Novelist Jaimie Engel on Becoming a Romcom Screenwriter

<p>In this interview with youth fantasy fiction and non-fiction writer Jaimie Engle, she describes her journey to become a RomCom screenplay writer.</p> <p> </p> <p>Great Moments in this Episode</p> <p>(4:30) How Jaime made a surprise connection to an attorney in the film industry during what she calls the Apocalypse (the first couple years of Covid)</p> <p>(6:00) Her decision to take a Zoom class on "How to write the Christmas RomCom"</p> <p>(8:20) The moment Jaime heard the news that she had landed a contract for her first screen play</p> <p>(9:25) What Jaime learned from the screenwriting class that she applied to her writing</p> <p>(11:40) The importance of cliffhangers in any kind of writing</p> <p>(16:35) What inspired the idea for the RomCom</p> <p>(17:54) The definition of a logline in screenwriting</p> <p>(19:24) How to write dialogue for a screenplay</p> <p>( 21:32) The hardest thing to remember when writing a screenplay</p> <p>(36:38) Words of the Episode: freudenfreude and preternatural</p> <p> </p> <p>Visit Jaimie Engle's website</p> <p><a href='https://thewriteengle.com/'>https://thewriteengle.com/</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Follow Journey Sixty6</p> <p><a href='https://www.journeysixty6.com/'>https://www.journeysixty6.com/</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/@journeysixty6writingforpub'>https://www.youtube.com/@journeysixty6writingforpub</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.facebook.com/journeysixty6'>https://www.facebook.com/journeysixty6</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.instagram.com/journeysixty6/'>https://www.instagram.com/journeysixty6/</a></p>