syn·aes·the·sia – a subjective sensation that occurs in one sense modality when another modality is stimulated…. syn·aes·thet'ic – involving more than one sense
The romance novel and representations of sexuality after #MeToo Kate Cuthbert, at the time still managing editor for Escape Publishing (and now at Writers Victoria) presented this on the first morning of the conference. I had a severe migraine and unfortunately missed it. I say unfortunate because it was by all accounts a showstopper, and […]
The Hero’s Journey One way of telling a story. Stage 1 – The Ordinary World Stage 2 – Call to adventure What is the call to adventure? What new force appears to challenge hero? How is hero’s flaw tested? Stage 3 – Refusal of the call Heroes initially reject the call to adventure Stage 4 […]
7 ways to engage an audience 1. Premise Your point of view and how to live it. Eg romance writers have a perspective on love Eg in Fight Club, the only way to evolve was to break yourself apart to move on. Not the same as the book, where he ends up in an asylum […]
Ross Grayson Bell is a screenwriter, producer and story consultant with over twenty-five years of international experience in story development and film production. Having started as a creative executive for legendary, Hollywood producer Ray Stark, Ross developed and produced Fight Club for Twentieth Century Fox and executive produced Under Suspicion with Gene Hackman and Morgan […]
So I’m finally getting around to writing up my notes from this. I had a lot going on around the time of the conference so apologies for the delay. I even missed one keynote on the first morning due to a hell of a migraine. But I had a good time, and hopefully the content […]
