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We watched with silent fears, Our comrade walk the sand, Hesitant, bold, breath caught, Future yet untold, Eyes alert for treasures hidden, For curses buried in the heart of man. - Darren Priest, ...

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Shorts

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Hardly Hardy, 25/09/13 (Apologies to Thomas.) Alongside a cup of tea, Removed from my vanity Of making plans to use her, stilly couches she. A chassis, ultra thin, Of gracefully etched Aluminium, Does little ...

Hardly Hardy (Backup your work!)

On writing, Projects

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  Some great behind-the-scenes pics here. Famous Scifi And Fantasy Authors In Their Workspaces.   Me? Two large monitors, rotated into portrait mode, so I can have two large Scrivener workspaces! ...

Famous Scifi And Fantasy Authors In Their Workspaces

On writing, Projects

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While going through the learning curve of experimenting with different approaches to the scriptwriting process to see what works for you, one of the challenges of becoming a writer is becoming aware of how your mind ...

A writer’s life – Screenwriting Software

On writing, Projects

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There are a number of techniques for elevating your story throughout the scriptwriting process, but one of the most powerful is component substitution at the concept level. Putting it a different way, is your current High ...

Is your Hero really the Hero?

On writing, Projects

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  Looking forward to this, though still working on ProSeries lessons as well, and completing first draft, but it's all for the good! :-) Thoughts on the course in a later post. Craft: The Coen Brothers and ...

Yay! SMC Coen Brothers Storytelling Class starts today

On writing, Projects

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Homemade Kahlua muffins! Script insights to muffin ratio becomes inversely proportional after about 5 though!  ...

A writer’s life – Coffee companion #1

On writing, Projects

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Paper run, then printing out 200+ pages of various versions of my current script. An afternoon beckons of comparing, contrasting, and (hopefully) merging into one. Then blissful days of ...

The dreaded merge

Projects

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Currently working on a new opening for my action/horror project... building up for a first draft on ScreenwritingU's excellent ProSeries course. Long slog catching up, but it's ...

Today’s scribbles… A new beginning.

Projects