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Category: Podcast Show Notes
Revising loglines for novels and screenplays—Afterthoughts #3
How do you revise your loglines? How do you workshop and revise your logline for your novel or screenplay? We practice revising loglines by reading Emily’s log line for her work-in-progress! Our hope is that these critique sessions help you work on your own loglines and pitches. If you have a logline you would like… Read more
Speculative fiction: The REAL definition (Afterthoughts BONUS)
There are some disagreements (and outright confusion) going on about what defines speculative fiction. Read more
Episode 7: The myth of original premises: Embrace similarities
Have you ever come up with a great premise for a story and then discovered that it already exists? It may be discouraging at first, but we actually think this can be a good thing. Read more
Practicing Loglines for screenplays and novels
How do you write a logline for your screenplay or novel? In today’s bonus episode, we write and share the loglines (also known as elevator pitches) we wrote in response to Bob Sáenz Call to Action from Episode 3! And Jon Meyers shares a logline for his talking dog movie. Read more
Episode 6—Our favorite advice for writers
We share our favorite advice for writers and why it impacted our own writing journeys. Read more
You can know when to stop revising (Episode 5)
David Lynch uses a stick, but how else can you judge your own writing? We talked about thinking-feelings, getting feedback, and other ways we can know our work is finished. Read more
Our Wildest Dreams (Afterthoughts 1)
We respond to our earlier Call to Action—If money and training were no object, what would you do? As Emily said, “We have so much to say, we can’t contain it to an hour…” And Jon Meyers apparently can contain himself inside the camera frame! Esai Morales clip courtesy of the amazing Vicki Abelson. You… Read more
Episode 4—Prioritize writing: We react to a Michael Jamin video
In episode 1, we argued that having hobbies enhances your writing and your life. Screenwriter Michael Jamin, who worked on King of the Hill among others, has a difference perspective: Writers should devote their free time to their craft. So we decided to talk about! Read more
Episode 3—A conversation with Bob Sáenz on networking
We were honored to have Bob Sáenz as our first guest on the podcast to talk about networking and embracing imposter syndrome! Bob Sáenz is a screenwriter whose work includes: CHURCH PEOPLE (Shaw 2021), A DASH OF CHRISTMAS (Dunne 2023), and THE CHRISTMAS YULE BLOG (Hawthorn Doyle 2020) Find the Jon Meyers name drop! He is… Read more
Episode 2 — Drawing on the past: How every moment has prepared you for now
For artists, there is no wasted time. In this episode, we talk about how everything you have experienced has brought you to where you are now. Read more