May 21
Jay Humphery’s Ego Blast is exactly the rainy vacation day thing I needed without knowing it. At 31.13 Gallery.

Jay Humphery’s Ego Blast is exactly the rainy vacation day thing I needed without knowing it. At 31.13 Gallery.

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May 13
Charles Bukowski & Kurt Vonnegut with @cbbernard.

Charles Bukowski & Kurt Vonnegut with @cbbernard.

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May 12

Met Chad Beecroft in my Storyboarding class @NWFilmcenter and am hoping to work with him in the future. 

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May 11
Case Study across from Central Library before Storyboarding class @nwfilmcenter.

Case Study across from Central Library before Storyboarding class @nwfilmcenter.

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May 10
I’m in love with my friend’s packing lists. Put this list above my Willy Vlautin The Motel Life poster from Wordstock.

I’m in love with my friend’s packing lists. Put this list above my Willy Vlautin The Motel Life poster from Wordstock.

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May 03
You’re not late for IPRC’s Pub Night. Just starting now.

You’re not late for IPRC’s Pub Night. Just starting now.

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Apr 28
My all or nothing #tedxpdx domino is a glimpse of future dependent on orientation, not odds.

My all or nothing #tedxpdx domino is a glimpse of future dependent on orientation, not odds.

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Apr 27
Back to #tedxpdx, coffee in hand.

Back to #tedxpdx, coffee in hand.

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Apr 22
Three screenplays to read on a sunny Portland balcony: Paper Moon, Argo & Blue Valentine. Can barely read Paper Moon due to quality of copy.

Three screenplays to read on a sunny Portland balcony: Paper Moon, Argo & Blue Valentine. Can barely read Paper Moon due to quality of copy.

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Apr 21

While storytelling isn’t exactly 100% visual, I’ve decided to play with screenplay structure to see what I can learn from it.

The writing process starts with laying out your intentions. I immediately think of either free-writing or outlines with roman numerals and indention.

  • Free-writing gets ideas flowing, much like thinking while in the shower.
  • Outline structure is too much like a waterfall of ideas and less like the night sky of ideas where beginnings are visualized.

I wanted to play chess with ideas. Character interaction and scenes build upon each other within the screenplay structure.

Additional benefits of screenplay:

  • Enforces “show don’t tell” because you must think in terms of scene.
  • Encourages visualizing character interaction to develop a character rather than writing piles of backstory. 
  • Eases editing by keeping scenes to the length of a sticky note (low investment = easier edit decisions).

I liked putting all my cards on the table and checking the stakes. 

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