Welcome To Plotpoints Podcast! This is Plotpoints Podcast! www.plotpoints.com Show Notes October 26, 2018 EP 138 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 #vincetprice #monstermash #wilhelmscream 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 00:2:30 WHAT ARE WE WATCHING? Mark, Chris, Bruce, Derek #ozark #sisterbrothers #football #MediciMastersofFlorence #badtimesattheelroyale 00:013:30 A BRIEF HISTORY OF HORROR Le Manoir du Diable (The Devil's Castle) #GeorgesMéliès https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGKz-JYRmXo Frankenstein (1910) by #ThomasEdison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-fM9meqfQ4 Mark 00:20:30 TOP FIVE HORROR FILMS All BRUCE: #humancentipede #blairwitchproject #it #nightmareonelmstreet #theshining DEREK: #it #getout #nightmarebeforechristmas #ghostbusters #coraline CHRIS: #alien #thedescent #thedeadzone #omen #tremos MARK: #exorcist #ringu #psycho #halloween #thing 00:28:00 WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON? All #coronadelmarhighschool Need a Writing Class?  For info go to www.scriptwritingclasses.org LEARN PODCASTING For info go HERE 00:47:00 DEREK and BRUCE SIGN OFF 00:48:30 A&A 1| Do you include camera directions in your script? 2| How do you make the first page stand out 3| How do write what you know? 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.