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Southampton Screenwriters Conference: A Look Back

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

I’m back from a five day stint at the Southampton Screenwriters Conference, which was held at Stony Brook University, Southampton, Long Island. What a wonderful experience!  Back in May when I was accepted to the conference I had some very specific goals in mind. I was going to workshop my feature script Through the Broken [...]

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Southampton Screenwriters Conference This Week

Sunday, July 26, 2009

As I mentioned last month I’ll be attending the Southampton Screenwriters Conference. The workshop I’ll be in has changed. I’ll now be attending Mastering Scene Writing with Peter Riegert. From the program sheet: “The main idea is that the screenplay is a living organ that must be constantly fed, i.e. rewriting and editing until opening [...]

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Southampton Screenwriting Conference 2009

Friday, June 5, 2009

Good News! I’ve officially been accepted with scholarship to the Southampton Screenwriting Conference 2009. I’ll be taking a drama I have in fourth revision to “Writing is Re-Writing” with Carol Dysinger. I’ve been working on it for six months and it’s solid, I hope to make it shine by September. I’ll post more about it [...]

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How Not to Make a Short Film: Notes From the Event

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

For those keeping score, I attended a DCTV/Shooting People event  “How Not to Make a Short Film” with Roberta Munroe former Sundance Film Festival programmer. Here are my notes from the event. I’ve tried to faithfully re-create my chicken scratch. Enjoy! UPDATE: Roberta Munroe has linked this post on her website. UPDATE 2: Roberta Munroe [...]

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DCTV & Shooting People Presents: “How Not To Make A Short Film” with Roberta Munroe

Sunday, March 29, 2009

A couple of writer friends and I are heading to this event tomorrow night down on Lafayette Street. As of this weekend it looks like its sold out. I always look forward to these type of panels and events because inevitably I meet interesting filmmakers. You never know when a spark can ignite creatively, so [...]

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Here’s my Card

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Keeping in line with the aesthetic of my site, I made up some business cards. Like my splash page, I conjured up my graphic design prowess and hand drew the design. Purdy, eh? I tested the waters with them over at the IFP Script to Screen conference last week. They were a hit. So, what’s [...]

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IFP Script to Screen Conference

Thursday, March 5, 2009

This weekend March 7-8 IFP will be hosting a “Script to Screen” conference at the New York Film Academy Union Square campus. Aimed at connecting screenwriters and writer/directors to “decision makers of film, television and new media business” the two day conference opens with a Q&A with James Schamus CEO of Focus. I’ll be there [...]

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Alien Trespass, The X-Files and R.W. Goodwin

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Last night I attended a screening and Q&A at the New York Film Academy for R.W. Goodwin’s upcoming alien comedy Alien Trespass. It was a full house of NYFA students and others and the evening proved rich in film-making discussion. The evening began with a screening of a featurette followed by the full feature cut [...]

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Pain. Will You Return it? I’ll Say It Again. Pain!

Friday, October 10, 2008

Hello. I’m actually very good at keeping up on other blogs I maintain. It’s just this one I can’t seem to update. Oh and pardon the post title – StrangeLove has been running through my head all day. So what’s going on? Work: I’m in the thick of producing a web-tv show – it’s a [...]

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Ugh, I want to play some keys!

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Warning! Life Post: I put my MIDI controllers and my upright piano into storage before heading to New York and I’m hurting now. I’m in a temporary living situation and I wasn’t about to bring the whole calvary. And in true Merrel fashion, I’m scattered as usual! Entrenched in multiple creative endeavors, but now I [...]

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