Plotpoints Podcast – Episode 102 2017.05.21

Show notes May 25, 2017- ep02 – Plotpoints Podcast  00:00:00 INTRO - THIS WEEK ON PODCAST          Mary Claire Anderson This week Plotpoints ranged far and wide with a strong focus on what we do which is write, write, write - oh, and talk about writing!   No interview this week but plenty of interesting topics and tips!  This...is Plotpoints Podcast featuring #MarkSevi, #MaryClaireAnderson, #TobyWallwork, (#Mark, #MC, #Toby)  00:00:15 INTRO MUSIC  00:00:49 INTRO          Mark Sevi  Thanks to all who listened to the 1st ep and gave us feedback!  We're learning!  00:01:43 THIS WEEK IN WRITING Mark Sevi, Mary Claire Anderson, Toby Wallwork  - Mark, MC and Toby talked about their writing issues and what they've been working on.  Mark mentioned he had written 30 pages but it was 10 pages on three different (exploratory) scripts and he wasn't even sure he'd keep any of them although he liked all the pages.  However, this isn't a negative according to Mark since he's happy to discover if a project is viable or not by writing 10-20 pages to see if said concept is sustainable and dumping it for later if he doesn't see a story developing.  MC bemoaned the fact that she is a perfectionist and hypercritical of her own work that is more likely not to be released for critique in Mark's writing classes at #IVC (Irvine Valley College.)   Mark suggested that she not be so critical and go ahead and submit it to the workshop for critique.  It helps to get other opinions and ideas.  Toby was a bad boy and didn't do his homework.  Actually, he is too busy being a professional editor to do much writing so he demurred on the question this week but sparked good discussion on another writing topic by following up on Mark's comments.  Resources: Writing Workshop: Mark's classes at IVC (123getsmart.com)         www.scriptwritingclasses.org (info on Mark's classes)   00:12:20 LEGENDARY WRITERS          Mark Sevi Mark recounts the life and times of one of his writing heroes who wrote and produced many live TV dramas in the nascent days of TV