One of the first weekends this semester I haven’t been totally slammed with deadlines—a combination of both my writing classes having a “polish week” on the outlines of our projects (one is a screenplay, the other a spec script for a TV sitcom), and the holiday three day weekend—no classes Monday for President’s Day. I … Read more
1) I thought this one was kind of sweet…it is my first experience receiving a tiered form rejection. I do find it encouraging. Dear Writer, Thanks (handwritten) Thank you for giving XXXX the opportunity to read your work. we found the writing lively and interesting and enjoyed reading it. After careful consideration, we’ve decided that … Read more
Dear Barrington, Thank you for submitting to the ——- Review. After much consideration, we regret to inform you that your short story, “Photograph of Four Woman,” will not be included in this upcoming issue. Inundated with incredible stories, poems, and art, we are forced to select only a handful of pieces. We encourage you to … Read more
I think one of the most valuable things I learned from my screenwriting experience was how very helpful it is to really look at a good grouping of example works that deal with some of the same issues your project will have. So for the screenplay I watched John Hughes movies form the 80’s, other … Read more
(Admittedly, I always do at the beginning of a semester.) My Screenwriting workshop, my non-fiction writing workshop, my fiction-writing workshop, and my grantwriting workshop are all excellent. So far there is just one problem: Two of these classes, the fiction and the non-fiction workshops, meet on the same night at the same time. Because of … Read more
I woke up bright and early this morning to make my bi-weekly attempt at adding to my story for fiction class, but the house was such a disaster I couldn’t even yearn. (For an excellent and humorous explanation of how yearning relates to writing fiction, you can see this post by my friend Mya. You’ll … Read more
Damn,Just when I had my writing life all figured out with two nonfiction classes next term, they announced they were opening up a screenwriting class over at the film school. I had been asking, but had finally just given up, and made a new plan. Now…I don’t know what to do! It’s all complicated by … Read more
A while back I mentioned my blog-crush, Scarlet Panda? Well she apparently noticed me stalking her blog on her site-meter, and found my blog! She commented on my post and referred me back! It’s so sweet! As a result, over the past few days, I have had more than usual visitors, largely due to the … Read more
Last night at 12:30, Paul started to take one of his “power naps” on the couch, making me promise to wake him up at 1AM to start working on his Coca Cola project that is due on Monday. I said, “Why don’t we both just go to sleep and make a pact to get up … Read more
Five weeks into the semester, and it feels like its been months. I’m just slogging through it, social excursions at a minimum. I finally snuck out to see Little Miss Sunshine on Sunday and felt like a rebel. This past weekend was particularly tough, as I needed to read and note feedback on 18 student … Read more