Marx Pyle shares his thoughts on what stories make good movies vs television vs webseries, how to use Martial Arts properly in film, and more info about his awesome podcast, GenreTainment.
He is an author, scriptwriter, web series creator, director, producer, and fight choreographer.
Visit Marx’s Website: www.marxpyle.com
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Ever thought about going to a writing conference but couldn’t decide? Wondered what you’d get out of it, or how to approach conferences?
How about working with writing partners, whether it’s novel collaborations or having your book adapted to a screenplay (or vice-versa, working with an author to adapt their work)?
Justin brings in two special guest co-hosts to discuss these topics – PT Hylton and John L. Monk!
Where were Kevin and Stephan? Kevin went to NINC to find us more guests : ) And Stephan was doing his movie making and VR amazing stuff. The’ll be back next week!
Find out more about their writing:
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Kevin Tumlinson, Justin Sloan, and Stephan Bugaj go into their experience writing for others, to include freelancing for clients, writing video games, and working for producers and studios on screenplays, and discuss the challenges involved. The gang also spends a good amount of time discussing notes.
If you’re considering freelancing or landing a JOB as a writer, this episode is for you.
Screenwriting coach and author of GETTING IT WRITE, Lee Jessup, shares her advice with the guys about breaking into writing, some common mistakes first-time screenwriters make, how to approach finding an agent and manager, and what writers should expect when selling screenplays. She also breaks down the Blacklist and other ways to break in, and motivates the heck out of us. Enjoy!
Lee Jessup’s bio:
The author of the best selling book Getting It Write: An Insider’s Guide To A Screenwriting Career as well as the upcoming Breaking In: Tales From the Screenwriting Trenches Lee Jessup is a career coach for professional and emerging screenwriters. With an exclusive focus on the screenwriter’s professional development, Lee works with all level of writers including ones who have major spec, pilot and pitch sales under their belts, staffed television writers, television writing program fellows, Hit List, Blood List and Black List writers, as well as writers just beginning to chart their professional course.
Following a stint as a development executive, Lee spent 6+ years as director of ScriptShark.com. During her time with ScriptShark, Lee spearheaded a national Business of Screenwriting seminar series launched in partnership with Final Draft and sponsored by The New York Times Company. An invited speaker at the WGA, for NBCUniversal, as well as at screenwriting conferences, events and festivals both in the US and Europe, Lee is a regular contributor to Script Magazines and the official coach for Final Draft’s Big Break contest winners.
LINKS:
website: www.leejessup.com twitter: @leezjessup Facebook: facebook.com/leezahavijessup
Buy her book, GETTING IT WRITE.
Check out the podcast on iTunes or GooglePlay, where you can leave a review! You can also download it, here and support us on Patreon!
Want to support the Creative Writing Career podcast? Great, it’s because of you we can keep the show going. Support us by donating at Patreon.com/CWC or by purchasing Creative Writing Career 2 and 30-Day Author.
Justin and Paul Zeidman discuss the long game of the screenwriter business and what lessons Paul has learned so far. The two connected a few years back via Done Deal Pro, when Justin was just started to look at the Blacklist and was looking for people who’d found their managers on the Blacklist 2.0. Paul was one such person, and a friendship bloomed from their first coffee.
The two discuss when Inktip works (what budget? what kind of scripts?), email blasts to managers and producers, and what you can learn from pitches.
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Ashley Scott Meyers of the SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY podcast shared how he’s made a living from writing movies that aren’t the humongous box-office blowouts. His scripts have included such titles as Man Overboard and Ninja Apocalypse.
Ashley says that if you can write a low budget screenplays with 1-2 locations and a cast of 5 or so, you should have no problem selling it. He also offers a list-blast service (which Justin recently used and has only great things to say), which is pretty similar to the idea of an author newsletter that so many indie authors swear by. Continue reading
Here’s the first five minutes of Creative Writing Career book 1 – a book for aspiring writers of movies, tv, books, and video games.
Want to be a writer of video games? A screenwriter? A novelist? This book will guide you as you position yourself for a career as a writer.
Based on a lifetime of struggling to make it as a creative writer, “Creative Writing Career: Becoming a Writer of Movies, Video Games, and Books” is a guide for aspiring writers to help them position themselves in an extremely competitive field. The book includes information on the writing process and ways to improve one’s craft, but mostly focuses on how to get discovered and where to concentrate energy in the meantime. The content of the book is supplemented by writer interviews, featuring some incredibly gifted people who share the wisdom they have gained. With writing, as with most aspects of life, I have chosen to rely on those with demonstrated wisdom to move ahead. This book presents that wisdom for the reader to do the same.
Includes interviews with the following: • Stephan Bugaj (Pixar and beyond) • Jerri Bell (O-Dark-Thirty Managing Editor) • Anthony Burch (Borderlands 2) • Kelly Ann Jacobson (Cairo in White) • Joshua Rubin (Assassins Creed 2) • Tomiko Breland (Editor with Zharmae) • Allen Warner (Ninja Boy) • Joyce Lee (Paper Words) • Will Wight (the Traveler’s Gate trilogy)
And many more!
Select Reviews: “You are virtually sitting at a round table, drinking a pint of brewski, while picking the brains of a group of hungry writers, directors, authors, publishers, editors and even entities from the comic book and video game industry (or rather Justin is, we just get the benefit of it!) as their careers blossom right before our faces.” Melvin Smith
You can also get the eBook by signing up for my newsletter (starter edition) or on Amazon and other channels.
Audiobook on Audible (free with a trial, AudibleTrial.com/CreativeWritingCareer.
Screenwriter Bill Boyle is coming to San Francisco April 27 to offer a one day class on selling your screenplay, so I thought it would be fun to bring you all a short interview with him, as well as some information on the course.
Click here for the brochure: Marketing and Business FlyerSanFrancisco
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Neil Landau is the screenwriter of such movies as Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead and Tad the Lost Explorer. He also teaches at the UCLA MFA program as well as in the UCLA professional program.
He shares some thoughts on the MFA program versus the professional program, advice on getting in, and more.
Out of 500 applicants, the UCLA MFA is taking 40 this year. So it’s a bit competitive. It’s a 2 year degree program, and is the terminal degree if you want to teach. The professional program is split between features and television (which the MFA program will be doing eventually).
From the cohosts, Stephan and Justin both did the UCLA professional program (and Stephan did the advanced program), so feel free to reach out if you have questions!
Neil has also written several books about writing, to include 101 Things I Learned in Film School and The Screenwriters Roadmap. In this episode, he further delves into the current television industry and how to break in.
Tune in or all this and more!
Want more about Neil?
His website – http://www.neillandau.com/
His IMDb profile – http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0484475/
Check out the podcast on iTunes, where you can leave a review! You can also download it, here and support us on Patreon!
Want to support the Creative Writing Career podcast? Great, it’s because of you we can keep the show going. Support us by donating at Patreon.com/CWC or by purchasing Creative Writing Career 2 and 30-Day Author.
Martin Kunert is a screenwriter who has written for both film and television. His credits include Fear (a TV show he started), Renegade Force, and more.
Martin talks about how he got his start, his advice for getting established today (which follows the common advice of going TV when starting out). TV, while it’s still growing, has the advantage of being much more writer-friendly.
He also talks about approaching other writers’ work to direct, writing on spec, and more!
Check out the podcast on iTunes, where you can leave a review! You can also download it, here and support us on Patreon!
And don’t forget to check out the books, Creative Writing Career and its sequel!
CREATIVE WRITING CAREER 