Posts Tagged ‘Writing Workshops’
Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan says: “When a plotline and a theme work exceptionally well together, Hollywood producers invest in remakes.”
These 3 movies – Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Heaven Can Wait, Down to Earth – serve as an example.
THEME [ Be true to yourself and everything will be all right.] + PLOTLINE [a man who is sent to heaven before his time (due to an error by an angel) wants his old life back] =
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan 1941 protagonist Joe Pendleton (a boxer) portrayed by Robert Montgomery
Writing Credits: Sidney Buchman & Seton I. Miller (screenplay); Harry Segall (from the play Heaven Can Wait)
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Heaven Can Wait 1978 – protagonist Joe Pendleton (a quarterback) portrayed by Warren Beatty
Writing Credits: Elaine May and Warren Beatty (screenplay); Harry Segall (from the play); Robert Towne
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Down to Earth (2001) protagonist Lance Barton (a stand-up comedian) portrayed by Chris Rock.
Probably to honor the original script, the name (and body) that Lance Barton will use at the end of the movie is “Joe”
Writing Credits: Chris Rock & Lance Crouther & Ali LeRoi & Louis C.K.
Above data regarding writers’ names are from http://www.imdb.com
I, Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan, recommend:
* Martha Engber’s book and workshops on how to write scenes
* Christopher Vogler’s book The Writer’s Journey (about Hero’s Journey and Archetypes)
* all books and workshops by Martha Alderson on plotting
* your rereading your favorite books and studying that authors’ techniques
Sincerely,
Teresa LeYung-Ryan aka Coach Teresa teaches writers how to transform their email signature-blocks, photos, videos, social media, website/blog descriptions into platform statements . . . to attract target audience/readers/fans . . . before and after publication. http://WritingCoachTeresa.com and https://www.youtube.com/user/teresaleyung
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She is the creator of:
- classes, including:
- *For Theme’s Sake: Edit Your Own Manuscript Before Pitching to Agents or Self-Publishing
- *Heroes, Tricksters, and Villains – What Do These Archetypes Want in Your Story World?
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- Immigrant Experience Writing Contest
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- interactive presentations, including:
- *Help Your Fans Find YOU
- *Build & Retrofit Your Writer’s Platform
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the author of:
- Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW (workbook);
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- Love Made of Heart: a Daughter, a Mother, a Journey Through Mental Illness (novel used in college classes and archived at the San Francisco History Center);
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- “Talking to My Dead Mom Monologues” (the first monologue received an award from Redwood 10-Minute Play Contest and was staged at the 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa, CA);
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- her blog (which attracts tens of thousands of writers) at http://WritingCoachTeresa.com helps writers build their platforms before and after publication
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and a proud member of:
- California Writers Club (3 branches! And a past president of the San Francisco Peninsula Branch); and a recipient of the Jack London Award for outstanding service to California Writers Club;
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- Women’s National Book Association-San Francisco Chapter (a past board member).
Dear Teresa,
Thank you for your honest and poignant writing. You have a gift of writing from the heart with a sincerity that is far-reaching. Heart-felt, heart-warming and perfect. Just what I needed to hear right now.
Marlene Cullen
Please click here for “Transforming Depression Into My Writer’s Muse” by Teresa LeYung-Ryan (on Marlene Cullen’s blog)
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Please click here for Writing Teacher Marlene Cullen’s Book Review of Teresa LeYung-Ryan’s Love Made of Heart
Love Made of Heart by Teresa LeYung Ryan is excellent. I read it in two sittings. Dinner could wait. I had to find out what would happen to Ruby Lin. Teresa uses her novel to advocate compassion for mental illness and to help survivors of family violence find their own voices. Teresa’s writing is evocative and from the heart. . . she reaches deep and succeeds with her genuine and authentic voice. I want to read Love Made of Heart again. Yes, it’s that good.
Teresa LeYung-Ryan is an advocate for mental health. Advocacy For Mental Health — Resources for Women, Girls, Boys, Teens, Men, Families
Marlene Cullen
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Thank you, Writing Teacher Marlene Cullen, for reviewing my book Love Made of Heart on your blog, facebook, and Goodreads. Being the author of the book gives me strength to encourage other adult children of mentally ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas. Also, thank you again for letting me guest blog to talk about “Transforming Depression Into My Writer’s Muse” You have my deep gratitude.
Sincerely,
Teresa LeYung-Ryan
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For more information about Marlene Cullen’s blog, writing workshops and Writers’ Forum of Petaluma, please click here.
Sincerely,
Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Teresa’s novel Love Made of Heart: a Mother’s Mental Illness Forges Forgiveness in Daughter Ruby is used in college courses and archived at the San Francisco History Center.
