Aug. 3 Magazine consultant: Ryan Dorhn works with
business owners, marketing directors and publishing
companies. This is his business site called Brain Swell Media.
http://www.ryandohrn.com/2008080766/internet-strategy-magazine-consultant.htmlAug. 7 Story editor: I Google "How to be a story editor."
Ehow:
This is a helpful article. A story editor reads the script and forms
it to the director's view. I did learn that time frame has an effect on
how you work. There are priorities that change that as soon as funding
is in, you're working on the script because it will be shot soon.
http://www.ehow.com/about_6545136_story-editor_s-job-description.html
TV story editor: There's one part for scripted television.
1.
Write a script for a TV show that already exists, or write an original story.
2. Submit your scripts to TV agents.
3. Get hired on a TV show and learn as much as you can.
4. Lobby for a promotion from staff writer to story
editor.
http://www.ehow.com/how_2151305_be-tv-story-editor.html
Career planner: I did find this site where you can look up job descriptions.
http://dot-job-descriptions.careerplanner.com/STORY-EDITOR.cfm
SBPRA: I
found this bookmark on my desk. It stands for Strategic Book
Publishing and Rights Association. It's something I picked up when I
was at Coles bookstore at City Centre. I remembered it was either in
2011 or 2010.
The author Lord Ronald Streeter was promoting his picture book called Grumpy Brother
Christmas. The story is the Father Christmas broke his leg, so his grumpy Brother Christmas who doesn't like kids has to do his job.
You
can pitch your story to them. There are author success stories and
testimonials.
http://sbpra.com/
Aug. 9 Script pitch:
Today is my day off and I spent 3hrs this morning looking for an office
job. This afternoon, I pitched my script to this production company. I
found this note on my desk that I wrote back in 2010 that told me to
pitch to them.
There
were also a few other production companies I was supposed to mail my
pitch, synopsis, and submission release form to. I did that earlier
this week. I had lost this piece of paper, and I was also busy focusing
on my office job search in 2011 that I didn't do this. Also my printer
wasn't working, but now it does I can print out that stuff to send in.
Stephanie Levac: Also
her name was written on the same paper. I checked my email account
to find her, but it must have been deleted. I then Google her and
she's on Twitter. This must be her because she's part of the National
Film
Board.
I
decided to follow her on Twitter. On another note, she kind of looks
like Amy Winehouse. I've been listening to AW on Youtube, but these two
look alike with the same dark hair.
Page Master:
I found this note in my 2009 agenda to submit to Page Master
Publications. I did some research, and it's really a self-publishing
company in downtown. It publishes your books and art. If you're
interested, check it out:
http://pagemaster.ca/
Carte- Blanche: Also from the same agenda it said "Submit to Carte- Blanche." It's a literary magazine. I heard about it through one of my
creative writing classes in college. I submitted a story. I have submitted short stories since Oct.
2011.
http://carte-blanche.org/submissions/
Aug. 10 Creativity: This is related to my writing email. I need to be more creative in my scripts.
Tim
Handorf sent me this article "101 Creativity Tips for Teachers." There
are 101 tips, but it's a fast and easy read. It's not just for
teachers, but for anybody who wants to be creative. #55 was "Give
freedom, but have a focus. Give students a focus so that they have a goal to work towards."
That's like me with my job search. I'm imagining other jobs like a dance teacher. A little out of the ordinary, but
there was a focus to a job.
The sections are divided: Finding creative inspiration,
capitalizing on the creative spark, inspiring
students, creative activities, sharing and collaborating, and educate yourself.
"#66 Get Hypothetical. Creating hypothetical situations is
one way to get creative. When you consider what could happen, potential
solutions, and likely reactions, you can open up whole new avenues of
thinking." I do that with my creative writing situations for my
script. As in "What if the story was about this character instead of
this one? What would happen if we make the story about him instead?
Would it be darker?"
The thing is to focus on productive
hypothetical situations like for my writing and job search. Don't think
about my hypothetical daughter working at Hooters and what I would do.
That's not a productive way to use my time and creativity.Aug. 13 Common Ties: I'm feeling kind of down after I got another reject from a job. I switched gears to writing. I was going through my old
emails and found that I have submitted some stories to Common Ties magazine back in 2007. I tried to find the website and it said it had "problem loading page." It may not exist anymore.
http://www.commonties.com/ Accenti: I then found Accenti magazine also from my 2007 emails. I did find a writing contest, but the entry fee is $20. The magazine still exists. The website looks good.
https://www.accenti.ca/writing-contest
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