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Monthly Archives: April 2009

The Second Great Story in the History of Writers

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

The WGC Awards last night were a fabulous fun event.  I had the pure joy of handing the Writers Block to the incredible Karen Walton.
Sometimes at these guild events, the elders of the tribe force all the rest of you into the wayback machine and make you sit through the stories of how we separated […]

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Trumpeting About the Power and Importance of Arts

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

“[Our] songs, dances, writings allow us to speak to one another across generations. They gave us an understanding of our commonality long before the DNA told us we are all part of one glorious procession.”
“At any point on the timeline of human history, there are tales to be told – of love and loss, glory […]

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Friends, Get a Feed

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Facebook is all last week, destroyed by the new design (whine, whine, complain, complain).  Twitter has sucked as all in and is now sucking up all our time and still we love it.  But there’s a new(ish) kid in town.  An old pal who’s done a redesign.
I believe it is time for everyone to get […]

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Meshugene Men

Friday, April 3, 2009

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A Hand to Hold

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Writing can be hard, especially in the absence of a deadline or a pay check, so it’s great to have some supports to help power you through those spec drafts.  Enter Script Frenzy.
Script Frenzy is an international writing event in which participants take on the challenge of writing 100 pages of scripted material in the […]

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The Five Greatest TV Shows Ever

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

The results are in and the winner is clear:
The Wire took the lead early and never let go.  Arrested Development on the other hand could not hold it’s early lead and slipped into third place behind Seinfeld, which wasn’t even really a player in the nomination round.
The Simpsons beat out that other beloved tv family, […]

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Training Time

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

I’m a big fan of the Canadian Film Centre.  It’s a great training ground for film, tv and new media professionals.  When writers just starting out ask me about a career path, I almost always suggest some training at the CFC.
As a resident in the Prime Time Television Program, you’ll write a helluva lot, get […]

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