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		<title>An Epidemic of Stuff</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/09/08/an-epidemic-of-stuff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Burning Man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Collyer Brothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drew Barrymore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ernest Hemingway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grey Gardens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jessica Lange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Safran Foer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liev Schreiber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[storage units]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So &#8211; how much stuff do you have? I just got back from Burning Man and was so struck by how much stuff you have to take to camp in the desert for a few days. So. Much. Stuff. And that excludes all my stuff at home. Stuff I haven&#8217;t worn in forever. Stuff I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Ten Finalists</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/09/01/top-ten-finalists-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/09/01/top-ten-finalists-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are the top ten finalists for the 2010 Silver Screenwriting Competition. Kudos to everyone on this list and even to those who didn&#8217;t make it up from the semi-finals. There are some great scripts here and it was really tough to narrow the list down. Congratulations to everyone! Bank Robbing for Dummies by Robert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Buck Stops Here</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/08/31/the-buck-stops-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/08/31/the-buck-stops-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4762</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello, everyone.  For any of you who may be following the online controversy, aspersion has been cast upon the first round judging criteria and methodology of The Silver Screenwriting Competition. Some of the rumors have been wild and some wildly inaccurate but the bottom line is with a competition that has grown as quickly as [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Knit Two Purl Two Short Scene Competition</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/08/31/knit-two-purl-two-short-scene-competition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/08/31/knit-two-purl-two-short-scene-competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4755</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;ve (re)taken up knitting in the past few months. I find it a very soothing, meditative thing to do. And little travel tip &#8211; no, they won&#8217;t take away your knitting needles, even on El Al. I&#8217;m really a novice, so I decided to get going on some knit caps for the holiday season. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silver Screenwriting Top Ten Delay</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/08/26/silver-screenwriting-top-ten-delay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/08/26/silver-screenwriting-top-ten-delay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello everybody &#8211; last year we announced our semifinalists and top ten early.  This year, due to a couple of unforeseen events, we&#8217;re announcing on September 1st. Sorry for the hold up and for the TENSION and EXCITEMENT but we need a few more days.]]></description>
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		<title>Where Do You Create From?</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/08/25/where-do-you-create-from/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/08/25/where-do-you-create-from/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[in-laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[like-minded]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Artist's Way]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Creative Habit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The War of Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twyla Tharp]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4743</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning I got a lovely email from a friend that said &#8220;create from a place of love, never from a place of fear&#8221;.   Though the email was referring to idea that we create our own realities each day with our thoughts and expectations about life, whether you subscribe to that or not, I think [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Rose by Any Other Name?</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/08/24/a-rose-by-any-other-name/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/08/24/a-rose-by-any-other-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Allan Ball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heidi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Gladwell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ricky Fitts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Mendes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wes Bently]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4738</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you could rename yourself anything, right now, today &#8211; what would it be? Would you choose a name that connoted daring and adventure? Or sophistication and intelligence? How about something very down-to-earth and American sounding like Brick Jones. What&#8217;s a guy like Brick Jones like? Like it or not we humans put a lot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want, Need, Flaw Refresher</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/08/19/want-need-flaw-refresher/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/08/19/want-need-flaw-refresher/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4727</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most writers, when asked what their character wants, say something general, like love, power or money. But we need to be much more specific than this in order to establish stakes and to give the character a tangible goal. If you only know what your characters wants in general terms, that’s actually okay because you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Close Your Eyes</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/08/18/close-your-eyes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/08/18/close-your-eyes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacaranda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romantic Comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sounds in writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrence Malick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thriller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tree of Life]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4721</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I sat and talked with one of the ADR guys working with Terrence Malick on THE TREE OF LIFE, and as he explained what he does we wandered into a discussion of our favorite sounds. I played him a recording I have of a mullah&#8217;s call to prayer in Jaffa that I made a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Effing Entertain Me</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/08/07/just-effing-entertain-me-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/08/07/just-effing-entertain-me-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 06:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Northwest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Willamette Writer's Conference]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4710</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m up at the Willamette Valley Writer&#8217;s Conference in Portland, Oregon, doing some teaching. So far I&#8217;ve taught &#8220;Writing the Character Driven Script&#8221; and &#8220;Testing Ideas for Originality.