Category: Screenwriting

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  Establishing a Daily Writing Routine: My Progress and Challenges

  

  Every once in a while I like to take stock of where I am in my writing career. Not that it is a career right now. It’s more of a hobby. A passion. A dream. Unfulfilled in large part, but never abandoned.

  August 19, 2024
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  ‘It must be St. Nick’

  by G. ROBERT FRAZIER FADE IN: INT. HOUSE – NIGHT Christmas Eve. Dark and quiet. Everyone’s asleep. INT. MASTER BEDROOM – NIGHT MAMA in her kerchief and PA in his cap had just settled down for a long winter’s nap. INT. BEDROOM – NIGHT A five-year-old girl, VIRGINIA, nestled all…

  December 24, 2021
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  Austin Film Festival offers plenty of insights, but lacks in drama

  by G. Robert Frazier After listening to countless hours of interviews, panels, and presentations courtesy of my virtual pass to the 28th Annual Austin Film Festival last week, I was left wanting more. By that, I mean I want more substance. Don’t get me wrong. The various stories from incredibly…

  November 1, 2021
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  #ScreenPit sends screenwriters, Twitter into a fabulous frenzy!

  by G. Robert Frazier Regular readers of this blog will recall my earlier entry touting my love of #Screenwriting Twitter. Yesterday, there was an abundance of love – and a bit of drama — over on the platform: Hundreds of writers pushing their screenplays upon an unsuspecting world! In case…

  October 14, 2021
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  Nashville Film Fest a fun, great learning experience

  By G. Robert Frazier The Nashville Film Festival concluded its most recent run Saturday after 10 days of movies, informational panels about the film industry, and parties celebrating the creative minds behind the films and scripts entered in the event. As a script reader for the screenwriting competition, I earned…

  April 26, 2016
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  Decision made: Killer Nashville this year, Austin next year

  A few weeks ago I had something of a dilemma: Attend the Austin Film Festival or the Killer Nashville writer’s conference. Both are coming up this weekend. The big difference between the two is that Austin’s writer’s panels focus on screenwriting while Nashville’s is a novel writer’s conference. I’m more…

  October 26, 2015
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  WIP Update: Webisode, spec script see progress; NaNoWriMo on tap

  by G. Robert Frazier It’s Saturday, and it’s late, but I just realized I did not post an update on my works in progress Wednesday. It’s an idea borrowed (nay, stolen) from another blogger. The purpose being to help hold myself accountable for how I spend my time and as…

  October 25, 2015
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  WIP Wednesday: NaNoWriMo perfect time to finish crime-thriller novel

  by G. Robert Frazier I’m following in the footsteps of another blogger who posts updates on their works in progress every Wednesday. I think it’s a great way to let you know what I’m working on, how I’m going about it, and maybe hold myself accountable to getting something done…

  October 7, 2015
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  Theater of the Absurd: LA creatives may be penalized for tax they don’t owe

  Just when you think you’ve heard everything, there’s this: In Los Angeles, if you are freelance writer or creative trying to eke out a meager living, you could be penalized for a tax you don’t owe. The penalty applies if you fail to register for an exemption from the tax…

  September 20, 2015
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  Review: Ant-Man’s silly fun works for fan boys, kids only

  I’m apparently not the comic book fan boy geek I used to be. Otherwise, I should have loved Ant-Man, the latest Marvel super-hero opus gracing your local Cineplex. But, for all of its efforts, I was bored, annoyed, and just plain uninspired by the film. Oddly, it’s getting pretty decent…

  July 24, 2015