I couldn’t help but post this again from another forum. These are actual headlines found in newspapers all over the world. It shows how unintentionally funny English can be.
Surety in screenwriting is something that I’ve watched drop off the radar as of late. It might be that most of the scripts I read come from first-timers or those considered amateurs, but I believe there is a lesson here to be learned by all.
I’m sure most of you out there have written a poem or two in your lifetimes. Mine didn’t get out there very far because I thought they were puerile and a waste of paper. It’s been years since I’ve written any poetry. In a phrase, it sucked.
Life has an interesting way of pointing things out to you when you least expect or want it. Like a good friend that gives advice, you can choose to listen to it or nod, smile, and then file it in the mental circular bin. This time, I am choosing to listen to that advice life is giving me.
I know, I’ve been very bad lately. Haven’t updated anything here in a while. When your nose is to the grindstone, it happens. Writing quite a number of things, and also getting the marketing ready not just for The Cursed but also for my book.
Just another friendly reminder that National Novel Writing Month is approaching fast. Some of you may be scratching your heads and thinking, “What, it’s six months away!”
The bound galleys for Horror Screenwriting: The Nature of Fear have just come in! If you’re not familiar with them, this is the last step in the printing process prior to going to printing a full batch. This is also my last chance, as well as my editor’s, to catch any mistakes and correct them.
It’s fun sometimes to kick back as a writer and do some pie-in-the-sky hypothesizing about something you’d absolutely love to work on. This is, of course, frowned down upon by some, but to them I give a hearty raspberry and move on. It doesn’t hurt to dream, and some of my best writing comes out of shooting for that elusive moon. So what are my dream writing gigs? Some of you may already know, but I’ll lay them all out here anyway.
A lot of different things seem to be happening all at once regarding the book today. It seems a bit overwhelming, but I’ll try to get through it all.
From time to time, I get asked where my ideas for my horror stories come from. Over and over it’s almost the same kind of answer: I’m not entirely sure, but it’s somewhere in my head brewing away.
