WRITE YOUR OWN TICKET - WONDERCON WRITERS’ JOURNEY PANEL WITH ERIKA ALEXANDER, TONY PURYEAR, HANNIBAL TABU + MARC SCOTT ZICREE (MF GALAXY 131)

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THE MOST IMPORTANT PSYCHOLOGICAL STEP TO TAKE AS A WRITER; JOB-SHADOWING ROD SERLING FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE; HOW + WHERE YOU CAN FIND THE RIGHT MENTOR + TOP SCRIPTS; WRITING YOUR BIO RIGHT

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 A few months back I shared with you a panel convened by comix creator, TV writer, documentarian, and filmmaker Brandon Easton from the 2016 San Diego Comic Con Writers' Journey panel full of the specific how-to advice become a professional writer in comics, TV, and film.

In today's episode of MF GALAXY, Brandon Easton is back from the 2015 WonderCon Anaheim Writers' Journey Panel, and this time with actor, television writer, and comix writer Erika Alexander, with screenwriter and comix creator Tony Puryear, with comix critic and writer Hannibal Tabu, and with author, television writer, and indie filmmaker Marc Scott Zicree.

In today's episode of MF GALAXY, they discuss:
  • The single most important procedural and psychological step to take as a writer
  • The value of job-shadowing Rod Serling from beyond the grave
  • How and where you can find the right mentor and why you must
  • Where to find the awful and excellent scripts you need to read
  • The importance of writing your bio right, and
  • The surprising early failure of one of the most successful writers in US history
Many thanks to DeWayne Copeland who recorded the video for this conversation. You can find the complete video online at MFGALAXY.org and a link to Copeland's work, which includes my MF GALAXY conversation with him about his superhero web TV series CV Nation.

Thanks also to Brandon Easton for permission to use the audio; check my many conversations with him in the show archive, and watch for his upcoming film DDX: Department of Disclosure debuting August 18, 2017, starring Anthony Montgomery from Star Trek: Enterprise and Rene Rosado from Major Crimes.

Brandon Easton Twitter
Brandon Easton IMDb
Creative Screenwriting.com
Fools' Crusade blog
WonderCon 2015 Writers' Journey panel
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Hannibal Tabu.com
Marc Scott Zicree IMDb
Marc Scott Zicree's crowdfunded Space Command
DeWayne Copeland's CV Nation
MF GALAXY interview with DeWayne Copeland on CV Nation

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