Reginée

A short update.

I've been incredibly fortunate during this pandemic to be able to write, meet new people virtually and take full advantage of the kindness that working writers taking time out to meet with emerging writers like myself. 

Writers hop on Twitter all the time dropping a lot of great advice for writing and navigating the business and life as a working writer in Hollywood, but the pandemic really opened the door to have conversations and readings with writers that wouldn't be possible otherwise because of production schedules. 

Of course I wrote ran through that door. Full speed. 

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.

I'm not gonna hold y'all up. Just wanted to let y'all know what's new.

You read that post title correctly. Your soon to be favorite storyteller is now on YouTube. Quite honestly, I still can't believe it. But here I am. I also left a link on the sidebar because I'm thoughtful like that.

I'll be on YouTube providing advice and tips that have helped me so far in writing screenplays. I hope that my advice is able to help you or anyone else who comes across this blog or the channel with enough information and inspiration to write more efficiently and effectively. Sometimes, it can be a challenge to get warmed up and really start knocking out pages, so I hope that my advice helps you knock out pages more quickly when you sit down to write.

Screenwriting is a community effort. Seriously, no screenwriter truly ever writes alone. It is my sincere hope that this blog and the YouTube channel provides a supportive community to the writers that find it encourages them to continue to nurture their talents. I'm seriously thrilled to grow and learn with you.

Please drop by the channel and Like, Subscribe and Share with your fellow screenwriters.

It's quite crazy to see how drastically life has changed since the last time I wrote here.

We were happy to get out of 2019 and onto a brighter 2020. And so far, 2020 has been one avalanche after another. This is not what we had in mind, please hold the power button for 5 seconds to initiate a hard reset, Universe.

The Corona virus (or COVID-19) has impacted every aspect of life and it is very hard not to experience several emotions throughout the day as we try to cope with our new way of life. On social media, I've seen people say to take full advantage of the down time and work on forgotten projects, start new projects or pick up a new skill. I've also seen people say don't feel obligated to start, finish or learn anything new if you don't feel up to it because *gestures wildly at the world falling apart outside*.

Another year down.

Whew.

I must say that I am absolutely THRILLED to be starting a new year and a new decade. And it isn't because I had a terrible year or anything (it was the opposite actually) but I'm so excited to see what 2020 has in store and what the 2020 decade will bring. Lots of people on social media are doing their look back at the year and decade and the only thing I've looked back on is my writing.

Ahhhh yes. The first draft. Much is made about the first draft. It's the very necessary first step in perfecting a screenplay. And as we all know, getting to the point of even having a first draft is a task within itself.

Take a look around social media and other sites about writing and you find writers lamenting about how terrible the first draft is. Now can it be annoying as hell to get through the first draft as you make your way through the story in your head (or storyboard or index cards or the random pile of sticky notes around your computer) while a million more bright ideas pop up? Yes. Absolutely. In that, you truly have a friend in me.

However, I do not believe in creating a terrible first draft.

I know, I know. "Blasphemy!" you say. "But everybody else says--" Let me stop you right there and gently remind you to click the button below and so you can read my excellent reasoning for this controversial (maybe?) stance.