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Special Edition: So You Want To Write A Textbook
Posted by jarviswrites in Jennie, Special Editions on June 18, 2013
I’ve been teaching a workshop entitled Crafting the Character Arc for about five years now. In this workshop, I teach a step-by-step process for creating a goal-based character arc for the protagonist and supporting characters of a narrative written in any genre. Whether my attendees were writing film, comics, novels or even fan fiction, they […]
The Importance of Branding
Posted by jarviswrites in Jennie, Writer's Signature on June 4, 2013
“I’m getting discouraged,” I finally broke down and confessed to my agent. It had been three months since we started submitting my first novel to publishing houses, and even though she told me that the publishing industry crawls at a glacier-like pace, I hated that I hadn’t heard back from many editors about my book. […]
The Way, Way Back: A Love Letter To Actors Everywhere (Review)
Posted by jarviswrites in Jennie, Reviews on May 15, 2013
This evening, I had the opportunity to attend an advance screening of the film The Way, Way Back, which will open in theaters everywhere on July 5th. If you follow film news at all, then you probably know that this film was the biggest acquisition at the Sundance Film Festival and it was written and […]
Community Not Competition
Posted by jarviswrites in Jennie, The Writer's Community on May 2, 2013
Once upon a time, I was convinced that I had all the answers. I knew everything that I needed to know about getting my work out there for the world to see. Those other writer/directors out there were my competition, and they just needed to get out of my way. All I needed was someone […]
Trance: A Mosaic of Memory (Review)
Posted by jarviswrites in Jennie, Reviews on April 14, 2013
I can’t tell you how many times I have seen beginning screenwriters cling to the notion that they HAVE to use flashbacks in their work in order to tell their story. “How else can I show that my character’s actions are motivated by the fact that she was molested by her father/neighbor/uncle/priest/clown when she was […]
Screenwriting Structure – The Three Act Paradigm
Posted by jarviswrites in Jennie, Structure on April 3, 2013
This month on 5writers, we’re going to be talking about structure, and what better way to kick us off than to talk about the most structured writing that exists – screenwriting! Not only do film scripts have extremely strict rules for how the script is formatted, but the underlying structure of the story has very […]
Presenting at Conferences (Special Edition)
Posted by jarviswrites in Jennie, Special Editions on March 25, 2013
Earlier this month, I presented a workshop at MegaCon 2013, a comic book convention in Orlando, Florida. Keeping this in mind, we here at 5writers thought it might be a good idea for me to share my experience with presenting at conferences. So here is a down and dirty breakdown of the three most common […]
Jennie Giving Workshop at FWA Conference (News)
Posted by jarviswrites in Jennie, News on March 16, 2013
Five Writer’s contributor Jennie Jarvis will be conducting a workshop at the Florida Writer’s Association Conference. Let’s Talk About the Movies (Friday, October 18th at 3:30pm – exact workshop time subject to change) I have this idea that would make a GREAT movie!” I hear that a lot, but sadly, most of the people who […]
Our Support System (In Honor of Valentine’s Day)
Posted by virgowriter in Brad, Darlene, Jennie, Linda, Special Editions on February 14, 2013
In Outliers, author Malcolm Gladwell identifies many factors that contribute to an individual’s success. One of them—a standout—is that no one succeeds alone; meaning, everyone has someone who helps him or her out along the way. For writers this is perhaps crucial. We need all kinds of help, from the peers who offer feedback to […]
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