It’s not spring yet, so here’s more warmth from enlivened clichés (with the original in italics):
The Marketplace – selling stories:
(a) “I had no idea that selling oneself was going to be such a huge part of the process, and that your ability to write is secondary only to your ability to walk in to a room and present your idea… a script is already a description of a thing. It’s a description of a movie. So to be describing the description of a thing… But that’s how you get the job.” Read the rest of this entry »
While the calendar now says March, the temperature forecast remains iffy, so here’s more warmth from enlivened clichés (with the original in italics):
The Marketplace – the writer and self:
(a) “When you look at someone else’s films and say, ‘I can do that’, you’re in a lot of competition – because everyone else is looking at that hit of the year and they’re saying, ‘I can do that’ too. You’re gonna be up against all of them… But if you look into yourself and say, ‘What do I have that no one else has, but other people can understand and identify with,’ then you’re only in competition with yourself.” Read the rest of this entry »
The Nicholl Fellowships annual screenwriting contest, has as many as six thousand scripts submitted each year. About 50 readers review and grade them, with only 5% making it to the quarterfinal stage. Ten scripts make it to the finals. A committee then selects five scripts which are awarded scholarships. Read the rest of this entry »
So much for the calendar, it remains unseasonably cold – which according to a local forecaster gives us more opportunity for record-breaking – but here’s some additional warmth from enlivened clichés (with the original in italics):
the watch of time 
Being There: Speech Contests
As a long-time member of Toastmasters, I’ve had numerous opportunities to participate as contestant, organizer, or judge, at speech contests at the club, area, and division levels.
According to the speech contest rulebook, these events are considered important to the Toastmasters educational program, providing for participants “…to gain speaking experience, as well as an opportunity to learn by observing proficient Read the rest of this entry »
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Humour, Social & political humour
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