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September 5, 2017 0 Comments

The Micro Storytelling Challenge: MENACE Creators Share Their Tips

by Onicia Muller (@OniciaMuller) While working on a feature film, Flavia Borges found the writing process to be very lonely. So, she searched for collaborators to help create MENACE, an intersectional feminist micro-series. MENACE is a 13-episode micro-series that will premiere in fall 2017 on Instagram. After a rollback of

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August 31, 2017 0 Comments

Consultant Corner: Danny Manus on the Producer’s Perspective

by Angela Bourassa (@angelabourassa1) Danny Manus is one of the most in-demand script consultants working today. He is the CEO of No BullScript Consulting and author of No B.S. for Screenwriters: Advice from the Executive Perspective. Danny was ranked a “Cream of the Crop” script consultant in CS Magazine and

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July 21, 2017 0 Comments

Cas Sigers-Beedles on the Artist’s Journey

by Onicia Muller (@OniciaMuller) Cas Sigers-Beedles is a screenwriter, producer, and co-owns Nina Holiday Entertainment (Girlfriends Getaway 1 & 2 and Sugar Mommas) with Terri J. Vaughn. LA Screenwriter sat down with Cas to discuss the artist’s journey and how to humanize villainous characters. Cas discovered the story for When

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July 20, 2017 0 Comments

Consultant Corner: Steve Kaplan on the Comic Hero

by Angela Bourassa (@angelabourassa1) Steve Kaplan is the go-to guy when it comes to comedy in Hollywood. He has taught at UCLA, NYU, and Yale, and he created the HBO Workspace, the HBO New Writers Program and was co-founder and Artistic Director of Manhattan’s Punch Line Theatre. Steve has consulted with

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July 5, 2017 0 Comments

A Conversation with A GHOST STORY Writer/Director, David Lowery

by John Bucher (@johnkbucher) After writing a string of successful short films, David Lowery burst on the scene with a powerful indie called Ain’t Them Bodies Saints. The film starred Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, and Ben Foster before they became household names. After working on major studio fare such as Pete’s Dragon, which