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August 2005

August 19, 2005

See Barb in Seattle…and the Act One Roadshow!

-------------- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE --------------ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD STARTS IN SEATTLE – SCREENWRITERS’ WORKSHOP PLANNEDEach year,...

August 19, 2005

A Very Good Idea…

My dear friend, Zoe Romanowsky St. Paul, has just started a ministry as a life-coach...

August 18, 2005

From George Barna…

[Just passing it on...]A Special Announcement From George Barna:Over the years, outstanding films like Ben...

August 17, 2005

It’s All in the Details

Well, how about that! The feature on Act One in Details magazine came out pretty...

August 17, 2005

Act One Book Report

Our upcoming Act One book is getting a "Starred Review" in Publishers Weekly's Religion Update...

August 17, 2005

Fr. Willy at WYD

Friend, Fr. Willy Raymond, Director of Family Theater Productions here in Hollywood, is off in...

August 16, 2005

Heads Up for Another Cool Doc

Here is the poster for a new documentary that premiere's Saturday in Los Angeles. It...

August 16, 2005

Bugtime Adventures

Bugtime: "Blessing in Disguise"For the last couple years, I've been on the Board of a...

August 15, 2005

ART WITHIN ANNOUNCES…

ATLANTA-BASED ARTS & MEDIA GROUP LAUNCHES NATIONAL SCREENWRITER SEARCH AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMArt Within Accepting Applications...

August 11, 2005

Big Mouthed Bass Relax!

...for Barb "Scourge of Great Pond" has left the Belgrade Lakes Region. Just coming from...

August 06, 2005

A New Thing…ACT ONE SCREENWRITING WEEKENDS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE --------------ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD EXTENDS ACROSS U.S. – SCREENWRITERS’ WORKSHOPS PLANNEDEach year, hundreds...

August 05, 2005

This is good, right?

You scored as Albus Dumbledore. Strong and powerful you admirably defend your world and your...

August 05, 2005

Almost Time to Exhale…

Today is the last official day of classes for the summer screenwriting program. Tomorrow evening,...

August 05, 2005

Narnimania

Friend, Paul Lauer, whose company Motive Entertainment is on the team to market the December...

August 03, 2005

The First Thumbs Up!

Here is a very encouraging review of our November release Act One book Behind the...

August 03, 2005

NYTimes on Da Vinci

I've got two pretty inarticulate ravings in an article that just came out in the...

August 02, 2005

Peacocks!

In between Act One-ing, I am co-writing a screenplay with screenwriter Benedict Fitzgerald. Along with...

July 2005

July 29, 2005

Jan Gets Harry

Sorry I've been a bad blogger lately. Chalk it up to running two programs this...

July 27, 2005

The Island Misses the Boat

"Too bad." That's what I thought coming out of the theater this weekend after screening...

July 20, 2005

It’s Official! Act One Nashville 2006!

After intense global competition, with cities like Seattle, Orlando, New York, Chicago and Austin making...

July 20, 2005

Verrrrrrrrrrrrry Scary

The trailer for my friend Scott Derrickson's new movie, The Exorcism of Emily Rose is...

July 18, 2005

A Letter I’m Sick of Writing

I was recently asked to give notes on a screenplay that is being produced by...

July 18, 2005

Emily Monday

(Okay, it's a gorgeous Southern Cal summer day...so here's my favorite Dickinson poem...)#214I taste a...

July 14, 2005

Medievalism is SO Happening

You scored as Anselm. Anselm is the outstanding theologian of the medieval period.He sees man's...

July 14, 2005

Some REAL Act One Photos

Here are some shots of our new Executive Program opening retreat. The retreat hppened at...

July 13, 2005

Details Gets the Picture…Er, A Picture, Anyway

From the very beginning, my practice with secular journalists has been to give them near...

July 13, 2005

States in Which There is No Screenwriting

create your own personalized map of the USA...That would be the white states. I KNOW...

July 12, 2005

SEE BARB AND SEAN AND LEARN SCREENWRITING IN NYC

Act One alumnus and Advisory Board member Sean Gaffney and I will be co-teaching a...

July 12, 2005

Another Great Quote

"When God intervenes in human history, he usually gets two things: the wrong person and...

July 11, 2005

Emily Monday

#579I had been hungry, all the Years --My Noon had Come -- to dine --I...