Listening is just as important as talking in a conversation. I believe listening is much more difficult than many of us think. In this post, I want to explore the challenges of listening. My goal is to better understand how people listen, so I can incorporate that into my own writing. Why Listen? I’ve worked… Read Article →
I got back to work on my story Heat Wave this week. I’ve changed the title to Sweat Box. It is a more appropriate title than what I had. I approached the story in a piece meal way. A change from what I’ve done in the past. I developed an overall outline, but then jumped… Read Article →
The Hundred Dollar Film Festival will screen my film “Some Days . . .” on 2013 March 7. The Globe Cinema (617 8th Ave SW) in Calgary will host at the festival this year. The films start at 7:00 pm. Please visit their website for more information about times and tickets. http://100dollarfilmfestival.org The film is… Read Article →
A good story needs a good villain, or is that a bad villain? From time to time, I think about how to create villains for my stories. A while back, I wrote an article on how to create heroes. Many of the same ideas apply to villains. Don’t let your Heroes be Stupid Recently I… Read Article →
I finished the first draft of my story Felix. It is a science fiction story set on Mars. I based it on a Lovecraft story. I added 3,100 words this week and the first draft came in a little over 8,000 words. It really needs a rewrite though. I’ll do at least one more draft,… Read Article →
I got back to work on “Felix” this week. It is the story of two astronauts on Mars and their search for a robot rover that got lost many years earlier. I’d left it nearly two months. I added almost 2,000 words this week. I also deleted almost 600 words. The story is now about… Read Article →
In this post, I will talk about the most difficult part of making a film: the creative side. I had intended this to be the last post in this series, but I think I will need to revisit the issue in more detail later. Constraints The first step is to consider the constraints on what… Read Article →
In my New Years Day post, I looked back at what I did in 2012. In this post, I lay out my 2013 goals. That is goals for 2013, not 2013 goals. Some Days . . . I finished this film last year and submitted it to the Hundred Dollar Film Festival. If it is… Read Article →
In the previous posts, I’ve looked at how I made some of my films for the Hundred Dollar Film Festival. In this post and subsequent posts, I will use those experiences to give advice on how to make a film for the Hundred Dollar Film Festival. I will begin with the limitations that technical side… Read Article →
