Jean Marie Spicuzza re-defines the Independent Screenwriter for herself as someone who oversees every aspect of a movie being made .  In this episode we talk about The challenge of acting in your own movie that forces you to produce, Co-Directing a film and working through a cohesive vision,  Post-production Editing as a writer,  Writing characters based on real life, Distancing yourself from your own script,  The process of developing a film and putting together a strong team, what makes a good working relationship,  How to pitch for funding, writing with the audience in mind, Grounding your characters.

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Knowing how agents and managers truly function in Hollywood is incredibly useful for writers, directors and producers.  In this episode the founder of LAFemme Film Festival Leslie LaPage discusses the role of agents & managers, the percentages agents can accept vs managers, regulations to which agents must adhere, what you should do to get the most from your agent & manager, your agent & manager's true motivation, taking control of your career and how to get past the gatekeeper.  

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How do you get Hollywood to take you seriously?  My guest Michael Marc Friedman says create your own content.  In this show we discuss writing for comedy, creating characters, making your career by making your content available, editing for short form to move the scene forward, process of settling into writing, channeling characters from people you know.

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Is there a system in today’s book market to guarantee success? My guest, author of “The Boss Always Sits In the Back” Jon D’Amore has cracked the code.  In this episode Jon talks about Self-Publishing tips and tricks, launching a book successfully, selling a novel vs. selling a memoir, finding your target audience, speaking to your audience in an engaging way, Personal appearances designed to get readers to buy your book, Launching an e-book, Creating an audiobook, getting press to write about your book.

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How do you attract major actors to your script so that you can more easily find funding?  In this episode, writer/director/producer Will Raee discusses how he attached Uma Thurman among other celebrities to his script, the best ways to find investors, getting the rights for a novel and adopting it for screen, writing socially conscious material and writing for TV vs. films.

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How do you write a novel that gets the attention of Hollywood?  In this show Scriptwriter and Novelist of the popular book "Honeymoon With Harry" Bart Baker discusses writing a novel that can be sold for film, the 3 act structure, the process of getting a film made, justifying a budget, attaching the right people and adapting a book for the screen.

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Writing a screenplay is different than writing a novel and there are things you should know if you want to go from on to the other.  In this episode screenwriter and novelist Annie Dahlgren talks about the format of screenplays, the industry of screenwriting in Hollywood, learning to b visual as a novelist, developing memorable characters and editing your own material.

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Author of the "Resistance" series Tracy Lawson discusses mentoring young writers, co-writing with a partner, making writing fun, writing killer dialogue, traditional publishing vs self-publishing, writing visually, Partnering with a writer in order to keep you on task, writing with realism even in Science Fiction, writing for a Young Adult audience, shopping a manuscript successfully.

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Are you having problems creating characters with individual voices?  In this episode author Mariana Williams discusses finding characters that are real, Long Beach Storytellers competition, packaging your self-published book, creating events to sell books, audiobooks and the market, writing the first line of your book, why you should write the hardest scene first and writer's block.

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Writing Visually is a great tool to use when working on a script.  In this episode the Writer/Director/Producer of Parallel Chords Catherine Dudley-Rose discusses editing a feature film to a short, writing what you see, how music relates to film, writing blocking into the script, surrealism, rhythm and pacing in a script, acting out your characters to create the voice, when to use voice-over to impact a film.

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