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Category Archives: Tell The Damn Story (Satellite)
Tell The Damn Story #146: How To Tell The Damn Story Summer Writing Series – Part One
This week, Alex and Chris launch a month-long workshop, the “HOW TO TELL THE DAMN STORY SUMMER SERIES.” Each week in July, we will join with special guests to focus on a different aspect of the creative process. This episode … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, poetry, pop culture, rap, spoken word, storytelling, writing process, writing tips
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Tell The Damn Story #145: TTDS PRESENTS “BLACKJACK: ONLY SECONDS LEFT TO LIVE” and More …
This week, Alex and Chris present a Blackjack story created by Tim Fielder in the furious wake of Charlottesville, back in 2017. Fate worked against us publishing it at the time, and during each subsequent horrific racist tragedy. But George … Continue reading
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Tagged #timfielder, Charloteville, writerscommunity, writing tips
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Tell The Damn Story #144: WHAT “IFFING” TWILIGHT ZONE SEASON TWO
And no, we’re not PC cursing in the title. Alex and Chris enjoy a fun and intriguing episode of Tell The Damn Story with special guest pop culture author, Caseen Gaines ( @caseengaines ), speculating about the upcoming season 2 … Continue reading
Tell The Damn Story #143: HOW TO TAKE OLD WORLD THEMES & CREATE PRESENT DAY MOVIE and TV GOLD!
For filmmakers and novelist what’s old is new again, and again, and again! It always has been! And Alex & Chris do a Bill and Ted by going back in time to prove it First, remember long time DC … Continue reading
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Tagged AbbottandCostello, AnimalHouse, BillAndTedFaceTheMusic, BrooklynTheMovie2015, filmstudent, IntruderInTheDust, JayandSilentBob, JustMercy, LaurelandHardy, LittleWoman1933, LittleWomen, LittleWomen2019, RealityTV, screenwriter, SummerOf42, SusanSleptHere, TheInvisibleMan1933, TheInvisibleMan2020, TheQuietMan, TheThinMan, writer
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Tell The Damn Story #142: REFLECTING LIFE THROUGH ART, OR THE UNCOMFORTABLE ROAD TO PROGRESS CAN INSPIRE
Whatever genre we choose, the stories we tell past, present or future, benefit from what we see, experience, and learn. For all artists time is the canvas and living the brush. This week Alex and Chris record a sequel of … Continue reading
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Tagged #characters, #communicate, #creativescreate, #global, #history, #nonviolence, #plots, #protesters, #race, #racism, #research, #writers
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Tell The Damn Story #140: Is All Art Political & All Artists Merely The Voice?
This week Alex and Chris explore a multitude of answers to the question, Is All Art Political? And, Are All Artist Obligated to Create Political Art? Using examples from the #MCU #MarkTwain, #DCComics, #AynRand, #GeorgeOrwell and many other works (including … Continue reading
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Tagged Archie, AynRand, Blackjack Trial By Fire, DCComics, GeorgeOrwell, MarkTwain, MCU, Obama, Palin, SteveDitko, Trevor von Eden
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Tell The Damn Story 139: Raiding Our Creative Energies, A Childhood Blessing
Today Alex and Chris celebrate creativity long past and brand new! We discuss the documentary “Raiders” (NetFlix) which is all about a group of 11-year-olds who decided to re-create “Raiders of the Lost Ark” shot for shot, the seven years … Continue reading
Simmons Talks Creativity On International Podcast
Hey Folks: Talk about Social Distancing! This morning (5/14/20) I was interviewed on the program, THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE, out of Yekaterinburg, Russia! Once again, it was a challenge to hold back my usual super energetic storytelling, so the interpreter could … Continue reading
Tell The Damn Story #138: TTDS, FAMILY REUNION
And it is a Family Reunion when Alex Simmons and Chris Ryan catch up with TTDS co-founder Tim Fielder. Alex, Chris and Tim created this show 138 episodes ago to discuss the wide range of media they called home. Tim’s … Continue reading
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