Episode 106: Authenticity

This week Elizabeth finds still more lessons in the “still waiting” process while Angie continues to work on her rapidly approaching end-of-July film experiment, wondering if she’s procrastinating or gathering from a variety of sources. They discuss how it is different to be on the side of a “judge” rather than of the person submitting writing to a contest or an actor standing an audition, the one who, hat in hand, responds to the call. The judge is not looking for submission of what the applicant thinks the judge wants to see; the judge is in fact looking for the core of what the applicant is giving them. Authenticity. Pennies from Heaven Lost in the Middle Coursera Christine Hyung-Oak Lee Richard Powers Devi Laskar Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach Story Makers is a podcast that features in-depth conversations with accomplished writers, filmmakers and industry experts about story craft, technique, habit and survival--everything you need to know to stay inspired, connect to your creativity, find others’ wonderful stories and your own success. The hosts: Elizabeth Stark is a published, agented novelist and distributed filmmaker who teaches and mentors writers at BookWritingWorld.com. Angie Powers is a distributed filmmaker and published short story writer with an MFA in creative writing and a certificate in screenwriting from UCLA who teaches story structure at BookWritingWorld.com.