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Category Archives: Tell The Damn Story (Satellite)
Tell The Damn Story #126: Are ReWrites An Author’s Path To Heaven or Hell?
In this episode, Chris and Alex explore the next segment of their GET YOUR WRITE ON series. Rewriting — how to seed what you need in your stories so the climax to pays off. They talk almost exclusively about the … Continue reading
Tell The Damn Story # 125: VICTOR, A PAUSE TO PAY TRIBUTE
This week, Alex and Chris pay tribute to Archie Comics legend Victor Gorelick, the oldest editor in comics, who has died this week. He was a sweet guy, a major fount of comic industry knowledge, and a good friend to … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, Archie, betty, brooklyn, cartoons, Comics, high school of industrial arts, jughead, Michael Uslan, veronica, writers
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Tell The Damn Story #124: A WRITER’S SUPER BRAWL – HOW TO PLAY IN THE BIG GAME OF GETTING YOUR STORY RIGHT
It might be Super Bowl Sunday for everyone else, but for Alex Simmons and Christopher Ryan, it is time to Tell The Damn Story. Today we talk about many topics including Morning Meditations by Alex “guru” Simmons, and, in our … Continue reading
Tell The Damn Story #123: HOW TO GET YOUR WRITE ON #3 – READY, SETTING, GO!
It’s Where, When, and How Much do you need to decide before writing a good story! This week Alex and Chris discuss Rod Serling, tease an upcoming Twilight Zone TTDS episode, a black out in the subway, and setting, setting, setting! … Continue reading
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Tagged amediting, amrewriting, amwriting, rodserling, setting, twilightzone, writing
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Tell The Damn Story #122: What Is A Writers’ Toughest Challenge? Or Tales From The Comments
This week Alex and I catch up on our separate creative projects, give a huge shout out to a truly fun podcast (besides this one, of course), and we use our “Get Your Write On” segment to respond to your … Continue reading
Tell The Damn Story #121: For Writers What’s The Big Story Behind, “LITTLE WOMEN?”
After weeks of Alex fretting about the quality of the new film version of “Little Women” both he and Chris (and the goddess) went to see #LittleWomen and they discuss the film, earlier versions of it, and Louisa May Alcott’s … Continue reading
Tell The Damn Story #120: A 2020 Look At Getting It Write
Alex and Chris launch a new decade with a new feature, “Get Yer Write On” offering practical advice on a wide range of storytelling skills, this week including Motivation (two kinds!), Character, Conflict, and Creating a Character’s Arc. And that’s … Continue reading
Another Angel in Rock and Roll Heaven, Schoolhouse Rock That Is.
Sorry to hear this. I had the pleasure of meeting him a few years back when we did an event benefit for Ronald McDonald House and a hospital in Brooklyn. Great guy lots of fun. I truly understood where his … Continue reading
Tell The Damn Story #119: The Last Decade, Yours Mine & Ours
It’s TELL YOUR OWN DAMN STORY about the teens as Alex and Chris tell theirs. “We’ll leave “Best ofs” and “Top Ten” lists for others to share, and we are grateful for their ideas as we look back to look … Continue reading
Tell The Damn Story #118: What’s A Creative To Do With 2019
This week Alex and Chris say goodbye to a decade –goodbye twenty-teens –and prep for 2020 by talking to Creatives about how they can use the technological and social media revolution of the last decade to curate the best fuel … Continue reading
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