Showing posts with label University of Chicago. Show all posts
Showing posts with label University of Chicago. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Out On The Wire


Here in Los Angeles, we spend a lot of time in our cars, whether we like it or not.   Most of us don't. Listening to the stories on the radio, however, helps transport us to other worlds.   Helps us forget we're stuck in traffic.   Helps us be more interesting, compelling characters.

This graphic novel is a fun book to read wherever.  Helps you understand how stories get on the radio.   Explains what makes a good story great.   Why radio endures.

As a professional storyteller and a writing teacher/mentor, I often make the very same points Jessica Abel illustrates so well.   I just may  have to assign Jessica Abel's novel as required reading to my students.  Abel is a fellow University of Chicago alum so I'm thrilled for her success.

It's also fun to see names with faces.  So that's what Glynn Washington and Alix Spiegel look like. Everything you wanted to know about public radio, but didn't know whom to ask.

I received this book from Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review.

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

This is how I sold a TV pilot.

The University of Chicago asked me how I sold a TV pilot

Here is the link to the blog post.

http://www.uchicagoartsalumni.org/blog.html?aid=256

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Press Release! Online Version!

For those of you who asked when the feature was going to appear....
the online version is here....
March April 2012 issue
Career change | The University of Chicago Magazine