&#8221; Tomorrow I teach the perennial favorite &#8220;Top 10 Things Readers Hate&#8221; and I give the keynote speech at lunch. Hey, no pressure. Today, the conference organizer [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Improve Your Quality of Life</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/08/03/improve-your-quality-of-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/08/03/improve-your-quality-of-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cell phone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How to be Alone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In Praise of Slowness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you tube]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4701</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do any of you ever feel as if you are on an increasingly crazy treadmill of busy busy busy? I know I do. My iPhone has made me possible to reach, wherever I am, by text, phone call or email. And I find that the more connected I am, the more saturated I am by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leave Your Main Character Room to Grow</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/08/02/leave-your-main-character-room-to-grow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/08/02/leave-your-main-character-room-to-grow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 05:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[8 Mile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry Levinson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elle Woods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eminem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Basinger]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Scott Silver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Cruise]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4697</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Time after time I hear writers describe relatively nice, minimally flawed main characters at the top (beginning) of their script. People who are in pretty good shape until something of a mild-to-moderate nature happens, which turns their world just slightly askance. The problem is that the character then doesn&#8217;t really have very far to go/grow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Short Scene Winner</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/08/02/short-scene-winner-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/08/02/short-scene-winner-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amazon.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank R. Stockton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[or the Tiger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Lady]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Liz Holliday for a well earned win for her short scene The Tiger and the Lady (anyone get the reference?).  Liz has received a $25 gift certificate from Amazon.com and we&#8217;ll be getting on the phone later this week to talk about whatever&#8217;s on Liz&#8217;s writerly mind. Thank you to everyone who participated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silver Screenwriting Top 20 Semifinalists</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/31/silver-screenwriting-top-20-semifinalists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/31/silver-screenwriting-top-20-semifinalists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[contest finalists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silver screenwriting semifinalists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[top 2.5%]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m announcing the top 20 semifinalists just a little bit early but I&#8217;m excited and I just can&#8217;t help myself. This list will appear on the SSC website tomorrow. But for now, congratulations to everyone who made it to the top 20.  Out of all the submissions, placing as a semifinalist puts you in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Three Short Scenes</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/29/top-three-short-scenes-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/29/top-three-short-scenes-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amazon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bengal tiger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hot air balloon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Gray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Krakatoa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4662</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So here they are, the top three short scenes for the Bengal tiger, Krakatoa, hot air balloon competition. I was going to announce them later this week but I read through them with such relish, it was hard narrowing it down to the top three! I have to thank EVERYBODY for participating; I absolutely love [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The History of the World in 300 Words</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/27/the-history-of-the-world-in-300-words/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/27/the-history-of-the-world-in-300-words/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[algebra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[astronomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Gates]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carl Sagan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4650</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m reading that book A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson and for no good reason at all except that I love history, I was inspired to challenge myself to write a history of the world in 300 words or less. I came in at exactly 300 words. I&#8217;m sure there are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Short Scene Competition Reminder</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/26/short-scene-competition-reminder-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/26/short-scene-competition-reminder-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[REMINDER: Wednesday, July 29th at 12am PST is the deadline for the latest three key word short (one page) scene competition here on JFEME. Here are the three keywords: Bengal tiger, Krakatoa and hot air balloon (And yes, you need to use these as groupings. In other words, you can&#8217;t separate &#8220;Bengal&#8221; from &#8220;tiger&#8221; or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Usage Eff Ups</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/26/usage-eff-ups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/26/usage-eff-ups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[adjective]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes grammar school seems like a million years ago and all that conjunction junction stuff went right out the window. Absolutely everybody makes mistakes; sometimes the more you stare at pages the easier it is to gloss over a usage error or misspell. And these days, language is morphing rapidly, with new words being born [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Event Movies</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/25/event-movies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/25/event-movies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Nolan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[District Nine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inception]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leonardo di Caprio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paranormal Activity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Trek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twilight]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What do HARRY POTTER, AVATAR,  DISTRICT 9, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, STAR TREK, TWILIGHT and INCEPTION all have in common? These are event movies. Movies that have been so hyped that audiences stand in line to buy tickets. Movies that viewers are so excited about that anything other than opening weekend is not an option. Event movies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Key Word Short Scene Competition!</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/22/new-key-word-short-scene-competition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/22/new-key-word-short-scene-competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bengal tiger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beverly Hills 90210]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chuck Rosin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellen Sandler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Everybody Loves Raymond]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jen Grisanti]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joseph Papp]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mel Gibson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrence Malick]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, everybody! It&#8217;s been so busy lately, good lord. So much fun stuff going on. I had a lovely lunch with Ellen Sandler yesterday; what a treat that was. Ellen got her start reading scripts for Joseph Papp in New York and went on to work as the co-EP (co-executive producer) on Everybody Loves Raymond. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>24 Hour Literary Marathon in Santa Monica!