Transcript: In a nutshell, what do we see in the first version of A Star Is Born?” We have this ambitious actress. We have a drunken actor, not a director. They do marry and he is jealous of her despite how bad that makes him feel. We have this classic scene where she wins an … Continue reading "08 A Star Is Born (1937) from “Female Creatives & A Star Is Born” [Video]"

Thanks to the gracious invitation from my Screenwriting Research Network colleague Paolo Russo – and a grant he was able to procure (and in the before-Covid time) I was able to spend a week at Oxford Brookes University working with the screenwriting masters students in Paolo’s course. At the culmination of the week, I gave … Continue reading "47 Selling Your Nightmares from There And Back Again: Writing and Developing for American TV [Video]"

It was great to be able to attend this year’s SD WhoCon in San Diego and present this lecture on “The Difficulties and Delicacies of Writing the First Female Doctor in 50+ years” in which I discuss how successful I think showrunner Christopher Chibnall was in making that transition. It gave me a chance to … Continue reading "The Difficulties and Delicacies of Writing the First Female Doctor in 50+ years (Complete) [Video]"

In researching and writing my book on Giuseppe and Anita Garibaldi and the unification of Italy (A Man Of Action Saving Liberty: A Novel Based On The Life Of Giuseppe Garibaldi)  I re-discovered the first American female war correspondent – Margaret Fuller — who I had first met in a college course on the Transcendentalists. … Continue reading "13 Fuller and Her Relationships from Concord Days: Margaret Fuller in Italy [Video]"

Watch the entire presentation – Worry and Wonder | The Courier Thirteen Podcast | Episode # 29 here Transcript: You know, the difference between TV, obviously, and movies — movies you are going to tell me the most interesting 2 hours in someone’s life. What are the most crazy, interesting 2 hours and we’re done. … Continue reading "20 Screenwriting: Television Vs. Film from Worry and Wonder | The Courier Thirteen Podcast [Video]"

Thanks to the gracious invitation from my Screenwriting Research Network colleague Paolo Russo – and a grant he was able to procure (and in the before-Covid time) I was able to spend a week at Oxford Brookes University working with the screenwriting masters students in Paolo’s course. At the culmination of the week, I gave … Continue reading "46 The Importance of Pronouns from There And Back Again: Writing and Developing for American TV [Video]"

Transcript: Also has been said about her, her stories feature female characters trying to square exhilarating new choices with the enduring bold constraints of social expectation. The social expectation in A Star Is Born is that a man should be more successful than his wife. That is something that happened in any particular level of … Continue reading "07 More On Dorothy Parker from “Female Creatives & A Star Is Born” [Video]"

In researching and writing my book on Giuseppe and Anita Garibaldi and the unification of Italy (A Man Of Action Saving Liberty: A Novel Based On The Life Of Giuseppe Garibaldi)  I re-discovered the first American female war correspondent – Margaret Fuller — who I had first met in a college course on the Transcendentalists. … Continue reading "12 Fuller and Garibaldi from Concord Days: Margaret Fuller in Italy [Video]"

Watch the entire presentation – Worry and Wonder | The Courier Thirteen Podcast | Episode # 29 here Transcript: HOST: They do a really good job of holding the tension for you to keep watching on to the next episode and I think that’s really well done yeah so. Rosanne: We used to think when … Continue reading "19 Bingability from Worry and Wonder | The Courier Thirteen Podcast [Video]"

Thanks to the gracious invitation from my Screenwriting Research Network colleague Paolo Russo – and a grant he was able to procure (and in the before-Covid time) I was able to spend a week at Oxford Brookes University working with the screenwriting masters students in Paolo’s course. At the culmination of the week, I gave … Continue reading "45 Casting and Production Issues from There And Back Again: Writing and Developing for American TV [Video]"