Plotpoints Podcast Episode 220, 2021.12.17

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SCRIPTWRITING TALK AND MORE!

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Mark Sevi and Guests

Show Notes December 17, 2021 Episode #220

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Mark’s Co-Host: Author/Screenwriter Christopher Stires Joins The Podcast.

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SHOW DETAILS

00:00:00 INTRO
Podcast Theme by Mark Sevi
Interstitial Music by Scott Holmes Music

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00:0:20 USELESS CHATTER

Mark, Chris

00:00:30 WHAT ARE WE WATCHING?

Mark, Chris

#cinemaparadiso #hardtimes #redsun #shanghainoon #dexter #primesuspect #cracker #morse #luther #badmomschristmas #taggart

00:07:00 WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON?

Mark, Chris

#book #scriptwritingbook #feature

00:09:30 TOP INDIE MOVIES

Chris: #stationagent #nightofthelivingdead #terminator #wintersbone #lonestar

Mark: #frozenriver #attacktheblock #moonlight #matewan #exmachina

00:13:00 Q&A HOW DO I KNOW A SCRIPT WILL WORK WITHOUT OUTLINING?

#pantser #planner

Mark

00:18:00 WRITERS QUOTE – NORA EPHRON

“Structure is the key to narrative. If you make the right decision about structure, many other things become absolutely clear.” #NoraEphron

00:19:00 HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND BUH BYE!

 


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MARK SEVI BIO:

Mark Sevi is a professional screenwriter and producer, and screenwriting teacher. He has sold 34 scripts, 20 made into films. He teaches scriptwriting in Southern California. He is also founder of the Orange County Screenwriters Association.

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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.


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