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What I’m learning along the path to becoming a writer.

What Have I Been Doing With All This Extra Time.

What Have I Been Doing With All This Extra Time.

By Dennis Cherry Posted on April 5, 2020 Posted in Fun Stuff, Writing Tagged with GLAWS, Writing

Sometimes I just like to have fun and play one of my favorite refrigerator games, “Name That Leftover”.  But you can really only play it once a month.  Or every two months.  Three or more months gets really challenging. And …

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What if we had just called it the flu all along?

By Dennis Cherry Posted on March 22, 2020 Posted in Writing Tagged with Writing

Words have meaning.  Words have power.  Our choice of words determine how we process information.  Recently President Trump got flack for calling Covid-19 the “China Flu”.  One reporter asked him if that wasn’t racist.  Well, no it isn’t.  China isn’t …

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WHAT NOT TO SAY

By admin Posted on January 25, 2015 Posted in GLAWS, Writing Tagged with GLAWS, Steven Hutson, Writing

The first GLAWS special speaker event of the year was held last weekend on Saturday, January 17, 2015.  The topic was “What Not to Say to an Editor or Agent” with speaker Steven Hutson.  Mr. Hutson is a literary agent …

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A NEW BEGINNING

By admin Posted on January 4, 2015 Posted in GLAWS, Steampunk, Writing Tagged with GLAWS, Goals, Writing

New Year is a great time to restart and reboot.  So first off, sorry for being away for so long.  It started with me missing a week, then another, then another.  So I finally decided that instead of trying to …

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Bronies Anonymous

By admin Posted on September 22, 2014 Posted in Fun Stuff, Writing Tagged with brony, My Little Pony, pegasister, Writing

Hi.  My name is Dennis Amador Cherry and I’m a brony.  I guess it started a few years ago when somepony someone showed me the first couple of episode of “My Little Pony:  Friendship is Magic”.  I thought it was …

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The Dreaded “Info Dump”

By admin Posted on September 12, 2014 Posted in Writing Tagged with Info Dump, Writing

  Often in a story a character has to learn some pieces of information in order for the plot to keep moving.  Sometimes it’s a few lines, sometimes it’s a whole lot of information that threatens to bring the fast …

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Book Review:  “Screen & Stage Marketing Secrets” by James Russel

By admin Posted on September 8, 2014 Posted in Book Reviews, Writing Tagged with Query letters, screen writing, Writing

  I really should have reviewed this book earlier.  When I attended USC Cinema/Television we spent a lot of time on screenwriting, but not a lot of time on how to sell a script.  Then, years later, when I picked …

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Who Are You Writing Your Screenplay For?

By admin Posted on August 25, 2014 Posted in Writing Tagged with Screenplay, Writing

  Hopefully your first answer is for yourself.  Because you have something to say.  You have a message, or a point of view you want to share.  Or you thought of something funny and a good joke needs to be …

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Buy the Saddle

By admin Posted on August 18, 2014 Posted in Writing Tagged with GLAWS, Writing

An old friend of mine once told me something.  I don’t know where he heard it, but it’s very true.  “If one man says I’m a horse, I’ll ignore him.  If a second man says I’m a horse, I’ll slug …

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One Little Thing Changes Everything

By admin Posted on August 11, 2014 Posted in Writing Tagged with Writing

I’m working on my latest draft of my steampunk screenplay. It’s draft 9. You never really finish rewriting, but that’s another story. I felt the need to change one thing. During the climatic fight/escape scene the leader of the group …

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