To be a female in a male dominated profession takes belief, focus and strength.  Sandra Korbin barreled her way into being the first female sports writer for the New York Times by being tenacious and talented.  In this episode Sandra talks about how being a journalist taught her the importance of telling a story with everything she wrote, steps to break into Hollywood as a screenwriter and reading for language as well as story.   

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Developmental Editing, Line Editing and Copyediting are essential for writing a strong script and/or manuscript.  Speculative fiction writer, Freelance editor and Managing Editor for the Greater Los Angeles Writer Society Mike Robinson talks about the techniques he uses to write and edit his own work as well as the work of other professional writers.

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This episode is a how to guide to writing, funding, streamlining production and distributing your independent film.  Script writer of Stealing Roses starring John Heard and Cindy Williams Megan Clare Johnson talks about her experience of successfully funding and filming her independent movie right here in Los Angeles, California.  Enjoy the show, get educated and keep writing.

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How do you create a story that has longevity?  Television writer working with Star Trek The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise Art Holcomb says you must be aware at all times of the audience’s journey.  In this episode Art discusses making an emotional connection with your audience, writing for the emotional impact of a story, designing plotlines that explore important themes, characterizations and fixing a show in trouble.

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How do you create a story that has longevity?  Television writer working with Star Trek The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise Art Holcomb says you must be aware at all times of the audience’s journey.  In this episode Art discusses making an emotional connection with your audience, writing for the emotional impact of a story, designing plotlines that explore important themes, characterizations and fixing a show in trouble.

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The Young Adult Market is coveted by authors because it is massive and very profitable if you can make an impression.  In this episode, journalist for the Los Angeles Times, CNN, Publishers Weekly and Young Adult author Danica Davidson discusses how to break in to the YA market. Danica also gives fantastic tips on creating realistic dialogue for young characters and writing for YA themes.  Danica has published a popular novel set in the Mindcraft World called Escape From the Overworld and a second novel that can be pre-ordered called Attack on the Overworld.

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Taking yourself out of your comfort zone can create incredible art.  In this episode Cevin Soling discusses funding and budgeting for award winning documentaries, telling the story that needs to be told, writer’s block, subtext and juxtaposing opposites to create the unique premise. 

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Mythology can play a really important part in a good script.  Award winning author and script consultant Pamela Jaye Smith says by understanding the themes that appear over and over again in every society and the plotlines that accompany them, we can add depth to our scripts that resonates with the core of our humanity.

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Award winning author, journalist, poet and editor Robert Yehling discusses the structure of a memoir, interview techniques to make subjects comfortable, how to effectively include personal experiences in your writing, exercises to teach writing point of view and how to break down and edit a manuscript.

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How do you kill a beloved iconic TV character?  That’s one of the challenges Mark Fink has faced in his writing career.  In this episode Mark talks about the death of Edith Bunker as well as writing the complex character of Archie Bunker, dealing with notes from the network, making the transition to writing books and advice for young writers starting their career.

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