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CARGO 3120: The CARGO Novella!

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The Making of a SciFi Franchise #23
by Daymond C. Roman

Yes! It’s here, it’s here, it’s finally here!!! That’s exactly what my feelings were when Aaron told me he launched the first novella of Cargo on Amazon. Because, as you know, this was an extremely long and arduous road in getting to this moment.

So, the last time I wrote one of these. I was talking about another setback and was trying to find the bright side of the situation in order to learn, grow, and keep going. However, since then, I have gone through a flurry of emotions and life changes both professional and personal that had me wanting to quit.

As a matter of fact, I remember texting Aaron one day with the intentions of telling him. I was going to focus on “something more productive” is how I rationalized it in my mind. But, before I could even get to tell him that, he inspired me to keep going, showing me on a deeper level what being in a team is all about (Because really, I was out, hahahaha!) read article

Peggy Bechko Ponders the Prologue

This is the Audi Prologue. Cool Car, yeah?
This is the Audi Prologue. Cool Car, yeah?

by Peggy Bechko

Ya gotta start the story somewhere right? Whether screen script, TV or novel. Sometimes we can just jump right into the story following that old adage “start late and finish early”, but other times we need a little something to kick start things. It can be particularly important in Science Fiction or Fantasy or Horror to give the viewer a hint at what’s coming and engage him.

It’s a bit more straightforward with a movie. The prologue can actually be a springboard into what happens next. It’s usually something that foreshadows some element in your script that slithers throughout the main element of the story or it’s something that lets the viewer know the characters of the movies wouldn’t have been in the upcoming situation if not for this happening. Think about the latest Jurassic World. The gigantic water predator (whatever the heck its long scientific name was) leaping out of the water and devouring… foreshadows what happens later in the movie. Ponder The Sixth Sense in which the viewer sees a shooting of a psychologist before the meat of the story begins.

Now I do want to add here, since I’m writing on TV Writer, that TV is a different animal in that TV most often offers ‘teasers’ rather than full prologues. Instead of a flowing element like in a movie at the beginning it more likely to have bits showing to entice viewing – such as a shot of this or that, the arrival of main characters on the scene and into the story. HOUSE, one of my favorite shows, did it admirably with medical conditions, who’s sick, how, why, what’s House’s (or one of his doctors’) problem this week, and into the story and the scrolling titles. read article

The WGAW is Having a Contest

…And all members are invited to enter sans any fee.

Well, almost all members.

Here’s the skinny:

As the online video world grows, content creators must cast a wide net

Making your own videos? What’s your target media? TV? Interweb? Play Station? Your wi-fi connected refrigerator? Got all your bases covered? Are you sure?

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by David Pierson

Julie Nolke, a cook and host on the digital food and travel channel Tastemade, had just finished filming her amped-up take on the Canadian favorite poutine — a mess of crispy fries smothered with cheese curds, bacon and gravy, spiked with beer and maple syrup.

Then it was time for the editing team to start stirring, cutting the footage different ways to get the video in front of as many eyeballs as possible — wherever they may be. read article

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