writer iPad Apps/ Blue Skies Poetry/ Theodora Goss

Jan. 11 Writer iPad Apps: Emma Taylor sent me this article called "32 iPad Apps that Writers just Love." #11 is a Kindle and writers have to read.  #16 is QuickVoice recorder.  I think these apps could even be used for school to help you take notes.  Lots of these apps have spell check, proofreading, help organize your writing into chapters.  It organizes your notes and ideas. #23 is Colorful aquarium.  It's free: "Find relaxation and entertainment in this colorful aquarium. You don’t even have to clean it!" #28 Index Card: "TV writers love this app for thinking through and organizing scripts. It has an easy to use, attractive interface that makes writing more fun." http://www.accreditedonlinecolleges.com/blog/2012/32-ipad-apps-that-writers-just-love/ Writer's store: I had signed up for Stage 32, this social media network for film industry people.  They sent me this deal on what's for sale at the Writer's Store. Syd Field: Here's a dvd from a screenwriter telling how you to write a screenplay.  I can learn how to write by watching Youtube videos. http://www.writersstore.com/syd-field-screenwriting-workshop/?mr:referralID=9c882b82-5c14-11e2-97b3-001b2166becc There's a live webinar.  It's $59 for a 75 min show/ class. http://www.writersstore.com/ten-steps-to-break-into-the-entertainment-industry/?mr:referralID=c2caae74-5c1c-11e2-8751-001b2166c2c0 It also sells office supplies like screenplay fasteners to bind your script together. http://www.writersstore.com/screenplay-fasteners/?mr:referralID=9c882ba9-5c14-11e2-97b3-001b2166becc A baseball cap with the word "writer" on it.  That reminds me of Castle where the novelist Castle wears a bullet proof vest with "writer" on it when he's with the police during a sting.  It also reminds me of The Simpsons, where they go to Australia and Marge shows Lisa a cap that says: "Pobody's Nerfect." http://www.writersstore.com/classic-writer-hat/?mr:referralID=bcc8fcb3-5c1c-11e2-8751-001b2166c2c0 Script pitch: Today I pitched my script to a TV production company.  I haven't done that in a long time.  I was busy working, looking for a job, and going to job interviews. I could send a submission and sign a release form, but I wanted to save on time, paper, and postage.  I emailed them first with my script pitch.  They could either say they're not taking any projects right now or they will say: "Yes, send it in." Blue Skies Poetry: I was going through my old emails and I found this from 2008.  It turns I had written about them here: http://badcb.blogspot.ca/2012/08/magazine-consultant-script-reader-i-got_7395.html I had submitted them 3 of my poems "Vegas", "Downtown Streets", and "Party in Downtown" which you can all read here: http://badcb.blogspot.ca/search?q=vegas+poem http://badcb.blogspot.ca/2008/10/downtown-streets-poem-by-tracy-au.html http://badcb.blogspot.ca/2008/10/party-in-downtown-poem-by-tracy-au.html Blue Skies are selling t-shirts that say: "Keep Calm and Write Poetry" for $25: www.blueskiespoetry.ca Euphoria poetry contest: I found this 2007 email where I sent those poems to this poetry contest. I emailed the person asking if there are still annual contests.  I half-expected that the email won't send.  It did send.    When I Google it, I got this: 2008 winner: http://lyrielle.tripod.com/tonigiarnese.html Poetry Foundation website.  This looks like a nice and professional website: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/240836 A 2007 post about this: http://theprojects.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=publishing&action=display&thread=1781 Jan. 12 Disks: My friend Sherry emailed me back when I was talking about 3.5 floppy disks. Sherry: ever considered creating some CD discs of your stuff? magnetism can destroy a 3.5 but not a cd disc Linked In: I joined some more writer groups on Linked In.  I was in two of them before and I kept getting all these daily emails from them.  The thing is, you can adjust your settings so you can get them either once a week or not at all. It's kind of inspirational and motivational to read about other writer's opinions on how to create characters and beat writer's block. Jan. 14 Writer blogs: Hannah Howard sent me this article called "35 Blogs for those that Aspire to Become Writers."  The first section was "Steps to Becoming a Writer." http://www.longhornleads.com/blog/2013/35-blogs-for-those-that-aspire-to-become-writers/ Theodora Goss: I clicked on the first link and it lead me to this writer called Theodora Goss.  Her post is called "Becoming the Writer."  She says this: "I have a theory: anything that we do on the outside has to have happened first on the inside. Before I could go to graduate school, I had to become the sort of person who could go to graduate school. I’ve always found that the internal change precedes the external one. When I tried to go to graduate school before I was ready, it didn’t work. I think the same thing happens with a novel: in order to write a particular novel, you have to become the sort of person who can write that novel. And of course the process of writing the novel changes you as well. But you have to become the writer. The novel comes out of the writer that you are, and if you’re not ready, the novel won’t work." http://theodoragoss.com/2012/11/02/becoming-the-writer/ Me: I have to agree with her on that.  You have to prepare yourself mentally, intellectually, and emotionally for things.  When I was in high school, I always thought it would be so cool if I was producing a TV show while I was still in school. However, it's not until I graduate out of a 2 yr college writing program, and then was pitching my script to TV companies, did I learn that there is still a lot to learn about writing. It's a good thing I started young, writing TV scripts since I was 14 yrs old and actively learning from watching TV, but there is a lot to learn. Law school: It kind of reminds me of law school.  No, I didn't attend.  lol.  I heard that to get into law school, you have to have a Bachelor's degree first in something else.  It's to make sure the student is then older and more mature.  If the student is 18 and did 4 yrs of a Bachelor's, then they are at least 22 yrs old. Can you imagine an 18 yr old entering law school?  Maybe if this person is a prodigy.