As author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW, Coach Teresa helps clients identify their themes and archetypes.
http://writingcoachTeresa.com Subscribe to “Coach Teresa’s blog”
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Coach Teresa, are there any writing groups in or near Pinole, California?
Friday Morning Writing Group with teacher Marie Elena Gaspari
Fridays 10:30am -1:15pm
2011 – Sept. 16, 23, 30; Oct. 7, 14
Five-week Series: $150.00 Drop-In : $35.00
Pinole , CA 94564
Contact: Marie Elena GaspariRiverOFDreamsWriting.weebly.com
Sincerely,
Teresa LeYung-Ryan says: “Reach out, not stress out, when pursuing your dreams!”
Coach Teresa is the author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days and Love Made of Heart.
Coach Teresa’s YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/teresaleyung
Thank You to My Husband
Two days ago I received this email:
Dear Ms. Ryan,
I am commissioned by Scarecrow Press to write Historical Dictionary of Asian American lit and theater and would very much like to include you . . . I have found all necessary info from your website, except for your educational background. Would you mind providing me with your degrees, majors, and universities?
Many thanks,
Wenying
Wenying Xu, Ph.D
Professor & Chair
Department of English
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL 33431
My reply:
Dear Professor Xu,
Thank you for wanting to include my profile in your project.
May I see your final write-up of my profile before you submit it to Scarecrow Press?
I’d be honored if you could include my favorite quote:
Author Teresa LeYung Ryan says: “You have the power to materialize your dearest dreams. Transform Your Personal Experiences Into Potent Stories.”
Education:
Lowell High School, San Francisco
I do not have a college degree; I have taken courses at City College of San Francisco, Skyline College, U.C. Berkeley Extension; I have attended many writing workshops; I have created and delivered many writing workshops; I believe that the more I read the better writer I become.
Again, thank you for wanting to include me in the Historical Dictionary of Asian American lit and theater.
How did you find me?
Sincerely,
Teresa LeYung Ryan
Why am I entitling this post “Thank You to My Husband” ?
Because . . . I work hard as a writer, and, I work well when I’m in lovely space that has “good vibrations.” My husband helped me get to the place where I am today and I thank him!
As an author and community spirit, Teresa LeYung Ryan speaks out for public libraries, honors immigrant-stories, advocates compassion for mental illness, and helps survivors of violence find their own voices through writing.
Even if you missed the writing workshops and author presentations this weekend or can’t attend the upcoming ones, you can go to the presenters’ websites to check out their other events. Use search engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing) to find people & events.
2010 San Mateo County Fair, California
FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT STAGE SCHEDULE
Our stage is located in the Fiesta Hall
Try to park as close to Gate C (where the big white tent is) because that’s closest to Fiesta Hall (the second building from the south end of the fairgrounds)
Literary programs are free.
https://www.sanmateocountyfair.com/ or 650 574-3247 for county fair admission/ticket info.
Saturday, June 12, 2010
12:00 12:45 Entertainment by Red Desert Dance Company, under the direction of Marie
Soderlund: a Bay Area Dance Troupe
12:45 1:30 Fine Arts Dept Awards Ceremony
Tribute to Darlene Harney
Special Fine Arts Awards, Best of Show, category sponsors & winners
1:30 2:30 Creative nonfiction workshop with Geri Spieler: “The Housewife Assassin:
Local Girl Takes Aim,” Or, how a sweet girl from a nice family turned deadly
2:30 3:30 Sci Fi/Fantasy Workshop with Laurel Anne Hill: Building New Worlds and
Creating Compelling Characters: Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction
3:30 4:15 Awarding the Heroes Arise novel chapter contest and winners’ readings
4:15 6:30 Awarding SciFi/Fantasy short story contest and winners’ readings
Literary Winners Circle readings – short stories, essays, and poems by winners Philip Gin, Yvonne Dechant Lorvan, Roberta Woo (Best of Show, Poetry), Bwawna Panwar, and others
Sunday, June 13
9:00 1:30 Regional youth piano recital
1:30 2:45 Music by COPUS, an indigenous fusion Renaissance funk ensemble
