Welcome To Plotpoints Podcast! This is Plotpoints Podcast! www.plotpoints.com NOTE: Sorry this is late - had some actual weather here in SoCal and the lightning shut down the electricity which damaged the podcast file I was working on at the time. Had to start from scratch!  Grrrr... Show Notes October 12, 2018 EP 137 Co-hosts are Author/Screenwriter Christopher Stires, Filmmakers Derek Nguyen and Bruce Kasra join Mark Sevi. #Starbeasts #PaladinsJourney #RebelNation #TheInheritance #DarkLegend #dereknguyen #brucekasra #theoval Starbeasts Chris' Amazon Page Chris' BarnesAndNoble See Chris' full bio at end of the show notes. DEREK'S IMDB PAGE 00:00:00 Intro #sonsofanarchytheme Mark 00:01:30 WELCOME/TABLE TALK - WHAT IS YOUR PROCESS? Mark, Chris, Bruce, Derek #filmandphotographysociety #ucla #uclafilm #brianltran #spineless #eroticstoryartist #dirkdickless CONGRATS TO CHRIS for signing contracts on his 7th novel. Starbeast available on Amazon.com Chris' Amazon page: HERE 00:11:30 WHAT ARE WE WATCHING? Mark, Chris, Bruce, Derek #maniac #mandy #bluebloods #starisborn #ladygaga #bradleycooper #nickcage #manifest #lost #xfiles 00:019:00 WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON? Mark, Chris, Derek, Bruce 00:23:00 MULTIPLE DRAFTS Mark 00:28:00 FEMALE VILLAINS Chris (and all) Need a Writing Class?  For info go to www.scriptwritingclasses.org LEARN PODCASTING For info go HERE 00:34:00 ENDINGS I'D REWRITE All Bruce: #DarkKNightRises Derek: #HowIMetYourMother Chris: #Psycho Mark: #sonsofanarchy 00:45:00 WRAP UP, PART I 00:47:00 WRAP UP, PART II FILM NETWORKING and INDUSTRY GUESTS?  YES!  UPCOMING AT C3 Vape and Coffee (www.ocfilmandtv.com) MEETUP DETAILS Need a Writing Class?  For info go to www.scriptwritingclasses.org #scriptwritingclasses.org #ocscreenwriters #ocfilmandtv #alejandroseri #finaldraft  QUESTIONS?  COMMENTS? 919-Scripts www.ocscreenwriters.com #ocscreenwriters Why Does Your Screenplay Get Rejected? (Mark's article for Creative Screenwriting Magazine) www.ocfilmandtv.com #richdalessio #c3vapeandcoffee Call 816-WRITERS for info on the MeetUps Meetup www.ocscreenwriters.com / www.ocfilmandtv.com HEY! Tell us what is your favorite Scifi, Romantic Comedy or Comic Book movie? Call (919) Scripts and shout it out to us. Resources: 919-SCRIPTS to leave a message/ask questions. www.plotpoints.com (show blog and more) www.ocscreenwriters.com - by writers for writers. Be Inspired, Do Good Work! Need a Writing Class?  For info go to www.scriptwritingclasses.org #scriptwritingclasses.org Writers Guild Registration – www.wgawregistry.org U.S. Copyright Office - www.copyright.gov Podcast available on iTunes All Material copyright (c) Mark Sevi #marksevi Christopher Stires is a novelist, short-story writer and screenwriter living in Riverside CA. He has four novels currently in print. PALADIN’S JOURNEY, REBEL NATION, DARK LEGEND, and THE INHERITANCE (Winner of the 2003 Dream Realm Award for Horror) are available from Zumaya Publications (http://www.zumayapublications.com/). PALADIN’S JOURNEY: SABIAN (the sequel to PALADIN’S JOURNEY) will soon be released by Zumaya. STARBEAST (a reprint/retitle of TO THE MOUNTAIN OF THE BEAST) will soon be released by World Castle Publishing (http://www.worldcastlepublishing.com/home.html). He has had more than 70 short stories and articles appear in publications in the United States, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Finland, France, Greece, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. With co-writer, Mark Sevi, he has had one screenplay optioned. He is a member of Facebook and Goodreads.