Plotpoints Podcast Episode 141, 2018.12.07

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Show Notes December 21, 2018 EP 142 Author/Screenwriter Christopher Stires and Lorenzo Porricelli, With Scriptwriter Aaron Moussa-Zahab Join Mark Sevi.

#Starbeasts #PaladinsJourney #RebelNation #TheInheritance #DarkLegend

Starbeasts

Chris’ Amazon Page

Chris’ BarnesAndNoble

See Chris’ full bio at end of the show notes.

00:00:00 Intro #centerfield #chickhearn

Mark

00:01:30 WELCOME/TABLE TALK/USELESS CHATTER

Mark, Chris, Larry, Aaron

00:6:00 WHAT ARE WE WATCHING?

Mark, Chris, Larry, Aaron

#patriot #greencar #themule

00:10:00 WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON?

All

00:17:00 DISCUSSION ON WRITING

All

#ocscreenwriters #ocfilmandtv

00:19:30 OUR TOP FIVE SPORTS MOVIES

LARRY: #mcfarlandUSA #gloryroad #sandlot #whenwewerekings #slapshot #breakingaway

CHRIS: #thelongestyard #aleagueoftheirown #seabiscuit #invincible #hoosiers

AARON: #rememberthetitans #rudy #thenatural #brianssong #rocky

MARK: #rocky #thenatural #thelongestyard #theblindside #thewrestler

TV: #fridaynightlights #arliss #sportsnight #eastboundandown #30for30

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00:42:00 DISCUSSION ON WHY SPORTS FILMS ARE SO COMPELLING A STORYTELLING FORMAT

All

00:46:30 Q&A

Mark

(1) What do you know now that you wished you’d known swhen you started writing?

(2) What’s more important: characters, plot, or concept?

(3) What should anyone write?

(4) Are contests worthwhile?

00:56:30 OUTRO

UPCOMING AT C3 Vape and Coffee (www.ocfilmandtv.com)

MEETUP DETAILS

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#ocscreenwriters #ocfilmandtv #alejandroseri #finaldraft

 QUESTIONS?  COMMENTS? 919-Scripts

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Why Does Your Screenplay Get Rejected? (Mark’s article for Creative Screenwriting Magazine)

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#richdalessio #c3vapeandcoffee

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Meetup

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Christopher Stires is a novelist, short-story writer and screenwriter living in Riverside CA.

He has four novels currently in print. PALADIN’S JOURNEY, REBEL NATION, DARK LEGEND, and THE INHERITANCE (Winner of the 2003 Dream Realm Award for Horror) are available from Zumaya Publications (http://www.zumayapublications.com/). PALADIN’S JOURNEY: SABIAN (the sequel to PALADIN’S JOURNEY) will soon be released by Zumaya.

STARBEAST (a reprint/retitle of TO THE MOUNTAIN OF THE BEAST) will soon be released by World Castle Publishing (http://www.worldcastlepublishing.com/home.html). He has had more than 70 short stories and articles appear in publications in the United States, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Finland, France, Greece, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.

With co-writer, Mark Sevi, he has had one screenplay optioned. He is a member of Facebook and Goodreads.