I am honored to have up-and-coming game designer Connor Roland on the episode as we discuss the history and future of storytelling in gaming and video game technology over the decades. Connor is also a very talented storyteller in her own right.  You can find and follow all of Connor's social media at: https://linktr.ee/acidmeltly You can always reach me on Twitter: @GRodRaven My website: https//glrodriguez.com  As always, be sure to rate review and subscribe. Recommend this podcast to your friends, and if you're an equal opportunist, recommend it to your enemies too.  

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Story In Gaming: A Conversation with Connor Roland

Welcome back, everyone!  In this episode, I talk about the story that came out of "The Guardian" last month about the UK Secretary of Culture asking Netflix to include a disclaimer on "The Crown" and tackle the question about how and when you need to ask for permission to write your script and make your film based on a real-life person or event.  As always, you can find me at: Website: glrodriguez.com Twitter: @GRodRaven

Disclaimer Permission?

First off, I hope everyone is staying safe and doing well.  In today's long-awaited episode, I discuss how you might adapt real-world events in real-time so that it fits within your style and your screenplay.  As always you can follow me on Twitter @GRodRaven. You can check out my website glrodriguez.com  You can read my sci-fi novel "Periodic East" on my site. Here's the link to Chapter 1: https://darkravenblog.wordpress.com/2020/03/18/periodic-east-chapter-1-the-new-ice-age/ Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe. Recommend this podcast to your friends and if you're an equal opportunist, recommend it to your enemies too. 

How Will History Be Adapted?

My special guest is my dear friend and astrophysicist Dr. Rahul Patel and we nerd out hard over how science-fiction influenced us both as a writer and a scientist respectively. We talk about my first (and handwritten) science-fiction novel "Periodic East" and sci-fi masterpieces such as "The Martian," "Star-Trek" and more. You can find Dr. Patel on Twitter @DarthPatel. You can find me on Twitter @GRodRaven. You can read "Periodic East" at https://darkravenblog.wordpress.com/category/periodic-east/

Writing Science-Fiction w/ An Astrophysicist

First off, I hope you're all doing well and staying safe. I'm sorry it's been a while since my last episode. I've been adjusting to working from home and working on other projects. You can check those out in the links below.  "Periodic East" https://darkravenblog.wordpress.com/category/periodic-east/  "Bridging The Gap" https://www.facebook.com/bridgingthegap55/videos/225700578858498/ 

Writing Under Quarantine

I was honored to have my first guest, producer Jorge de Moya. Jorge and I have been friends for over 20 years and he has been so kind to let me pick his brain as we discuss the twisted world of Fan Fictions from a writer's and producer's perspective, respectively. We also discussed some of my (what I call) UHMC (Ultimate Hypothetical Move Castings.)  You can check all my lists on the link below. https://darkravenblog.wordpress.com/category/ultimate-hypothetical-movie-casting/  Jorge has also done lots of great work over the past 15 years and you can follow him and find all his work on the links below. Website: http://flintstonemedia.com Instagram: @CouchDadsPodcast @FLPodcastNet @90MilesMedia

The Fan Fiction

On this episode, I talk about how I decide which screenwriting festivals to submit my scripts to and what you should consider when deciding on how and when to submit your scripts. I use coverfly.com to organize all my latest work and consider my options on upcoming festivals. 

Researching Festivals

Welcome to Season 2 of "Iyagikkun!" On today's episode, I discuss the 2020 Oscars, specifically "Joker" and "Parasite." As stated in the episode, here are links to both official screenplays as well as my reviews for each film.  Joker Official Screenplay: https://d2bu9v0mnky9ur.cloudfront.net/academy2019/screenplay/joker/joker_new_final.pdf  Parasite Official Screenplay: https://pmcdeadline2.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/parasite-script.pdf My Joker Review: https://darkravenblog.wordpress.com/2019/10/13/joker/ My Parasite Review: https://darkravenblog.wordpress.com/2020/01/07/parasite/

2020 Oscars Reaction

This mini episode hints at some of the ideas and changes that are in store for season 2. I want for season 2 to be less academic and I want to implement more of my personality as a person and not talk to the audience in my "teacher voice" as much.  As always, recommend this podcast to a friend and if you're an equal opportunist, recommend it to your enemies too. 

Season 2 Promo

Thank you to everyone in the #WritingCommunity on Twitter and everyone else who has provided me with so much support and wonderful feedback on my crazy endeavor of podcasting. In this season finale episode, I recap the major points I've discussed this season. I'm already planning ideas and episodes for Season 2, but as always feel free to comment or send me suggestions at my Twitter handle @GRodRaven. 

Season 1 Finale

On this episode, I talk about a handful of my favorite screenwriters and how their dialogue is unprecedented when it comes to the essential tools of putting together a great script. I also talk about what I consider when putting together a scene that is going to be dialogue-heavy, while keeping in mind to avoid the trap of a "talking heads" scene. Update: At the initial time of the recording of this episode, the Oscar nominees had not been announced. Since then I can say that Quentin Tarantino's latest film "Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood" did receive a Best Original Screenplay nominee. The film received 10 nominations total and Tarantino himself has three nominations for this film, bringing his career total to five. (He has won two.)  The Oscars air on Feb. 9th, 2020.  

Identifying and Writing Compelling Dialogue

A more in-depth look at what I discussed back in Episode 2 about setting. Setting, in my opinion, can be just as important in your script or story as your main characters and other elements of story. In this episode, I explain why by using some classic examples from film and television as well as one of my own scripts ("Lapse") that won Best Screenplay in the 2018 LA Crime & Horror Festival.  This is the last episode of 2019. I look forward to recording more episodes and some new additional things in 2020! 

Setting As An Ancillary Character

On this episode, I talk about how screenwriters adapt screenplays that are derived from other works such as novels, short stories, short films, news articles, and more. I talk about the decision-making process that goes into what to include, take out, and add when it comes to writing an adaptation. I also talk about two examples of feature films that were adapted very well from a novel and short film, respectively, along with two amazing novels whose adaptation were (in my opinion) a failure.  There are lots of great films that were adapted from other sources that I didn't get to mention in my episode, but please check them out. "Awakenings" (1990) "Forrest Gump" and "Shawshank Redemption" (1994) "Doubt" (2008) "Frost/Nixon" (2008) "Slumdog Millionaire" (2008) 

Adaptation

I talk about dealing with Writer's Block and include my own suggestions and strategies as well as the suggestions from the winner of the 2019 Publishing Commentator of the Year, Jane Friedman. I also for the first time reference what I've said in previous episodes, so if you're new to the podcast, please refer back so that you have context.  You can read Jane's article here. https://www.janefriedman.com/reasons-for-writers-block/

Writer's Block

Finding your "voice"  can be one of the most complicated steps in establishing yourself as a writer. I break it down for you as best as I can by telling you what to keep in mind and how to identify & improve upon the steps of the evolutionary writing process.  

Finding Your "Voice" as a Writer

A podcast about one screenwriter's Three-Act Structure Called "Life."

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