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Reckless Creatives: Live with Scott Myers

Recorded

May 16, 2023

Duration

2 Hours

Cost

Free

Subjects

Publishing, Screenwriting

Topic

Craft

Reckless Creatives podcast co-hosts, Jeanne Veillette Bowerman and Sadie Dean, have a live conversation with the legendary Scott Myers about screenwriting, the life of an artist, his new book, The Protagonist's Journey: An Introduction to Character-Driven Screenwriting and Storytelling, and so much more.

If you listen to Reckless Creatives, now you can participate and ask questions!

Join us for the fun.

Scott has thoughts on the WGA strike, too. Check his blog for updates.

[Note: For the MovieMaker article on dos and don'ts for pre-WGA writers during the WGA strike, read here.]

Resources discussed:

The Protagonist's Journey: An Introduction to Character-Driven Screenwriting and Storytelling
Scott's site: Go Into the Story
Scott's WGA strike updates
Scott's Facebook group: Zero Draft Thirty
MovieMaker article "Dos and Don'ts for Pre-WGA Writers"
Follow Scott: @gointothestory
Follow Sadie: @SadieKDean
Follow Jeanne: @jeannevb

Host

Jeanne Veillette Bowerman
Jeanne Veillette Bowerman is a Senior Executive at Pipeline Media Group and Book Pipeline, Editor-in-Chief of Pipeline Artists, co-host of the Pipeline Artists original podcasts, "Reckless Creatives" and "The Story Will Save You," former Editor-in-Chief of Script magazine and a former Senior Editor at Writer's Digest. Her Script column "Balls of Steel" was selected as recommended reading by Universal Writers Program. A […]

Panelists

Scott Myers
Scott Myers has written over thirty movie and TV projects at almost every major Hollywood studio and broadcast network. His screenwriting credits include K-9, Alaska, and Trojan War. Since 2008, Scott has hosted GoIntoTheStory.com, the official screenwriting blog of the Black List and named Best of the Best Scriptwriting Website by Writer’s Digest. He has taught master classes and […]
Sadie Dean
Sadie Dean is a writer, filmmaker and musician based in Los Angeles. She is the Editor of Script Magazine, writes the screenwriting column Take Two for Writer’s Digest print magazine and is the co-host of the podcast Reckless Creatives for Pipeline Artists. Sadie has been serving the screenwriting community for nearly a decade by providing resources, contests, consulting, events, and education for writers […]

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