We talked with screenwriter Charlotte Winters about why we shouldn't quit our day jobs but embrace them instead. Charlotte reads from Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert to inspire us to not force our creativity to make us a living. By placing our creativity in it's proper place, we create with more freedom and joy.

Charlotte is an award-winning screenwriter with an MFA from UCLA who associate produced a show on behalf of The History Channel, lectured at UCLA, and freelanced at WB and FX.

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Charlotte's email address (if people want to join the Screenwriting Power Hour): charlotte@modernscreenplay.com

Accidental Medical Discoveries: How Tenacity and Pure Dumb Luck Changed the World P by Robert Winters

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Bob Sáenz That's Not the Way It Works: a no-nonsense look at the craft and business of screenwriting

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Write Anyway: Giving Yourself Permission to Write No Matter What

We talk with cowriters Sophie Gardiner and Fiona Ross about how they WRITE BETTER TOGETHER! We also talk about confidence and the power of collaboration.

Full Show Notes

We continue our conversation about indie artists with Dean Diehl!

Dean Diehl shares why indie and amateur artists are essential for moving an art form forward, and why writers must have intrinsic motivations to create good work.

Dr. Dean Diehl worked in the music industry for 35+ years, working with artists such as Jars of Clay, Casting Crowns, and Michael W. Smith. Most recently, he worked as Senior Vice President of Strategy for Provident Entertainment, a division of Sony. He now exclusively teaches music business and entrepreneurship at Trevecca Nazarene University. He is also the author of Crawl Walk Run: Finding the courage to start your own small business...one step at at time.

Dr. Dean Diehl worked in the music industry for 35+ years, working with artists such as Jars of Clay, Casting Crowns, and Michael W. Smith. Most recently, he worked as Senior Vice President of Strategy for Provident Entertainment, a division of Sony. He now exclusively teaches music business and entrepreneurship at Trevecca Nazarene University. He is also the author of Crawl Walk Run: Finding the courage to start your own small business...one step at at time.

Dean Diehl shares why indie and amateur artists are essential for moving an art form forward, and why writers must have intrinsic motivations to create good work.

LISTENER RESPONSES

We heard from Jack Handey!

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Do something kind for another writer! Comment below about what you did!

We talked with Dr. Cindy Childress about outlining nonfiction and memoir, considering audience, dialoguing with the reader, and branding! Basically it was the hardest episode to title because we talked about so many different things! "Dr. Cindy, The Expert’s Ghostwriter®, supports entrepreneurs to write books that make money and make an impact. Her clients achieve bestseller status, give TEDx Talks, win book awards, sign book deals, and more." Listener responses We respond to our first hecklers!

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What are the things about you that you can do consistently so that people will recognize you when they see you or your writing? Hey Jon Meyers Emily teaches Jon Meyers about why romanizing non-latin languages doesn’t work. Learn more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhf9NWKHjqE https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/10/crosswords/romanization-languages-korean.html The Final Act Jon Meyers plays "C. S. Lewis or Taylor Swift" based on the video by Chapelstreet Church https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-OKH1ghurv/?igsh=ZXF2dWtkaDM1OTZr

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We continue our conversation with Lucy V. Hay about mental health that we started in Episode 18!

YOU RESPOND! Professor Thomas Maldonado What other forms of multi-modality do you use?

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ABOUT Ami McConnell

We talked with the wonderful Ami McConnell about collaborative writing!

Ami calls herself a "book midwife" who helps authors birth the stories within them. She has worked on numerous projects, including The Ins-N-outs of In-N-out Burger with Lynsi Snyder; Me and Patsy Kicken up Dust with Loretta Lynn, and Kind is the New Classy with Candace Cameron Bure.

Ami has also collaborated to create WriterFest, a convention in Nashville for writers of book, song, and film! Learn more about WriterFest and get a discount in this video we recorded with Sara Wigal! Register for WriterFest here!

Ami is also the host of the WriterFest Podcast, which "celebrates writers of book, song, & film."

Find out how to work with Ami here!

BOOK GIVEAWAY! - A CALL TO ACTION

Ami is generously offering a FREE GIVEAWAY to anyone who messages her on instagram at @amimcconnellwrites. Let her know what book from her catalogue you want, and she will give a free book to the first three people who reach out! Check out her large catalogue here!

LISTENER RESPONSES/LINKS

Watch Dallen Malna's videos here, or respond to his questions on our Art vs. Product episode!

Watch Thomas Maldonado's videos here!

HEY JON MEYERS

Learn more about knitting and espionage here!

FINAL ACT

Can Jon Meyers get as many answers wrong as possible about Wes Anderson movies?

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Author, songwriter, and music teacher Misty L. Butler went to the same conference as Emily Brooks, but in another state! We talk about what it was like to pitch to agents, what strategies we learned to pick out agents, and what we learned about agents, networking, and the publishing business.

Misty also shares the process of co-writing the memoir of an elderly man, the power of music, and more!

Misty's work can be found here: https://mistylbutler.com/

Crowned Free - https://crownedfree.com/

Trades of Hope - https://tradesofhope.com/

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LISTENER RESPONSES

We hear from Rachel Caldecott and Emily's sister, Bethany.

HEY JON MEYERS

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CALL TO ACTION

Choose a day this week to write down everything that happened to you so that you remember it later! Let us know how it goes!

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