fairytales/ writing therapy/ Bryce Courtney

May 13 Fairy tales: I was thinking about the TV show Once Upon a Time and how it's about fairy tale characters who are transported into the real world, and don't have a memory who they really are.  That's a really good show, and I think all of you guys should watch it. I wanted to add this to my "memory/ song/ dollhouse" blog post that's all about memory. http://badcb.blogspot.ca/2013/03/memory-song-dollhouse.html Hansel and Gretel: I wanted to check out this TV movie that was made in 2013.  It went straight to video when I checked it on imdb.com.  I wanted to watch it because I wanted to see the modern retelling of it.  It was also horror, and I do like getting scared.  I saw the first 20min, and I didn't think it was really good.  I turned it off because I was also tired. I then went and scanned the comments.  There are lots of bad reviews.  This is the story: "In this modern retelling of the classic horror tale, teen siblings are enslaved by a psychotic recluse within her gruesome house of horrors in the woods." http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2415464/?ref_=sr_3 I'm sure all of you heard of the movie released in the theatres called Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters.  It got bad reviews.  My friend Sarah saw it and she liked it because it was bad and so over the top.  I think I'll watch it when it comes on TV. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1428538/?ref_=sr_1 May 14 Writing therapy: I have mentioned before about how I have to write about things so I can get over it and move on.  I do have to write about things so I can figure it out like why something gets me angry. I have to figure this out.  For the past couple of months I've been thinking about this: "Why aren't I writing or pitching my scripts?"  I did have an excuse earlier this year, I was really busy with work.  Then later, I didn't have to work so much because my job didn't need me.  I decided to take a bit of break like don't take extra hours and just work 38 hrs a week instead of 44-48hrs.  I worked one week for 38 hrs and I was kind of bored.  I went home and read the newspapers, watched TV, and write my weekly emails/ blog posts.  I didn't feel like writing my script Rain or pitching my The Vertex Fighter script.  My dream: Fine, I'll just go back to increasing my hours at work.  I feel like something's missing.  I've been writing scripts since I was 14 yrs old.  When I was 22 yrs old, I graduated out of Professional Writing in college, and I was constantly pitching my The Vertex Fighter script for 2 yrs from 2008-2009. I was going to pursue my dream of getting my TV script produced.  I was finally able to with a Professional Writing college diploma, a full-length script, and I was an adult.  I had my "Tracy's Blog" to showcase my writing.  I had my "The Vertex Fighter" blog in 2011. I feel like I'm losing motivation for this dream. Imagination: Okay, let's get myself motivated. Cut to Tracy at home.  The phone rings. T: Hello? Producer: Are you Tracy Au? T: Yeah. Producer: Hi, I'm ______, a TV producer from the TV production company _______.  I read your The Vertex Fighter script that you sent me.  I thought it was really good.  I want to produce it. T: What?  Really? Producer: Yes.  So where do you want it to be filmed in? T: Edmonton. Producer: Okay.  So who do you want to be in the TV movie? Blogger: The above is the most script writing I have written in awhile.  I do write, just mainly my emails/ blog posts.  The thing is I have become more of a blogger over the years. Readership: I know my emails/ blog posts are being read by my friends, family, and people on the internet.  Lots of people read it.  Unlike my scripts, I have to pitch constantly to get a producer to read it.  I did get Writers in Residences at the Edmonton Public Library to read my scripts. If I had to estimate how many people read both my scripts, either partially or 2 different drafts of the same script, I would probably say about 15 people read them. May 15: So I figured it out.  I am going through a phase with writing.  In high school I wrote poetry for fun, in college I wrote short stories for my creative writing classes.  Throughout all that I was writing scripts.  Now that I graduated out of college, I pitch my scripts.  Now I'm into blogging and non-fiction. May 16 Projects: The thing is my project/ hobby was always writing a script since I was 14 yrs old.  Now I'm 27 yrs old and I'm not doing that.  I'm always going to be a writer, but I'm more of a blogger now.  Maybe because I've been doing it too long and too much, that I lose motivation.  So maybe I need a break. However, if a producer does call me and says he wants to produce it, I will be on it.  I will be out there producing it. I guess I need a new hobby or project.  So how about starting my own business?  Learning something new.  Do you guys have anything I should get into? May 20 Writer's block: Maybe I have writer's block.  The thing is I'm always reading movie and book reviews in the newspaper.  I'm always watching good TV shows and taking notes.  I'm always writing my blog. Today was different.  I went and wrote movie reviews for Skyfall and Season of the Witch.  I also wrote an in-depth synopsis of the TV movie Storm War. Once Upon a Time in Wonderland: I read about this new show the other day.  It's a spinoff of Once Upon a Time, but this time it's about Alice in Wonderland.  I just saw the 3 min. trailer and it looks really good.  They established the character Alice and how she has to go back to Wonderland to find her love Cyrus.  The special effects looks really good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v8hwx2xHnM May 21: Bryce Courtney: I found this article "Aussie author's 'practice book' became global hit" by Rod McGuirk on Nov. 24, 2012.  He was born in 1933-2012.  He was born as an illegitimate son of a dress maker on Aug.14, 1933 in Barberton, South Africa.  When he was 17, he was working in the dangerous mines in Zimbabwe.  He used that money to go to Britain to study at the London School of Journalism. He met an Australian Benita Solomon and married her in 1958.  He worked at in advertising with US agency McCann Erikson when he was 26 and then became a creative director. At 50 yrs old, he pursued his dream to be novelist.  The Power of One was to be the first of three "practice books" in a period of three years before taking two years to write a fourth book.  The fourth book will be sent to a publisher. Courtney: "I was absolutely staggered when somebody wanted to publish it in the first place.  Now it's worldwide success and the fact that it's available in 12 languages still amazes me." It became a movie with Morgan Freeman in it.  Courtney dedicated the sequel Tandia to his 3rd son Damon who died of medically acquired AIDS at 24 on Apr. 1, 1991.  It was 2 months before the book was published.  His death then inspired his 3rd book April Fool's Day about the public fear of AIDS in 1993. He had his 21st novel Jack of Diamonds with an epilogue to his readers: "It's been a privilege to write for you and to have you accept me as a storyteller in your lives.  Now, as my story draw to an end, may I say only, 'Thank you.  You have been simply wonderful.'"