Reckless Creatives podcast co-hosts, Jeanne Veillette Bowerman and Sadie Dean, had a live conversation with the legendary Scott Myers about screenwriting, the life of an artist, his new book, The Protagonist's Journey: An Introduction to Character-Driven Screenwriting and Storytelling, and so much more. This episode was recorded on May 16, 2023, during the WGA strike.

Our regular Reckless Creatives listeners and Symposium attendees participated and asked Scott questions, too!

Scott has more thoughts on the WGA strike, too. Check his blog for updates.

[Note: For the MovieMaker article on dos and don'ts for pre-WGA writers during the WGA strike, read here.]

Resources discussed:

The Protagonist's Journey: An Introduction to Character-Driven Screenwriting and Storytelling
Scott's site: Go Into the Story
Scott's WGA strike updates
Scott's Facebook group: Zero Draft Thirty
MovieMaker article "Dos and Don'ts for Pre-WGA Writers"
Follow Scott: @gointothestory
Follow Sadie: @SadieKDean
Follow Jeanne: @jeannevb

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Pipeline Executives Roni Brown and Spike Scarberry join Thomas Krajewski—the co-creator of Primer (DC), a really rad graphic novel series, and a former Script Pipeline TV Winner (2014)—to discuss the intricacies of the comic world.

You might even leave wanting to adapt your screenplay into a graphic novel!

Watch the video of this session on Symposium site.

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Nothing compares to the opportunity of doing a face-to-face pitch of your manuscript to a literary agent at a writing conference. While most writers are terrified of the pitching process, it's often the best experience an author can have in understanding not only how the publishing industry works but also the critical dynamics of the author/agent relationship.

But the trick is—you only get about five minutes to make a great first impression and (hopefully) receive a request to submit your work for consideration.

Jeanne Veillette Bowerman, Executive at Pipeline Media Group and former Senior Editor at Writer's Digest, has a decade of experience speed pitching both literary agents and Hollywood producers. She'll share tips on how to hone your pitch to get a decision-maker excited about reading your work.

This event will cover:

• Setting realistic goals
• How a speed-pitching event works
• Creating an effective quick pitch for fiction and nonfiction
• Logline tips
• Dos and Don'ts of pitching an executive
• Post pitching event action items

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[Recorded July 6, 2022]

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