Welcome To Plotpoints Podcast! This is Plotpoints Podcast! www.plotpoints.com Show Notes January 18, 2019 EP 144 Author/Screenwriter Christopher Stires, Filmmaker Bruce Kasra, Writer Bob Semerau Join Mark Sevi. #Starbeasts #PaladinsJourney #RebelNation #TheInheritance #DarkLegend Starbeasts Chris' Amazon Page Chris' BarnesAndNoble See Chris' full bio at end of the show notes. Bob Semerau is a past president, currently Executive Director of The Outdoor Writers Association of California (owac.org) and a regular featured columnist with The Western Outdoor News. WESTERN OUTDOOR NEWS  OWAC.ORG 00:00:00 Intro #shutupandifsh #maddieandtae #tharsheblows Mark 00:01:00 WELCOME/TABLE TALK/USELESS CHATTER All 00:3:00 GOLDEN GLOBE DISCUSSSION Congrats to all nominees and winners! All 00:7:15 WHAT ARE WE WRITING? All #onceuponatimeinamerica 00:23:00 BOB'S TOP FIVE FISHING MOVIES  Robert Semerau #theriverwhy #salmonfishingontheyemen #ariverrunsthroughit #mobydisk #oldmanandthesea Hon. Mention: #toddmoen #riversofthelostcoast 00:27:36 CHRIS AND BRUCE'S TOP SOMETHING LIST Bruce Kasra, Chris Stires BRUCE'S TOP 5 MOVIE ASSASSINS: #inbruges #manwiththegoldengun #collateral #nocountryforoldmen #terminator2 CHRIS' TOP 5 MOVIES BASED/INSPIRED ON TRUE STORIES: #greatescape #shakespeareinlove #searchingforbobbyfisher #hiddenfigures #tombstone 45:45 COMMERCIAL Need a Writing Class?  For info go to www.scriptwritingclasses.org LEARN PODCASTING For info go HERE 00:46:55 Q&A Why don't producers like to just say no to your script straight out? Mark 00:51:30 THANKS AND OUT! All 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.