How high is your Screenwriting IQ? Take this quiz and find out how much you know about the business of screenwriting. True or False 1. Literary agents are eager to add new writers to their client list. That’s False. Agents are busy enough handling their present clients and don’t take on new clients very often. [...]
Wednesday, September 1: The Write On! September Challenge begins. Short Fiction & Non-Fiction/Essay Query Contest.Deadline is September 31. Prizes from iScript, Write On Track LA, and VBT-Writers on the Move author Carolyn Howard Johnson. Query Queen Wendy Burt-Thomas will select the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners from the finalists! For complete prize info and [...]
Remember those article and short-story queries you promised yourself you would submit this year? Now, you have an extra reason to sit down and work on them: The Write On! September Challenge: Short Fiction & Non-Fiction/Essay Query Contest. A query is the letter sent to a publication, used to sell an article, short story, or [...]
Pamela Jaye Smith is a writer, mythologist, international consultant and speaker, and award-winning producer and director. Her latest book—Symbols.Images.Codes – The Secret Language of Meaning in Film, TV, Games, and Visual Media—was recent released by Michael Wiese Productions. The founder of MYTHWORKS and co-founder of the Alpha Babe Academy, Smith is also the author of [...]
The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing, 2nd Edition from the editors of Writer’s Digest Books During the last days on the August sun, many writers are daydreaming of a new project for the fast-approaching winter months or even the NaNoWriMo challenge. NaNoWriMo (aka NaNo) is short for National Novel Writing Month, where during the month [...]
Congrats to the writers who were honored at the 62nd Annual Emmy® Awards. Best Comedy Modern Family and Best Drama Mad Men were also the winners for Outstanding Writing. And the writing-winners are … Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series: Modern Family – Pilot – ABC Writers: Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd Outstanding Writing for [...]
Write On! caught up with Steven Levitan last night at the Writers Guild Foundation and Writers Guild of America – West annual panel of Emmy-nominated Writers. Levitan and co-creator Christopher Lloyd are nominated for the Pilot of Modern Family. Watch the Write On! video with Steven Levitan below. For more on Modern Family, read Christopher [...]
It’s hard to believe that summer is almost over. In some parts of the country kids have already started school, and the unofficial end of summer is less than 10 days away! With the end of summer comes the end of the laid-back mindset. Time to start setting deadlines, unofficially plan for NaNoWriMo (more on [...]
Wednesday, August 25: Michelle V. Rafter talks Freelancing in the Digital Age on the Write Now! Mastermind Call with host Rochelle Melander at 10 am PDT. Michelle V. Rafter is the founder of WordCount, a blog for independent writers. For details and to sign up, check the website. Wednesday, August 25: Today is the next [...]
Paula Bruno is the author of Come Hell or High Water, the first book in the Kirkland family saga. Come Hell or High Water is set in 1958, and the western/family series revolves around a feud between the Kirkland Ranch and the fictional Logan family of Burkburnett. “The Kirkland Family Saga reflects many of the [...]
Debra Eckerling is a professional writer and coach with expertise in feature articles, corporate communications, and public speaking, as well as social media and live networking.
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The leader of Write On!, Debra has been a professional writer for more than 10 years. She has expertise in feature articles, corporate communications, and public speaking. Write On! is a virtual - and live - writers support group, which helps writers of all abilities, mediums, and specialties take their projects to the next level.
