Author: Pete Bauer
Where Credit is Due
Posted Gabby Wells, Novel, WritingI once read that successful people surround themselves with people who are strong in areas they are not. I continue to do this in the creation of the Gabby Wells novels. As I’ve mentioned on this blog, my history is writing screenplays, but am migrating my way into novel writing. This process hasn’t been easy […]
Is Facebook Heading in the Right Direction?
Posted Marketing, Social MediaThis is a great video by Derek Muller from Veritasium about the changes to Facebook that not only limit what you see from the people you are friends with, but also the challenges entrepreneurs (including authors) have when trying to use Facebook to promote their wares. [youtube=http://youtu.be/l9ZqXlHl65g]
Funkified
Posted Author, Novel, WritingI’m in a funk. A writing funk. I’ve been working on my first novel for a long time. A LONG time. Not always in novel form, but the story itself has been in my life everyday for about four years. Four years. First as a screenplay idea. Then as a TV script idea. And now […]
TYPECASTING TUESDAY – SLEEP
Posted Typecasting
TYPECASTING TUESDAY – POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
Posted Typecasting
Busy, Busy, Busy
Posted UncategorizedNot ignoring the blog, just busy with 1001 things. All good, but time sensitive. I’ll have a lot of updates soon. Promise 🙂
When You Feel You Suck as a Writer
Posted Author, Novel, story telling, WritingEvery writer doubts their abilities. It’s the nature of the process. When working on a novel, invariably I will write something of which I am certain is effective that, upon further scrutiny, seems to suck. The reality is none of these are true; it is neither effective or awful. The fact that it can in […]
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – An Epic Failure of Adaptation
Posted Marketing, Review, Screenplay, story telling, WritingThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is a perfect storm of predictability. If you decide to adapt a single novel into a movie trilogy, the middle story, the bridge, is the hardest one to pull off successfully. Having the middle story as part of a prequel makes the project a recipe for failure with The […]
Book Review – Wounds
Posted Novel, ReviewWounds, by long time, successful Christian author Alton Gansky, delves into the victims of a serial killer whose motive is evil and whose crimes are biblical. Gansky’s approaches the subject matter in a way I love, not as Christian fiction, per se, but as a book that has characters who are actively Christian. This is […]
Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Adaptation Choices
Posted Novel, Podcast, Review, Screenplay, story telling, Writing“I have an image of Prim in a white room, strapped to a table, while masked, robed figures elicit those sounds from her. Somewhere they are torturing her, or did torture her, to get those sounds.” In my last podcast I talked about the process of adapting a screenplay to a novel. The opposite path […]
Podcast 04 – Screenplay to Novel Adaptation
Posted Author, Novel, Podcast, Screenplay, story telling, WritingToday’s podcast discusses some tips on how to adapt a screenplay into a novel. Here are a few steps to consider when adapting a screenplay to a novel. Step 1) Overview. Look at the story from a 30,000 foot level. Sketch out the basics of the plot (beginning, middle and end). Also, write down the […]
Residuals
Posted Author, Screenplay, WritingA long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I was a screenwriter. I wrote screenplays, won some awards, had some optioned and a few produced. One of those screenplays I wrote at the request of a friend of mine, Jenni Gold. I recently mentioned Jenni in a post about her work on the […]
Typecasting Desk
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