2:45 3:15 Verna Dreisbach’s Capitol City Young Writers literary/musical group
3:15 4:15 Workshop with literary agent Verna Dreisbach
4:15 4:30 Presenting The Why We Ride award and winner’s reading
4:30 5:30 The Power of Memoir Workshop with Linda Joy Myers
5:30 6:00 Presenting the Power of Memoir prize & winners’ readings
6:00 7:00 Literary Winners Circle readings – short stories, essays, and poems by
contest winners Lucy Murray (Best of Show, Essay), Melanie Denman, Philip Gin, Yvonne Dechant Lorvan, Roberta Woo and others
Monday, June 14
12:30 1:30 Teen writer SeanTraynor reading his award-winning children’s short stories
Celeste McCarty: Performance poetry
1:30 2:30 Theater Games: Lead with your Team! for children ages 7-12 with Royd Hatta
2:30 3:30 Shu-Hsien Ho Step into a World of Fantastic Creatures: Creative Writing for Kids 3:30 4:30 Beth Barany 12 Stages of the Writer’s Adventure Workshop
4:30 5:15 Music by Maureen Brennan, Harp Soloist
6:00 7:00 Entertainment by Red Desert Dance Company, under the direction of Marie
Soderlund: a Bay Area Belly Dance Troupe
Tuesday, June 15
3:30 5:00 Open Mic readings: Ida Lewenstein, Ollie Welch, Larry Stewart, Jo
Carpignano, Darlene Frank
5:00 6:00 Joyce Robins Memoir Workshop: “Aunt Lydia’s Trousseau”
6:00 6:40 Open Mic readings: Sal Zohar, David Hirzel, Margaret Davis
6:40 7:00 Tory Hartmann, President SF/Peninsula California Writers Club Awarding The Most Promising Writer of the Year & winner’s reading
7:00 8:00 Workshop with CWC member Mary Hanna: How to Write Funny: Tips and
Tricks to Liven Up Your Writing
8:00 9:00 Workshop with CWC member Mary Knippel: Coaxing Creativity
9:00 10:00 Poetry performance by Celeste McCarty
Wednesday, June 16
11:00 4:00 Onsite Painting with Karlene Ryan in the Fine Art department
3:00 6:00 Self-publishing Workshop with Celeste McCarty
Poetry performance
Fiction Genre Workshop with Frank Kahren, “Brand Loyalty,” and Anastasia
Blackwell, “The House on Blue Lake”
6:00 7:00 Performance by Judgement Day, a three piece “string metal” band
7:00 8:00 Performance by singing group Ol’ Blue Genes
Thursday, June 17
3:00 4:00 Blessing Ceremony by the Deeksha Givers
Honoring “Carry the Light” recipient Bob Squeri
4:00 5:00 Stacey Grewal Gratitude Workshop
5:00 6:00 Soldiers Angels presentation
6:00 7:30 Entertainment by Red Desert Dance Company, under the direction of Marie
Soderlund: a Bay Area Belly Dance Troupe
Friday, June 18
2:00 3:00 Performance by Judgement Day, a three piece “string metal” band
Saturday, June 19
Local Authors Book Day with Beth Barany, Anastasia Blackwell, Elizabeth Block, Jo Carpignano, Ellen Chong, Jon Cory, George Cunningham, M.D., Margaret Davis, Darlene Frank, Stacey Grewal, Mary Hanna, Tory Hartmann, Vinnie Hansen, David Hirzel, Kimmelin Hull, Frank Kahren, Mary Knippel, Ines Villafane-Leon, Judith Marshall, Celeste McCarty, Joyce Robins, Teresa LeYung Ryan, Geri Spieler, and others.
12:00 12:45 Author check-in and set-up
12:45 1:15 Roving MC Tory Hartmann introducing book fair participants
1:15 2:00 Audience participation: Guess Who’s the Liar? with mystery writers Vinnie
Hansen, Frank Kahren, and Beth Barany
2:00 3:00 Panel: So You Want to Write a Novel: Four Bay Area novelists discuss
their experiences and offer tips for aspiring fiction writers. Meet Teresa
LeYung Ryan, Margaret Davis, Judith Marshall, and Jon Cory; moderated by
Geri Spieler
3:00 3:30 Q&A: Author Q&A: Publishing –the traditional route or self-publish?
3:30 4:30 Where Memoir and Fiction Cross Over with Elizabeth Block
4:30 5:00 Q&A: OK, so you’ve written your book. Now how do you promote yourself?
5:00 and on Anastasia Blackwell presents: Creative Marketing for Authors: an evening of
collaboration using various artists and art forms to market your book.
Sunday, June 20
Mid-day Entertainment by Red Desert Dance Company, under the direction of Marie
Soderlund: a Bay Area Belly Dance Troupe
Other performances to be announced
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Bardi Rosman Koodrin!
See you there!
Sincerely,
Teresa LeYung Ryan
Writing Career Coach Teresa says: “Build your name, beat the game, be happily published.” http://WritingCoachTeresa.com
Teresa LeYung Ryan uses her novel Love Made of Heart to:
- celebrate immigrants
- inspire adult-children of mentally-ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas that their parents suffer
- help survivors of family violence find their own voices