Posts Tagged ‘Talking to My Dead Mom Monologues’

Mary E. Knippel and I (Teresa LeYung-Ryan) presented a 45-minute session “Be Your Own Editor: Inject Your Manuscript with the 5 Ws and Core Themes” at last weekend’s San Francisco Writers Conference.

The first W (“Who”) – as in “Who is the Protagonist?”  And, “Who or what is the Antagonist?”

Who or What is the Antagonist in Your Story / Novel / Memoir / Book ?

For every Protagonist, there’s an Antagonist!

Antagonist is a character or a set of circumstances that threatens the Protagonist’s well-being OR the well-being of someone the Protagonist cares about.

Other powerful Antagonists are:

• the Protagonist’s reaction to circumstances
• the Protagonist’s own character flaw
• something that threatens the status quo
• illness or grief (including loss of an aspect of One’s self)

This is how screenwriter/screenwriting teacher Terrel Seltzer defines “what” is a great story.  She says:  “Someone we care about … wants something badly…  and is having a terrible time getting it.”

Coach Teresa here . . . “The Antagonist is the one who/which is causing ‘a terrible time’ for the Protagonist.”

Go through your manuscript; are you showing at least one of the antagonists within the first 5 pages?

Happy re-writing!

Teresa LeYung-Ryan   aka  22-Day Coach Teresa helps clients identify their themes and archetypes; she is the author of:

Love Made of Heart: a Mother’s Mental Illness Forges Forgiveness in Daughter Ruby (novel used in college courses)

Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW (workbook for all genres),

“Talking to My Dead Mom” monologues

Coach Teresa’s website http://writingcoachTeresa.com

To subscribe to Coach Teresa’s Blog , please click here.

“The Chinese word for ‘love’ is made up of many brush strokes. In the center of the word ‘love’ is the word ‘heart.’ Love is made of heart…”

Please visit my Love Made Of Heart online store where you’ll find gift items for yourselves, women, children, moms and babies, grandmothers, friends and pets.

Purple heart inside pink love in Chinese word.

Happy shopping !  Thank you!

****

Love Made of Heart and Happy Valentine’s Day for Babies, Cats, Doggies too!

Please click on the link below to get to the store:   

 http://www.cafepress.com/lovemadeofheart

Love Made of Heart Gift Items–notecards, journal, Teddy Bear, throw pillow, cups, coffee/tea mugs, beach tote bag, apron, baseball cap, mousepad, water bottle, gym bag

Love Made Of Heart for Babies, Infants, Toddlers–bibs, bodysuits, T-shirts–organic fabric, for little ones

Love Made Of Heart for Pets: Dog T-Shirt, food & water bowls

Love Made Of Heart Maternity, Women & Men: T-shirts, fitted T-shirts, sweatshirts, raglans, tank tops, zipped hoodies, long sleeve, short sleeve, Women’s Plus sizes, organic fabric available

Love Made Of Heart Children / Kids T-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies organic fabric available; Love Made Of Heart Juniors & Teens: Raglan, Ringer T-Shirts, tank tops

Pink and purple Love Made of Heart gift items for  grandchildren, mothers, grandmothers, kids and babies, dogs, pets, teens & juniors, women, maternity, plus sizes, girlfriends, grandparents, grandkids.

Love Made of Heart Teddy Bear & other gifts

Sincerely,

Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan

author of Love Made of Heart

author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days

author of the “Talking to My Dead Mom” monologues

author of Coach Teresa’s Blog  http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog

http://lovemadeofheart.com

 

 

**

Click here:  Tips on How to Write a Winning Short Play by Linda Loveland Reid

http://redwoodwriters.org/

The deadline for submission to the Redwood Writers Play Contest was Dec 15, 2013.  Contest Chair Linda Loveland Reid will contact winners in January.  Awards will be presented to the winning playwrights at Redwood Writers Feb. 9, 2014 membership meeting, held at the Flamingo Hotel in Santa Rosa, CA. Please reserve that date and plan to be at the meeting if your play is selected.

Winning playwrights will receive a full staged production of their play at the fourth annual Redwood Writers Play Festival, in collaboration with Sonoma County’s premium theater, 6^th Street Playhouse, on May 15-25, 2014 over two weekends.

This is exciting and a huge reward for playwrights to see their work performed with professional actors and directors.

*****

If not already a member, Redwood Writers invites you to attend our monthly membership meetings held on 2^nd Sundays at Flamingo Hotel in Santa Rosa from 3-5pm.

