Welcome To Plotpoints Podcast! This is Plotpoints Podcast! www.plotpoints.com Show Notes March 01, 2019 EP 147 Author/Screenwriter Christopher Stires, Author/Filmmaker Lorenzo Porricelli, Teacher/Author/Screenwriter Raymond Obstfeld Join Mark Sevi. #Starbeasts #PaladinsJourney #RebelNation #TheInheritance #DarkLegend Starbeasts Chris' Amazon Page Chris' BarnesAndNoble See Chris' full bio at end of the show notes. Raymond Obstfeld is a writer of poetry, non-fiction, fiction, and screenplays.  He has written over 50 novels. Solo and recently with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar he has won several awards for his work.  He is also a staff writer on the reboot of the TV show Veronica Mars. Full Bio At Bottom Of Page Raymond's Amazon Page #raymondobstfeld #KareemAbdulJabbar #robthomas #veronicamars #kristenbell #LaramieDunaway #MycroftHolmes  00:00:00 Intro #dandywarhols Veronica Mars Clip Mark 00:01:30 WELCOME/TABLE TALK/BLAH BLAH BLAH All 00:5:35 WORKING ON All Working with Kareem and other topics. 00:10:57  SO SPAKE RAYMOND: WORKING ON VERONICA MARS And OTHER JOYS Writers Room, Kristen Bell, Rob Thomas Raymond 00:33:50 TOP MOVIES BASED ON EVENTS (NOT CHARACTERS) All CHRIS: In the line of duty Zulu Unstoppable Dogdayafternoon All The President's Men LARRY: All the President's Men Kings Speech Titanic Munich Great Escape RAYMOND: All the President's Men Dog Day Afternoon Bridge On The River Kwai The Right Stuff Great Escape MARK: The Man Who Invented Christmas Inherit The Wind Day of the Jackal The Post Social Network Need a Writing Class?  For info go to www.scriptwritingclasses.org LEARN PODCASTING For info go HERE 00:42:00 Q&A Is Location Important in a Script? Raymond/Mark 00:45:00 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   QUESTIONS?  COMMENTS? 919-Scripts www.ocscreenwriters.com Write Better Dialogue - Mark's Latest 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. Raymond Obstfeld published his first novel, The Goulden Fleece, when he was 24. His second novel, Dead Heat, was nominated for an Edgar by the Mystery Writers of America. Although he has published extensively under his own name, he has also written under the pseudonyms Pike Bishop (the Western series Diamondback),