designs. I think there is some kind of voting process as well, but I don’t vote, I just check in once … Read more
Things That Keep Me Away from My Blog
1) Other writing. Or is it guilt about other writing? Largely, I feel that if I am at my computer, I should be working on one of the several scripts with December deadlines. Yesterday, I signed my first official writing contract, and it was SCARY. It’s for a woman who’s in the producing program at … Read more
The things I love depress me
I love United States of Tara so much. But it makes me depressed because I can’t ever imagine writing it. But maybe this is because I enjoy it so much that I don’t want to do the hard work of breaking it down into structure and characters with voices. Maybe I could actually. Today was … Read more