tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17813352.post1498495938428220284..comments2023-10-11T03:32:43.592-06:00Comments on Fencing With the Fog: Verbal ViagraMaryAn Batchellorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02465966881051431143noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17813352.post-88530498490734840942008-12-19T08:01:00.000-06:002008-12-19T08:01:00.000-06:00Sounds great, MaryAn,Glad to hear you had sucess a...Sounds great, MaryAn,<BR/><BR/>Glad to hear you had sucess at the Nicholls. If you did it once, you can do it again. I have faith in you. Looking forward to hearing more about your new adventures and sucesses in 2009.<BR/><BR/>Keep it real, but don't keep it so real that it looses the fun. <BR/><BR/>"If the fun goes in, it comes out the same way," Akiva Goldsman as quoted by my memory from Karl Iglesias' "The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters."<BR/><BR/>- E.C. Henry from Bonney Lake, WAE.C. Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10748007729066148300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17813352.post-63778208869327341322008-12-17T20:15:00.000-06:002008-12-17T20:15:00.000-06:00Keeping it real, E.C. We're all arrogant as beginn...Keeping it real, E.C. We're all arrogant as beginners. My dreck made top 10% once in the Nicholl so it isn't hopeless. I've got some great stories so just gonna let go and let it fly.MaryAn Batchellorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02465966881051431143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17813352.post-47101549827507056632008-12-17T19:40:00.000-06:002008-12-17T19:40:00.000-06:00MaryAn, you're on the right track; you're starting...MaryAn, you're on the right track; you're starting to say the right things, however...<BR/><BR/>Just write. STOP putting so much pressure on yourself. That gains you NOTHING. <BR/>You were spot-on in writing/admitting, "what appears to have happened is that I spent so much time studying the craft that I didn't actually write..." (I don't agree with the end part of that sentence so I didn't include it)<BR/><BR/>Wish you had more of a love for what you've written. For gosh sakes be a professional! If don't love what you're written how can you expect someone else to? You need to learn how to see potential, and how to improve previous draft. Realize this: EVEYTHING is just a draft. <BR/><BR/>I've read some of my earlier stuff, and sure there's room for improvement, but I did the best I could at the time. AND if I ever manage to engage a buyer, hey, I'll burn 'em a better draft!<BR/><BR/>You shouldn't diss yourself like you do. VERY bad form. THAT should be your resolution for 2009. Journey is one of your favorite groups, right? Well steal a page from one of their hits, "Be Good To Yourself." Put it on your IPOD and rock out! I know I do.<BR/><BR/>- E.C. Henry from Bonney Lake, WAE.C. Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10748007729066148300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17813352.post-78115084065069366882008-12-17T00:52:00.000-06:002008-12-17T00:52:00.000-06:00That statement, which I wholeheartedly believe, is...That statement, which I wholeheartedly believe, is the verbal viagra for an impotent writer.MaryAn Batchellorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02465966881051431143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17813352.post-37043492867203598882008-12-17T00:50:00.000-06:002008-12-17T00:50:00.000-06:00The funny thing of it is, writing all that "garbag...The funny thing of it is, writing all that "garbage" (and writing this blog) have created in you the writer who'll be capable of crafting a great screenplay.mernitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09185401856113179709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17813352.post-27928356332749235842008-12-17T00:47:00.000-06:002008-12-17T00:47:00.000-06:00I hope you are referring to your pen.I hope you are referring to your pen.MaryAn Batchellorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02465966881051431143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17813352.post-32646356782943420832008-12-17T00:05:00.000-06:002008-12-17T00:05:00.000-06:00Hi. My name is Millar and I too am impotent.Hi. My name is Millar and I too am impotent.millar prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08963642037866681492noreply@blogger.com