Plotpoints Podcast Episode 270, 2023.11.17

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SCRIPTWRITING TALK AND MORE!

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Mark Sevi and Guests

Show Notes November 17, 2023 Episode #270

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SHOW DETAILS

00:00:00 INTRO
Podcast theme music by Mark Sevi

MARK IS JOINED BY WRITER CHRIS STIRES

Chris’ bio at end of show notes

00:00:45 USELESS CHATTER!

00:03:25 WHAT ARE WE WATCHING?

#theadjustmentbureau lawmanbassreeves #travelers #myfamily #deathinparadise #bodies #totallykiller

00:06:00 WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON?

#script #article #classes #ghostwriting #csmagazine

00:08 :00 TOP 5 WESTERNS/WESTERN-THEMED MOVIES 2000-2023

Chris

#deadwood crossfiretrail #hidalgo #openrange #brokentrail

Mark

#hidalgo #windriver #truegrit #shanghainoon magnificent7

00:18:00 Q&A – Loglines?

https://blog.finaldraft.com/the-screenwriters-toolbox-part-i-loglines-and-pitches

Mark

00:16:00 THIS WEEK IN ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY

#1940Fantasia #1963OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest (play) #KirkDouglas #KenKeasy

00:22:00 WRITERS QUOTE

Margaret Atwood — ‘If I waited for perfection, I would never write a word.’

Chris

00:20:00 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.

Mark is repped by legal-eagle Wayne Alexander, ANLF.COM

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Christopher Stires is a novelist, short-story writer and screenwriter living in Southern 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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