Dialogue

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Feb. 20 Dialogue: The Writer in Residence Jocelyn Brown gave me a tip about dialogue when she read the Rain script:

"A very important thing to understand is that dialogue from real life does not necessarily become real in a story. So the IM talk you had does not fit, completely, in the world of your script. It doesn’t matter that it was 'real' in life. Writers have to make things seem real within their invented worlds."

I emailed her back: "You're right about what works in real life, may not exactly translate well in the script. The last Writer in Residence Marty Chan said that to me, but it was over another script (The Vertex Fighter.)"

Feb. 22: I then emailed Jocelyn my next 10 pages of the Rain script. She said she's too busy, and can only give one session per writer, and to come back in the summer.

production company/ Microbusiness Training Centre

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Feb. 17 Production Company: I was doing research for my production company to submit my form to the Microbusiness Training Centre and I found this video on ehow.com:

http://www.ehow.com/video_4988857_start-production-company.html

Here's how to make a production company:

Pick a name
Go to City Hall and fill out a business license.

Sole proprietorship (means only you work there.)
Partnership (working with one or more people). Get their names, and Social Security numbers.
Corporation: Group of people, you have networth and assets.

Next step is to write a fictitious business statement. Make an official announcement of your company.

Register your company's domain name on the internet. You may not want a website right now, but it would be smart to register it in case later on in the future you will use it.

Get an attorney.

Microbusiness Training Centre: Today I got a letter in the mail, and I've been rejected from the self-employment training program. Which is totally okay. I learned a lot from that 2hr session there. I did the module and it was very interesting because the questions are personal/ behavioral. It was like taking those quizzes in those teen magazines. lol.

They asked really good questions about you and your company. If you want to start up your own business, I highly recommend you go to the Microbusiness Training Centre.

Module A: Who are you? Self-assessment, creativity, time management. What are your goals?

Module B: About business plan components.

1. Define your company.
2. Defining products and services.
3. Market research.
4. Target market.
5. Competition analysis.
6. Marketing plan.
7. Operations plan.
8. Financial plan- income, expenses, corporate tax to pay.
9. Risk analysis.

Module C: Learn to sell.

Broken leg theory: This is about what if you broke your leg, what happens to your business? Good question, good theory.

Outcome: A written business plan.

They provide you monthly group network sessions, individual coaching, outcome.

Eligibility: You are eligible to get in the training program if you are 18 yrs old. You are employed but wanting to leave your job (requires govt. authorized counseled to leave for you to collect EI.) You can be secondary EI, like you gotten EI in the past 3 yrs.

Jocelyn Brown/ Swim Faster Productions/ Rain script

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Feb. 8 The Vertex Fighter:

Jocelyn Brown: Today is my day off, so I emailed the writer-in-residence Jocelyn Brown on my Rain script. She was supposed to send me her notes on it.

LinkedIn: I also went on LinkedIn and worked on my profile a lot more. It's mainly for these reasons, I listed:

1. To get an office assistant position.
2. To get a writer's job for a magazine or an office.
3. On my side project to get The Vertex Fighter script produced.

Producer: I added the producer Benjamin Ross Hayden on LinkedIn, and he confirmed it. I then emailed him to thank him, and to pitch The Vertex Fighter.

Feb. 9 Swim Faster Productions: I was on microbusiness.ca and found out that they helped build a TV production company called Swim Faster Productions. The student is Joel Abrahamson, who went through the training course to be an entrepreneur.

Feb. 13 Rain script: It was so cool last week. The Writer in Residence (from the Edmonton Public Library) Jocelyn Brown actually read my Rain script that I sent her. She read the first 10 pages. The pros were that she thought the pacing was really good because the story moved fast. The Grant MacEwan Writer in Residence Lynn Coady said that too.

The cons were the dialogue. A lot of writers and producers always said to me that it doesn't sound like real people talking, and that the characters sound the same. I'm working on it.

Characters: The comment I didn't get before is Brown said that my Rain character is more of a type, than an individual. She did say Eddie is the strongest character because he has the most personality. I remember the other EPL Writer in Residence Chris Craddock saying Eddie was his favorite character.

Jonathan Joffe/ John Kerr/ Kyle Riabko

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Jan. 27 The Vertex Fighter:

Producers:

Jonathan Joffe: The producer Jonathan Joffe has added me on LinkedIn. I added him a couple of months ago. I had emailed him, reminding him that we had contacted each other before. In 2009, I emailed my script pitch to him. He wanted to read the script, he read it, and rejected it.

Two years later, I added him on LinkedIn and reminded him of The Vertex Fighter. I was really happy about him adding me on LinkedIn.

Jan. 30 John Kerr: I pitched to him my new script Rain, but he said he was too busy. However, he did send me these 3 documents. One was about pitching, one was about theme, character, story. The last one was "The Top 10 Essential Script Questions."

The first question was "Do I like it?" There are subsequent questions to it like: "Does it make me feel anything?" Yes.

"Do I care enough to champion it for years?"
Yes, I have proven that by pitching The Vertex Fighter since 2008.

Actor: I thought of one of my favorite singer/actor Kyle Riabko in The Vertex Fighter. I can see him in the club. On my www.badcb.blogspot.com post called "coincidence/ crazy news/ writing" (Oct. 4,2010), I wrote about him:

"Kyle Riabko: I was going to quit watching 90210, but yesterday I had free time. It's a good thing I tuned in because one of my favorite singers Kyle Riabko was on. I forgot he was on."

A blog comment from Anna said: "Check out Kyle's new film 'Rising Stars' coming to GrandRapids, Tulsa & Nashville on Friday!! http://bit.ly/StaRZ "

Feb. 1 Law of Attraction: I was thinking about The Secret again about the law of attraction. My sister gave me her old Cosmopolitan magazines, and there was an interview with this CEO talking about focusing on getting what you want. The CEO said about before going to sleep, take 90 secs to imagine what you want.

I imagined being on the set of The Vertex Fighter. Cut the club the Vertex.

I can see Graham Wardle (Heartland) as the lead. The brother Craig Olejnik (The Listener) is there. Aaron Douglas (The Bridge) and Kit Cope (real MMA fighter) there. I see singer/ actress Cory Lee there.

Just by imagining it, I am able to focus on the first choice actors of the five main characters.

Video: John Kerr has a Vimeo account where you can watch his work. I saw this one "Indy 500 on ABC Opening Tease (2010)." It features Nascar drivers like Danica Patrick.

http://vimeo.com/23982111