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The Julian Agenda

Consistency is key when it comes to pretty much everything because it can get you places. 

However, my version of consistency when it comes to writing is not egalitarian, but far more serious. 



For the visually impaired fam, the picture above is a screenshot of a quoted tweet from Twitter dated July 19, 2020. The inside square reads I think Julian is such a hot name for a guy and I have yet to see a man in real life, film or TV have the name Julian and be hot as hell and I'm fed up to be very honest. The quoted tweet dated May 16, 2021 reads I'm very committed to having every project of mine feature a hot guy named Julian. Deadass. 

I call it The Julian Agenda and as your soon to be favorite storyteller, I hope that you'll stand with me as push this agenda on the world.  

WRAD? (Would Reginee Adapt This?)

Blog series alert! 

About two months ago, I made the decision to start reading books for fun again. I'm always reading but more often than not, I'm reading to learn and gain information about some sort of craft. I love reading but I wasn't reading enough just for the sheer joy of reading like I used to do growing up and it was time to change that. 




To start, I ordered two books that I had been sitting on my Amazon wish list waiting to be bough for the longest: Cleo McDougal Regrets Nothing and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. 

I read Cleo McDougal first because I had been eyeing that one for the longest and started reading a chapter or two every night before bed and it was very nice night time reading because it was easy on the mind. About halfway through, Hurricane Ida decided she wanted to come through so I packed my books with me because I just knew we were going to lose electricity and I didn't want to be bored. I was very smart to make that decision because we did lose power, and I would have been insanely bored without those books. 

One of the bright (?) spots about losing power during the storm and days after is that is allowed me to catch up on reading on a few books I've been meaning to read but never got around to doing and revisiting some old faves. My thoughts on Cleo McDougal are actually what inspired this series called Would Reginée Adapt This because of course as a screenwriter, I must also think about could I see myself spending the time and money to option and adapt what I read because I've got ambitious foresight like that. 

Without further ado, would Reginée adapt "Cleo McDougal Regrets Nothing"?

Let's Play Catch Up

 *Looks at the date of the last post*

*Smiles awkwardly at my audience*

Let's just ignore that small, insignificant detail and discuss more pressing details, shall we. 

How to turn an idea into a screenplay.

Photo by Suzy Hazelwood from Pexels



So there you are minding your business and enjoying life and all the sudden, this grand stroke of genius hits you and you're like "holy hell that would be a great idea for a movie or tv show!"

But then you realize, you don't know how to turn the idea in your head into a functional reality on the page. Listen, I get it. Once upon a time, the same thing happened to me. But I'm here to help and give you the practical steps in getting your idea written on the page.