</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/20/24-hour-literary-marathon-in-santa-monica/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/20/24-hour-literary-marathon-in-santa-monica/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ADD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brad Listi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brooke Berman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deirdre Shaw]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jillian Lauren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jose Rivera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Unexpected]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literary Marathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liz Tagelaar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love or Something Like It]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Sarvas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Times Best Selling Author]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[No Place Like Home]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi everybody &#8211; hey, I wanted to share the news of this pretty cool event happening this weekend in Santa Monica with you: The Writers Junction, an affordable shared workspace for writers, along with WordHustler and The Nervous Breakdown are pleased to announce the first ever 24-Hour Literary Marathon to run this Saturday, July 24th [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playwriting: Is it for You?</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/14/playwriting-is-it-for-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/14/playwriting-is-it-for-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Broad Humor Film Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[playwriting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[playwriting class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[playwriting workshop los angeles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan diRendi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a guest blog by my friend and partner in creative crime, Susan diRendi, the director of the wonderful, energizing Broad Humor Film Festival. Susan and I had a fascinating conversation the other day about playwriting and Susan was kind enough to blog about it. I also want to point out that if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Staff Updates</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/14/staff-updates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/14/staff-updates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Several months ago, very quietly and without any fanfare, I joined forces with Henri Sant-Cassia as my business manager, equal partner and publicist for all of my business concerns. Henri is a brilliant man and were it not for him, I surely would have gone mad by now. Although if you ask Henri that ship [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ShowBizzle</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/13/showbizzle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/13/showbizzle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beverly Hills 90210]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charles rosin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dawson Creek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Golden Age of Television Competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Janey's Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jen Gristanti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Showbizzle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[television scripts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tv consultant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tv script competition]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, everyone! Yesterday I had the opportunity for a nice long chat with Charles Rosin, a veritable television legend and one heck of a great guy. Charles will be one of the judges for our top television scripts at the Golden Age of Television Competition (deadline November 15th), along with Jen Grisanti and another special [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The GASP List</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/11/the-gasp-list-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/11/the-gasp-list-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Al Pacino]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arthur]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Billy Wilder]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the new, improved, always evolving GASP list &#8211; the list of movies that you should have seen if you want to work (produce, write, direct, act) in the entertainment industry. If you haven&#8217;t seen them &#8211; well, ergo the GASP. There are 150-odd titles on this list and counting. Although it is simply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Screenwriting 101: Slug and Action Lines</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/10/screenwriting-101-slug-and-action-lines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/10/screenwriting-101-slug-and-action-lines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 19:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[action lines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[format problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[screenplay format]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[screenwriting format]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[script format questions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, Effers! I hope everyone is having a good weekend and finding some time to write! As I work on the manuscript for my book I keep finding bits and pieces that seem so relevant right now, so I thought I&#8217;d pull this one for your reading pleasure: *** A slugline, which indicates where a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Flavorful Action Lines</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/08/writing-flavorful-action-lines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/08/writing-flavorful-action-lines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[action lines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[five senses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McDonalds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plain Jane]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone! I hope you all had a lovely 4th of July weekend. I want to talk about actions lines today, and the opportunity they present. No, no, I&#8217;m not going to go on about too much black again, although hopefully by now you do know you can just squinch up your eyes and look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kevin the Screenwriter</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/02/kevin-the-screenwriter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/02/kevin-the-screenwriter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hollywood Roaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin the Screenwriter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perspective]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone &#8211; welcome to a lovely Friday (at least here in LA!) and a wonderful holiday weekend (at least here in the US!). Rather than hector you all to write write write this weekend, I&#8217;m actually going to preach something new to practice: Slow down and take some me time. That&#8217;s one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silver Screenwriting Quarterfinalists!</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/01/silver-screenwriting-quarterfinalists-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/07/01/silver-screenwriting-quarterfinalists-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[quarterfinalists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[screenplay competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[script competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silver Screenwriting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silver Screenwriting results]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I know everyone is going to rush to scroll down this list and look for your name and not read a thing I say until them. That&#8217;s fine. I&#8217;ll wait&#8230; Abeyta, April &#038; Kim Nunley &#8211; Super Ted Amdahl, Joseph &#8211; A Boy in the Woods Axelrad, David &#038; Michel Plaxton &#8211; Machine Gun Kelly: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Do Not Have Time to Read This Script</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/30/i-dont-have-time-to-read-this-script/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/30/i-dont-have-time-to-read-this-script/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judging scripts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[movie scripts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silver screenwriting