Tag: Writing
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When the pieces fall into place…
I’m getting a late start today (I slept late). But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Last night was a wildly productive night. I used up one ballpoint pen and another is nearly spent of all its ink. I have page after page of hastily scrawled notes relating to my…
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Childhood dream comes closer to fruition
Today’s Daily Post asks: As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? How close or far are you from that vision? As you might suspect from the title of this blogsite, writing is my passion. I was an avid reader as a child (still am)…
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Twisted questions can peel back deepest layer of characters
The Daily Post here on WordPress posted this writing prompt today: A Pulitzer-winning reporter is writing an in-depth piece – about you. What are the three questions you really hope she doesn’t ask you? Whenever I’ve gone on a job interview, the typical “where do you want to be five years from now”…
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Lessons from a script reader
Over the past several months I have served as a volunteer reader for scripts entered in the inaugural Nashville Film Festival screenwriting competition. I am working on a spec feature script and a tv pilot, so the experience of reading and reviewing scripts in the competition afforded an excellent opportunity…
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Today’s adventure in writing begins …
I thought I might chronicle my day today to see just how I spend my time. I’m hoping to finish editing a short story today so that I can submit it to L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest. So, here goes: Monday, March 31: 9:50 a.m. Woke up…
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The burning question ‘Dead’ writers haven’t answered
Before the much-anticipated season finale of The Walking Dead airs this Sunday, I have to get one thing off my chest. It’s a story hole that the writers of the show have so far let slip by them. In a season of episodes that have been as poignant as they…
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Short story gives new respect for country’s veterans
I got something accomplished today, and I’m kind of proud of it. I submitted a new short story I wrote, “Deadwood Soldier,” to the first-ever Nashville Reads Short Story Contest. It’s a short 1,200 words about a nontraditional family consisting of a young girl, her aunt and uncle, and her…
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Nebraska a funny, deeply moving script worth reading
My brother Wayne Frazier and his friend Natalie Lipka are co-hosts of an awesome weekly podcast Hollywood Close-up. Each episode features an interview with movie and TV industry types, from actors to screenwriters to casting agents and more. I’m particularly interested in the screenwriting aspect of the movie biz. Followers…
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Twitter Fiction Fest: ‘Sound Off’ begins Wednesday
What happens when everyone in the world loses their hearing all at once? When no sound can be heard? How will people communicate? And who, or what, is behind the noise blackout? Those are the questions presented to my characters in my story “Sound Off,” which makes its debut this…
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An important tool of the writing trade…
I spend a lot of time sitting on my ass. It’s true. I’m a writer. It’s important to have the right surroundings when writing, and that includes what you are sitting on. My new chair from Staples is just the thing for hours of creativity at the computer. I…
Story By G. Robert Frazier 