visual poetry

the art of popular storytelling:
filmmaking, screenwriting & enjoying movies

Cover Letter

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I'm looking for work. The changed economy means that I'm finding I have to work much harder to get the attention of employers. It...

An Alternative Approach

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In 2004, Eric Heisserer posted what are, ostensibly, a series of emails from an old friend. ( The Dionaea House ) Someone they knew way back...

Women in Hollywood - Still a Long Way to Go

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Hollywood is biased against women. (Everything I say goes for blacks, latinos, and asians as well - but I'm not as well informed about t...

The Importance of Actors

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I recently watched "Letters to Juliette." It's not a film I would normally have watched. I like RomComs occasionally, especi...

an old poem

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this came up in conversation on facebook... I wrote this 20 years ago Alight I, curled tight, buried under blankets as if the brooding earth...

Streeetch

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Writing a single, continuous 9 page scene with no time cuts or location changes is a challenge. More later.

Cinematic Writing

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It surprises me, talking to folks who are new to screenwriting, how many of them don't have a movie in their head. If you don't see ...
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Laura Deerfield
Dallas, Texas, United States
The world needs storytellers right now, so that it can imagine itself a new way forward, and movies are the medium of our era. (You can find me on Triggerstreet - where my name is potniatheron.)
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