by Ira | Feb 5, 2015 | Challenge, Journal
I went to the WGA Foundation event “Beyond Words” tonight, which is the panel they do with all the screenwriters (or at least most of them) that have been nominated for best screenplay of the year. I went last year, and I’ll probably go next year...
by Ira | Jan 29, 2015 | Challenge, Journal
A cooling tower courtesy of Forget Sleep.com Today was a *beast*. Played tennis with Justin, came home and took a shower, wrote for an hour on the script (good stuff today), then got my solitary hour of work done on editing before apartment stuff took over. I walked...
by Ira | Aug 19, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
Tonight, I had the pleasure to sit and listen to a rather up-and-coming screenwriter, although by my estimation she’s been in the game for almost ten years now, Nicole Pearlman talk about what writing means to her. She, most recently, wrote the Guardians of the...
by Ira | Jul 12, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
For reals…tired I just woke from a 90 minute “nap” and it’s 11:30. I think that qualifies as pretty tired 😛 Today was super interesting, made me feel frustrated with how far I’ve come to this point with my own writing, and was ultimately...
by Ira | Jan 28, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
I remember 1992 very well. It was the year that baseball opened up to me. I’d been given this dual tape deck radio, this red plastic radio, for christmas, and my dad bought me this Oakland A’s poster that had McGwire, Canseco, Ricky, and I think...