competition]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m judging my behind off today as I prepare to announce the top 50 quarterfinalists in the Silver Screenwriting Competition tomorrow. I have 70 scripts in this round and 20 scripts have to go. How do I choose? Well, I have to vet the notes on the top 70 that the earlier judges and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Cinematically</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/29/writing-cinematically/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/29/writing-cinematically/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Forzaglia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Danny Manus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellen Sandler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GAPF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great American Pitch Fest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[haiku]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karl Iglesias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marilyn Horowitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pilar alessandra]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I taught a fun class at the Great American Pitch Fest last weekend, entitled Words Into Pictures: Writing Cinematically for the Silver Screen. What a great group I had. I always get so lucky that way. The GAPF is the only screenwriting event I know of that I whole-heartedly recommend you check out. Bob [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Writerly Survival Tool Kit</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/21/the-writers-survival-tool-kit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/21/the-writers-survival-tool-kit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[You Oughta Know]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Billy Mernit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blake Snyder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blue Cat Screenwriting Competition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John August]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MovieMagic]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[scripts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you new to screenwriting? Or have you been doing this for awhile? Are you a serious hobbyist or a writer hyphenate (-director or -producer)? So much to think about. So little time. So much to buy, so much to weigh and squeeze. And writing must take precedence over all. Still, no matter where you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Movies as Art, Movies as Commerce</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/21/movies-as-art-movies-as-commerce/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/21/movies-as-art-movies-as-commerce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Julie's Corner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1984]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Warhol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[as seen on tv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Get Him to the Greek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Half Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iron Man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Koons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lolita]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Max]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slow food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been quite a spirited debate in the comments of my article on the Huffington Post about the state of movies today. The thread of comments has grown longer and longer and it&#8217;s been a fascinating discussion. Who is to blame, audiences or corporate bean counters? Wouldn&#8217;t we love to know so we could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Death of the Movie Critic</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/21/the-death-of-the-movie-critic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/21/the-death-of-the-movie-critic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Julie's Corner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[You Oughta Know]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A.O. Scott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Lane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Denby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Wolcott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mick LaSalle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[movie critics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nobody's Perfect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pauline Kael]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Bogdonavich]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4500</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you read film reviews? Do you have favorite movie critics? How important a role do movie reviews play in your viewing decisions? In the latest edition of Vanity Fair, James Wolcott (one of my favorite contributors, irascible as he is) writes an interesting piece about the demise of the movie critic that depresses and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Wiese Productions</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/19/michael-wiese-productions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/19/michael-wiese-productions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 05:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Julie's Corner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Riley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Derek Rydall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Hudson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Wiese Productions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MWP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pilar alessandra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hollywood Standard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Virgin's Promise]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4495</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What a red letter day. I attended the annual publisher&#8217;s summit of MWP &#8211; Michael Wiese Productions &#8211; and got to sit in a room all day with authors whose names I have seen on the spines of books at The Writers Store for years. What an amazing thrill to be part of that group [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judging Scripts the Darwinian Way</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/18/judging-scripts-the-darwinian-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/18/judging-scripts-the-darwinian-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Silver Screenwriting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darwin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Golden Ticket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judging scripts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silver Screen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Willy Wonka]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4489</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So last night we began judging the 2010 Silver Screenwriting Competition. It&#8217;s so exciting to be doing so again, and wondering who will find Willy Wonka&#8217;s golden ticket among the hundreds and hundreds of submitted scripts. We&#8217;re in our third year &#8211; each year the submission list gets longer and longer. Next year the competition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE KARATE KID</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/17/the-karate-kid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/17/the-karate-kid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[craft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jackie Chan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jaden Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kung Fu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[martial arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Netherlands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Karate Kid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Will Smith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this interview with Harald Zwart, director of THE KARATE KID!]]></description>
