Soon to retire from Federal Government service. I have over 30 years experience as an intelligence specialist with combat experience in Afghanistan and deployments to the Middle East and Balkans. I have specialized expertise in targeting and interrogation. Now I hope to utilize that life experience in a writing career. I'm more interested in writing for TV, but open minded for any opportunity. Cheers!
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Hi, James Thornton. Welcome to the community. Here's a blog that'll help you navigate Stage 32: www.stage32.com/blog/how-to-successfully-navigate-the-stage-32-platform-...
Stage 32 has TV writing Education I think you'll be interested in (www.stage32.com/education/search?term=TV%20writing).
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Thank you
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I wish you success with your writing as you did with your deployment as an intelligence specialist.
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Much success! Sounds very exciting.
You're welcome, James Thornton. Keep us posted on your projects.
you might be interested in my work about Israel’s most successful spy…
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Awesome!
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Welcome! Sounds like you can tell some amazing stories!
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Thank you all for the encouragement. My next goal is learning how to reduce exposition in dialogue. Any pointers is much appreciated. "Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words" - Mark Twain
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I like to read my dialogue out loud, since a good chunk of the time what looks cool on paper doesn’t actually sound natural.
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Putting characters in danger or rushing them are two ways to hide exposition, James Thornton. You could also have characters do things when they're giving exposition so the reader won't notice it as much. And if a scene is entertaining, I don't think readers will notice exposition as much.
I found this on-demand webinar on Stage 32's Education page. Robert McKee taught it. One of the things he talked about was exposition: www.stage32.com/education/products/robert-mckee-writing-believable-engag...
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'The Pope in the Pool' method in whatever form, James
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Amazing
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Will certainly be interesting to see what you can bring to the industry James Thornton! Wish you success in your endeavors!
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Thanks for the advice and encouragement! I had to look up the Pope in the Pool because I'm so new to this and that gave me some ideas.