February 2012
10 posts
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Scriptwriting: Head vs. Heart
As April approaches, I find myself thinking more and more about my Script Frenzy script. But unfortunately, I don’t yet have anything to show for it. I’m still struggling with choosing a topic. I have a number of stories that have been bouncing around my head for years but I feel that as a new scriptwriter I should try to avoid getting carried away or overwhelmed by sticking to...
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Archer’s Story Begins Here…
I’d like to introduce the newest member of the OLL family, Archer Grayson Stewart-Streit. This handsome little genius was born on December 21 (Winter Solstice!) at 6:07 AM, weighing in at seven pounds, six ounces. So far, his likes include eating, trees, Goodnight Moon, light fixtures, and balloons. His dislikes include being hungry, tummy aches, and much to his parents’ dismay, getting...
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Letters and Light Around the World: Tracy Dawson
It’s always fun to hear about kids and teens doing NaNoWriMo halfway around the world. Recently, we were sent an article about Tracy Dawson’s work in the small town of Parkes, Australia (population: 9,826), and we had to learn more. Here, she tells us how she got a program going in a tiny community with no previous writing support.
How did you hear about the NaNoWriMo Young Writers...
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Would a Silent Movie Count?
As most of the staff here at OLL and Script Frenzy now know, I have no experience in scriptwriting. Like, really. None. But rather than feel intimidated, I’m trying to leap at the opportunity that will soon be presented to me this April. I even already have an idea. So what’s the problem, you may ask? Rather than forming my initial thoughts about my script as such, I can’t...
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Who puts pep in your step?
It’s time for the great, grand pep talk poll! Has your favorite writer 1) written a novel, and 2) not yet contributed a pep talk? If so, they should totally write a pep talk for the 300,000 Wrimos who will be dashing out the rough draft of their novel this November!
I’ve asked the staff whose pep they’d love to receive (their top picks are below). Now it is your turn to tell...
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An Austen Intervention
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a reader in possession of… any-sized fortune really, must be in want of a book.
There’s much ado in my household with regard to debuting just now because my first novel, girlchild, goes on shelves this week. With girlchild being a debutante in her first season, I cannot get my mind off of Jane Austen, her work having taught me what little I...
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All You Need Is Love
Although some critique Valentine’s Day as a Hallmark card holiday (and, yes, I’ve said those words as a young lad, much to my romantic peril), it’s hard to argue with pausing in this crazy life to celebrate love—whether it’s loving your sweetheart, your granny, your pet toad, your novel, or the meter maid you yelled at last week for giving you a parking ticket.
The only thing the Office of...
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Aliza, I Am.
I guess I should start off by saying that today is my first day working here as an intern with Script Frenzy. My first task? To write a little bit about myself. Sounds easy enough, right?
I’ve never been the best at writing on spot—even Facebook status updates take about 15 minutes of thinking through, editing, and re-editing. However, I’m trying to grow away from that, so this...
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First Day at the Office of Letters and Light
It is the very first day of my internship with Script Frenzy and what do you know, they’re already making me write. I’m a little nervous but mostly excited to be here. As an English student at UC Berkeley, I’m used to doing a lot of writing, but this is actually my very first blog post ever—which I realize is pretty strange for someone in their 20s. Anyways, I hope...
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Hello, this is me.
On my first day of this internship, I’m having flashbacks to my 11th grade English class. The one where I had to write a personal essay. The kind about myself. Eek. However, looking at those flashbacks now with a good extra six years of life experience I feel vaguely more prepared. Or I’ll fake it til I make it…
I’m Shelby, a recent Mills College graduate, trying to...