We also have workshops and other contests.
Don’t miss our next Writers Conference on April 26, 2014, an all-day event held at Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) with seminars addressing every aspect of writing. Those who register are eligible to submit to the two Conference contests: Prose and Poetry.

Go to our website for all the info, to read our newsletter, view videos, check out our members, register for Conference and much more: www.redwoodwriters.org

Good luck and thank you for submitting to a Redwood Writer Contest.

Linda Loveland Reid, Contest Chair
www.lindalovelandreid.com

“I cheer for all contestants, contest chair and committee, and everyone involved in the contest, Redwood Writers, and 6th Street Playhouse!  I had a world of fun in 2012 when my monologue ‘Answer Me Now’ was one of the nine winning plays and produced at the playhouse. Here’s my blog post with photos.”

Teresa LeYung-Ryan is 22-Day Coach Teresa; author of Love Made of Heart: a Mother’s Mental Illness Forges Forgiveness in Daughter Ruby (novel used in college courses), Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days (workbook for all genres), “Talking to My Dead Mom” monologues , and Coach Teresa’s Blog http://writingcoachTeresa.com/

22-Day Writers’ Platform & Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan says:  San Francisco Writers Conference is a 4-day event – February 13-16, 2014. Attending a conference of this caliber leads to happiness. http://sfwriters.org

Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan has been invited again to co-present 2 sessions (one with Mary E. Knippel; one with Elisa Sasa Southard); esteemed members from a master-mind group that Teresa LeYung-Ryan and Mary E. Knippel belonged to (Martha Alderson, Linda Lee)  will be presenting too.  These experts look forward to seeing their colleagues (especially Margie Yee Webb and Lori Noack) at SFWC!

Cheers to SFWC SuperTeam (Elizabeth Pomada, Michael Larsen,  Barbara Santos, Rich Santos, Linda Lee, Frances Caballo)!

Writing Mentor Mary E. Knippel and Manuscript Consultant Teresa LeYung-Ryan

Talking-Tagline Teacher Elisa Sasa Southard and 22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan say: "Help your own platform by helping other writers"--photo by Tessa Bertoldi

San Francisco Writers Conference

Part 5 – Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan’s YouTube videos of FEMME: Women Healing the World the movie’s “Fab Four” with their friends/old fans and new fans

Look for links to videos #27 – #33 in this blog post  (The “Fab Four” of the December 5, 2013 movie screening of FEMME: Women Healing the World )  Look for photos at the bottom half of this post too!

FEMME: Women Healing the World - the movie

VIDEO  #27 FEMME: Women Healing the World the movie’s closing messages

VIDEO  #28 FEMME: Women Healing the World the movie’s closing credits part 1

VIDEO  #29 FEMME: Women Healing the World the movie’s closing credits part 2

Producer Margie Yee Webb presented the exclusive screening of the award-winning documentary FEMME: Women Healing the World on Dec. 5, 2013 at the historic Crest Theatre in Sacramento, CA

VIDEO #30 the morning after FEMME movie screening interview with 3 producers extraordinaire

VIDEO #31 the morning after FEMME: Women Healing the World movie-screening with Producers Nazim Artist, Celeste Yarnall, Margie Yee Webb

The morning after the movie screening of FEMME: Women Healing the World . . . While Director Emmanuel Itier was in the air (overjoyed at audience-reaction and on his way to New York) . . . Producers Nazim Artist, Celeste Yarnall and Margie Yee Webb gave Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan their perspectives on the project of love. These 3 producers and director Itier are proof that women and men sharing their hearts - with art, music, words, love, peace - are healing the world.

 VIDEO  #32 FEMMEs Celeste Yarnall & Margie Yee Webb are women healing the world

VIDEO #33 FEMME producer Margie Yee Webb – aka Cat Mulan author – true to herself

FEMME Producer Margie Yee Webb celebrates women, men, children, and animals healing the world; she orchestrated the screening of the remarkable movie FEMME at Crest Theatre, Sacramento, CA - photo by her loyal fan 22- Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan

FEMME producer Margie Yee Webb sends thank you messages after movie screening -- photo by 22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan Margie Yee Webb is a.k.a. author/photographer of Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings: Insight and Inspiration for a Wonderful Life, the gift book http://www.catmulan.com

FEMME: Women Healing the World's "Fab Four" (Producers Margie Yee Webb, Celeste Yarnall, Nazim Artist and Director Emmanuel Itier) overjoyed at audience-reaction to the movie and Q&A session - photo by 22-Day Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan

Click here to see official trailer of FEMME: Women Healing the World

**

Friday November 29, 2013

Author and 22-Day Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan thanks Stacey Glick, John Scognamiglio and the Folks associated with Kensington Publishing Corp.

