Reckless Creatives

Sadie and Jeanne chatted with Donald H. Hewitt, a professional screenwriter of 24 years, about his long screenwriting career, his new book (oh ... don't you worry ... it's a good one), and even look back at the mistakes we all make when we're naive and young ... and maybe a little dumb.

Lots of great advice we wish we knew years ago! 

Resources from this episode:
Don's IMDb
Don's book, Mastering Screenwriting: From Shorts to Features
Don's Screenwriting Coach Los Angeles

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Get ready for a fun ride... Sadie and Jeanne speak with Josh Zetumer—showrunner, head writer and executive produce of FX's new series, "Say Nothing," out now on Hulu.

Josh discusses the process of adapting The New York Times best selling novel, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe, the challenges of writing to a tight budget, and shares amazing advice all writers need to hear.

You're going to want to watch this series. Maybe even a few times.

ABOUT JOSH ZETUMER

Joshua Zetumer serves as the showrunner, executive producer and head writer of FX’s Say Nothing, an adaptation of the New York Times best selling and National Book Critics Circle Award for Non-Fiction winning book "Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland" by Patrick Radden Keefe. 

Zetumer has written on a number of global box office hits, including RoboCop from director Jose Padilha, the action thriller Patriots Day about the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013 and the subsequent terrorist manhunt. Directed by Peter Berg and starring Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan and Kevin Bacon, Patriots Day was based on the book "Boston Strong" by Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge. He also completed script revisions for the 2008 James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace.

Three of Zetumer’s scripts have been included on the Blacklist, two of them in the top ten.

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Sadie and Jeanne sit down with Screenwriter and Career Coach Jenna Avery for some writer therapy, including tips for productivity, pitching, and giving yourself grace. All the things writers struggle with.

Resources from this episode:

• JennaAvery.com - Jenna's website with her scripts
• CalledtoWrite.com - Jenna's website for writers
• Free guidebooks for writers when signing up for my mailing list: Includes workbooks on How to Choose Your Next Book (Or Screenplay!) and Master Your Premise Line, my Character Profile template, and more.
• Free courses inside the Called to Write community: Create Your Own Writing Tracker, Clear the Decks for Writing, + network access + more free courses coming.
• Called to Write community membership (paid) with monthly meetings, weekly writing check-ins, six writing sprints each week, and more. 
• Free mini meet & greet session with Jenna to explore coaching together and/or find out more about working with Jenna 1:1 here
• Ask the Coach Script columns https://scriptmag.com/ask-the-coach
• Jenna's Final Draft articles.
• Screenwriters, what challenges do you run into that you'd love to see addressed in this column? Take our short survey here, submit your question to be answered anonymously via my online form here, or email Jenna directly at [email protected]. Look for answers to selected questions in my monthly “Ask the Coach” column on the third Thursday of the month. 
• Find Jenna on X @JennaAvery and Bluesky @jennaavery.bsky.social. 

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Screenwriter, memoirist and writing coach, Michelle Cutler, chats with Jeanne Veillette Bowerman about adapting true stories, either as scripts or as memoirs.

Everyone has a story in them ... find out how to begin telling it.

Resources from this episode:
Michelle's Website
Michelle's Podcast
Michelle's Coaching
Michelle on IG: @mickytcutler

Related Symposium sessions:
"Cracking Your Memoir" by Anthony Chin-Quee

Pipeline Podcasts:
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Okay, okay ... so Sadie and trucker-mouth Jeanne started off swearing and giving outlining advice, but hang in, because after their catch-up craziness, they brought on Jessica Hobbs—screenwriter, author and narrative podcast producer.

LOTS of great tips and advice on turning your written words into a podcast! 

Resources from this episode:
The Witch and Other Tales of the American Gothic
Jessica's Podcast 
Jessica's Website 
Jessica on TikTok and IG
The Story Will Save You Podcast: Audiobook Narrator
How a Book Becomes a Movie: What Authors and Screenwriters Need to Know

Related Symposium sessions:
Jessica's "Producing a Narrative Podcast"
Jessica's "The In's and Out's of Being a Script Supervisor"
"Self-Publishing: The Fundamentals and Beyond"
"Logline Workshop" (offered quarterly)

Pipeline Podcasts:
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Sadie and Jeanne catch up with their old friend, Marty Lang—filmmaker, professor, husband, father, and author of The Self-Sustaining Filmmaker.

Marty shares honest and practical tips on networking, paying it forward, and surviving as an independent filmmaker while also attempting to juggle life.

Resources from this episode:
The Self-Sustaining Filmmaker
X: @marty_lang

And if you're an indie filmmaking, enter your short film or short script into our Film Pipeline competition!

Symposium:
A year-round conference in the arts ... and we have free sessions!

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Sadie Dean and Jeanne Veillette Bowerman speak with Producer Claire Mundell who founded Synchronicity Films. Among Claire's many projects is the recent series, "The Tattooist of Auschwitz," an adaptation of Heather Morris' best selling novel—a stunning and timely show all should watch. 

Dive deep behind the scenes of bringing novels to life on the screen.

This moving series inspired Barbara Streisand to record the breathtaking closing-credits song, "Love Will Survive"—her first ever song for a TV series.

Resources from this episode:
Claire Mundell's bio.
"The Tattooist of Auschwitz" trailer
Synchronicity Films
"The Body" announcement on Deadline
IG: @tattooistofauschwitz_official | @synchronicityfilms | @clairey1111
X: @SynchronicityF
Heather Morris, author of the book.
IG: @heathermorrisauthor

And if you're an indie filmmaking, enter your short film or short script into our Film Pipeline competition!

Symposium:
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Pipeline Podcasts:
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What happens when a TV comedy writer sits down with Sadie and Jeanne?

Lots of laughs, inspiration and mayhem. But mostly, great advice for anyone who wants to dip their toes into the indie space and take a shot at directing.

Christy Stratton, writer on "Modern Family," "Awkward," "King of the Hill," and more, shares insights into making her first short film, The Runt, her hopes of getting funding for a feature, and incredible advice she wishes she had when she first started off as a writer.

Catch The Runt at a film festival near you—"a John Hughes-ian coming-of-age short film set in 1979."

Resources from this episode:
The Runt, short film
Screening days and times for The Runt
On-set photos - you gotta check out this roller rink!
Christy's GoFundMe
IG: @christystratton and @theruntshortfilm

If you want to learn more about taking the leap of being a writer/director, join our Symposium "Directing for Writers: A Crash Course."

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Artist Letitia Lee talks with Sadie and Jeanne about what inspires her to create, the power of art, and the emotion she hopes people feel when they view her stunning work.

Her stories will inspire artists of all mediums. Seriously. Listen. Letitia is a one-of-a-kind spirit of joy.

Resources:
Art by Letitia
You'll have to stay tuned for a link to Letitia's books ...

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Sadie and Jeanne chat with filmmaker, writer, lyricist, model, director, champion of collaboration, Aimiende Negbenebor Sela of Sela Films, LLC.

If you are only working on one project at a time, you need to listen to this. A double listen for anyone who wants advice on filmmaking in a collaborative way ... which is the only way, tbh.

Resources from this episode:
Follow Aimi on IMDBPro, Vimeo, Website
Follow on IG: @selafilms
Love Wins International Film Festival, May 4, 2024
Stay tuned for ways to watch Aimi's latest films!

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Watch full (read that as "most" because Jeanne is tired) episodes on YouTube.

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