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Category Archives: Denis McGrath

Digital Decade: The Writing Community

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Technology has affected writers in the last 10 years.  In my last post, I talked about viewing habits.  Today, I’m going to look at some of the other digital developments and how they affected us.
Blogs
Although blogs have been around since the mid-90s, free blogging services that made it possible for anyone to blog easily arrived […]

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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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Spirit Raisers

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

I’m a little bummed right now.  Facebook deleted Simon and Ali’s profiles this afternoon which is kind of depressing but it was inevitable.  The whole story is over on the Story2Oh! blog.
Anyway, it’s all about cheering me up right now.
One way is to go over and read Denis’s post on the subject again because I […]

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Across the River to Motor City

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

I meant to write about Across the River to Motor City much closer to its release, however a little rally and something suspiciously like paying work got in the way. So please forgive the lack of timeliness of this post.
I was particularly interested in breaking down the first episode of this six-pack because Denis […]

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