I thank powerhouse agent Stacey Glick

Stacey Glick, VP at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management

who found insightful acquisition editor John Scognamiglio

John Scognamiglio of Kensington Publishing Corp.

at Kensington Publishing Corp. 

who guided my mother-daughter novel Love Made of Heart to the Sales Team, good-energy publisher Laurie Perkin, president Steven Zacharius, Debbie Tobias was Sales Director, Lou Malcangi was art director, by the way . . . booksellers do judge a book by its cover, Libba Bray, who is now a New York Times bestselling author of young adult books, for book jacket copy, Jacquie Edwards for copy editing, marketing team, production team, Jessica in Sales, Michelle who was Webmaster,and EVERYONE at Kensington and their associates, especially Nancy Suib & Anne Shulenberger, and Kensington Publishing Corp.’s superstars Lydia Kwa, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Mary B. Morrison, Mary Monroe, Carl Weber . . .

If not for these people, I would not have had the opportunity to experience the publishing industry from the author’s perspective . . .  which then gave me the credentials to talk about “who” really is the most qualified person to build the author’s platform and fanbase.

I thank you all!

Love Made of Heart (mother-daughter love story) by Teresa LeYung-Ryan

Love Made of Heart  is:

• a 2002 nominee of the Asian American Literary Award
• recommended by the California School Library Association and the California Reading Association
• used in college composition, women’s studies, and advanced composition English-as-a-Second-Language classes
• read by students at Stanford University, U.C. Berkeley, San Francisco State University, City College of San Francisco, City College of Sacramento, Lowell High School, and many other wonderful institutions
• archived at the San Francisco History Center

Teresa LeYung Ryan  uses her novel Love Made of Heart to:

• celebrate the immigrant experience
• inspire adult children of mentally ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas and find resources for their loved ones
• help survivors of family violence find their own voices

author & 22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan cheers for dear friend/colleague Margie Yee Webb (producer of FEMME: Women Healing the World) at the movie screening in Sacramento, CA

Reach out, not stress out.

Sincerely,

Author & 22-Day Writing & Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan

• author of Love Made of Heart
• author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days
  
• author of the “Talking to My Dead Mom” monologues
• author of http://LoveMadeofHeart.com/blog

Thanksgiving Day for me (Coach Teresa) marks the beginning of “the season for wonderment.”  I especially like this time of year – rainy days; pumpkin pies, sweet potato pies; leaves turning yellow, orange, red; cards from friends; more rain.

It’s also bittersweet – the ending of a year; what projects didn’t get done?

It’s also extremely sad – people we care about getting sick, suffering, dying.

As I give thanks to every living being who has helped me come this far in life, I give thanks to every angel who has inspired me to find joy in work.

This year, I am extremely sad for these heroes who have suffered and died. These dear hearts are: Kathi Kamen Goldmark, Jacquelyn Amira Hayes, Dr. Pamela Rogers, Miriam May Meyer Pollock, and Lori Hope.  Thank you, Kathi, Amira, Pamela, Miriam, and Lori, for all that you did to help people and for the legacies you leave behind.

**

Did you know that the City of San Francisco had declared Nov. 8, 2008 as "Kathi Kamen Goldmark Day"? That same day, Kathi received the Women's National Book Association (WNBA) Award.

**

On her facebook profile, beautiful Amira Hayes's response to "Religious Views" was: "Love"

**

Vibrant Dr. Pamela D. Rogers helped women understand and enjoy their own sexuality

**

A smile from Miriam Pollock would make one's whole day bright.

**

Author Lori Hope would ask: "What do you say to someone with cancer — how do you show how much you care?"

**

Two other beautiful hearts have left for their next journeys – my husband’s cousin Sue and twenty-three year old Leah.

I miss you all so much; and, I am so sad for your loved ones.

Sincerely,

Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan

As author of Love Made of Heart, creator of Love Made of Heart gift items and the “Talking to My Dead Mom Monologues,” Teresa encourages writers to speak out (in print) for those who cannot speak for themselves.

As coach and author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW , Teresa says: “Whether you are writing fiction or nonfiction, make your name synonymous with the issues you write about.”

**