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Author Archives: Carolynne Ciceri
Random Sneak Attack Blog #1
So here is me, with my nose slightly out of joint after the Producer’s last email for his annoying suggestion that he doesn’t really like the opening of a short script that we are taking into production together. Harrumph! I … Continue reading
#WW Blog the 52nd: Thanks for All the Fish
It’s telling that I’ve spent the week obsessing over the title of this, my last post as Canadian Short Screenplay Competition #Writer Wednesday Writer Laureate – a cumbersome title of a different kind, I hope I can convince Mr. Cormican … Continue reading
#WW Blog the 51st: Beginning of the End
What I’ll take away from my year as CSSC Writer Laureate is perhaps for the first time in my life, a strong belief in myself. It may surprise some of you to learn that most of the time I don’t think much of me. I’ve been told I hide it well. But there has been something truly transformative about creating this blog week after week, forcing myself to look at what was going on in my head and continually examine and re-examine my writing process. So there it is. I’m a better writer, a more humble writer, and I like myself a whole lot more than when we began last June. Continue reading
#WW Blog the 50th: Naked Virtue
There, maybe that blog title will get a little more attention then the last one. Only two more posts after this one my lovelies, then what will you do to lull yourself to sleep on a Wednesday night once I … Continue reading
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Tagged charity, courage, faith, hope, love, olympian, slings and arrows, virtue, well of hope, winston churchill
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#WW Blog the 49th: Writing’s 7 Virtues
So here’s a great example of a great writing idea that quickly went horribly awry, to wit, the theme of this week’s blog post. Since the last two posts delved deeply into the sin and darkness part of a … Continue reading
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Tagged cardinal virtue, cicero, cocoverse, courage, justice, pickles, screenwriter, sin, temperance, virtue, wisdom
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#WW Blog the 48th: Writing’s Deadly Sins II
And, since the Rock of Truth is staring at me I should say the reason is that I outlined this post earlier in the week and thought it was a lot more done than it actually is. Maybe I just dreamt I wrote it. Continue reading
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Tagged cocoverse, cold turkey, deadly sins, genius, imagination, LOWIM, pilot script, Prison Break, proofreading, reading, rock of truth, seven deadly sins, sin, top 7 sins
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#WW Blog the 47th: Writing’s Deadly Sins
It could be said that today is a true experiment in pushing the boundaries of a deadline given that it is now lunchtime on the West Coast and I’m just starting the writing of this post. I could blame double … Continue reading
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Tagged cocoverse, ComicCon, CSSC, david cormican, deadly sin, Glee, guitar, Minus Lara, rusted pyre, Silence of the Lambs, The Lobby
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#WW Blog the 46th: Waxing Poetic & Vitriolic
Although quite frankly if the world hasn’t yet noticed the incredible genius of the output and talent of this sparsely populated and yet extremely artistically prolific nation, I’m a bit worried they haven’t got the brains God gave a goat.
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Tagged brooke palsson, Cannes, credit, Daniel audet, david cormican, director, Ferret, guitar, HERESY, journalists, Laurence cohen, rusted pyre, Samantha somer Wilson, screenwriter, Stop Reading, vociferous, voracious, Worldwide Short Film Festival
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#WW Blog the 45th: Whacking Into Curbs
Okay, where have I been and when did they start making jelly-filled Tim-bits? Not that it is something I should know as my perpetual battle of of the bulge in general keeps me far away from doughnut counters of all … Continue reading
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Tagged Buffry the Vampire Slayer, career, craft, Gale Anne Hurd, guitar, Hart Hanson, Joss Whedon, Lawrence Kasdan, Lynnie Greene, Nora Ephron, plan, screenwriting, success, William Goldman, Writing
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#WW Blog the 44th: Strange Days Indeed
Strange days indeed. Okay Carolynne, it is time for the rubber to hit the road on this blog post. I confess to feeling a bit scattered at this time of writing. Big to-dos in the world this week. I suppose … Continue reading
