Write On! speaks with Elayne Savage, PhD, author of Don’t Take It Personally!: The Art of Dealing with Rejection and Breathing Room: Creating Space to Be a Couple (New Harbinger), as well as a monthly e-letter/blog: “Tips from the Queen of Rejection.” A relationship and communication coach, speaker, and psychotherapist, Elayne shares her writing experience, [...]
The deadline for the Write On! Online/The Write Environment Query Contest is June 30, 2009. We are accepting queries in the following categories: – Screenplay (or Stage Play) – Teleplay – Fiction (Novel) – Non-Fiction (Memoir/Book) The winner in each category will have their query letter read by a literary agent and receive a free [...]
Passenger Side, one of seven films in Narrative Competition at the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival, is a “comedy of sibling rivalry and verbal one-upmanship.” The film, about two brothers on a “road trip” through Los Angeles, is written and directed by Matt Bissonnette—and stars his brother Joel Bissonnette, along with Adam Scott. Matt talks [...]
The body only does what the brain tells it to. As a result, we can accelerate the learning and creative processes through visualization. As writers, we can also use visualization to get unstuck, create characters, and develop new worlds — the possibilities are endless. More on that below. There are countless studies that talk about [...]
Today, Write On! interviews writer/director Kevin Hamedani, whose film—ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction—is in the “Guilty Pleasures” category at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Hamedani describes ZMD as “a post 9/11 political satire (Dr Strangelove meets Dawn of the Dead) about an Iranian-American girl living in a small town, who is blamed for causing a [...]
In honor of the Film Independent’s Los Angeles Film Festival (June 18 – June 30), Write On! speaks with Suzi Yoonessi, writer/director of Dear Lemon Lima, which is having its World Premiere at the Festival (screening June 20 and June 23). The film—about an awkward Alaskan teen discovering her Yup’ik heritage while rallying her fellow [...]
In the spirit of summertime, the July Write On! Extra Credit is to go out and have some fun. Do something different, have an adventure, and then post about it 300 – 400 words on the Write On! Online Facebook or Yahoo Group Discussion Board. Some suggestions from last night’s meeting: Take an improv or [...]
NEWS Enter the Write On! Online/The Write Environment Query Contest by June 30. The winner in each category – Screenplay, Teleplay, Fiction (Novel), and Non-Fiction (Book/Memoir) – will have their query letter read by a literary agent, among other prizes. Sponsors include The Writers Store, iScript, Blake Snyder and Save the Cat, and more. For [...]
Write On! is pleased to interview 13-year-old author, J.K. Hawkins, My Weird Family Series: My Vampire Cousin. A native of Northeast Texas, Hawkins is a first time children’s book writer who developed her most notable character, Alice, at the young age of eight. Since then, she has written 20 stories for the My Weird Family [...]
Write On! wraps up the week with Mary Beth Sammons, award-winning journalist and author of eight books, including Second Acts That Change Lives: Making a Difference in the World, (Conari Press). Living Life as a Thank You: The Transformative Power of Daily Gratitude, which she co-authored with Nina Lesowitz, is being published by Viva Editions [...]
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.