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		<title>The Huffington Post</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/17/the-huffington-post/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/17/the-huffington-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Julie's Corner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arianna Huffington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Effers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Huffington Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4477</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, Effers, I&#8217;m having a rarity, which is: a happy day. Well, rare during these times. A version of the blog post I wrote about grief has appeared on the Huffington Post today. I am going to be a regular contributor. It&#8217;s a silver lining &#8211; just a sliver &#8211; but I am proud. So [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wanted: Original Material</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/16/wanted-original-material/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/16/wanted-original-material/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[You Oughta Know]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3-D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dreamworks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hollywood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paramount]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Universal Studios]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warner Bros.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Good morning, Effers! What did mama tell ya? What was mama complaining about vociferously recently? *** From New York Magazine: Conventional wisdom in Hollywood of late has said that you should stick to familiar brands when making movies. It could be a sequel or an adaptation of an old TV show, board game, toy, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yeah But How Many of Your Students Have Sold a Script?</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/15/yeah-but-how-many-of-your-students-have-sold-a-script/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/15/yeah-but-how-many-of-your-students-have-sold-a-script/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Julie's Corner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hipsters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legoland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[magic wand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pork pie hat]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that writers get handed a whole lot of in this industry is bullshit. Pure, steaming bullshit. I&#8217;m happy to serve up more &#8211; I know how to do it, too &#8211; but it&#8217;s not my style. Never has been. It galls me. I work with repped and unrepped writers; I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have YOU Ever Sold a Script?</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/14/have-you-ever-sold-a-script/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/14/have-you-ever-sold-a-script/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I get this once in awhile. Usually from someone who is not so subtly intimating that until or unless one has sold a script in Hollywood, one is not then equipped, authorized or credentialed enough to teach screenwriting. Well, not usually from a person with that view but always, to a one. Because if I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Him to the Greek</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/14/get-him-to-the-greek/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/14/get-him-to-the-greek/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Get Him to the Greek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Segel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonah Hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judd Apatow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicholas Stoller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[P. Diddy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russell Brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hangover]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4438</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My faith in Judd Apatow has been restored. GET HIM TO THE GREEK is the raunchiest, I mean RAUNCHIEST, R-rated, ridiculous, funny, touching, moving, poignant movie I have ever seen. What a weird combination. But it works. Not quite as out-and-out hilarious as (almost) equally raunchy THE HANGOVER, GET HIM TO THE GREEK revisits the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Networking to Netgiving</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/12/from-networking-to-netgiving/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/12/from-networking-to-netgiving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 06:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Business End]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CS Expo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joan Rivers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[screenwriters]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4429</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Networking is a critical part of a writer&#8217;s life. In fact, networking is part of everybody&#8217;s life, when it comes down to it. We all need favors, we do them in return, we borrow an egg or recommend a gardener or drive someone to the hospital. It takes a village. But in the business world [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enter Now or Forever Hold Your Piece</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/11/enter-now-or-forever-hold-your-piece/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/11/enter-now-or-forever-hold-your-piece/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 04:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Silver Screenwriting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hollywood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jr.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kiss Kiss Bang Bang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lethal Weapon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macbook Air]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Downey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shane Black]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Silver Screenwriting Competition]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4427</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Silver Screenwriting Competition closes its doors for 2010 in just over two hours. Phew! The scripts have been pouring in, especially over the last few days&#8230;and hours! This is your last chance to win: a MacBook Air; lunch with Mr. Shane Black (LETHAL WEAPON, KISS KISS BANG BANG); $3,000 cash; hotel and airfare for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Weak Female Characters are GOOD</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/11/why-weak-female-characters-are-good/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/11/why-weak-female-characters-are-good/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[You Oughta Know]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[female characters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megan Fox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rachel Taylor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tranformers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I came upon this blog post on Overthinking It and I was just gobsmacked by the excellence in writing and the lucidity of salient points. I thought it rocked, in other words. It is awesomeness. Here is an excerpt and a link to read the whole article: **** Why Strong Female Characters Are Bad for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the Mailbag</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/10/from-the-mailbag-15/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/10/from-the-mailbag-15/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[mailbag]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ain't No Mountain High Enough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barbara Eden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clearance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Harrison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gore Vidal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lyrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nia Vardolos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[permissions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4407</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Julie &#8211; have I told you how beautiful you are lately? How graceful and lithe? How very, very intelligent and gifted? And while we&#8217;re at it, is that a new hair cut? Wow. All I can say is where do you get it done?? Whoops, sorry. Fantasy question/letter there. Dear Julie: My script which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Love You, Lumiere Brothers</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/09/i-love-you-lumiere-brothers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/09/i-love-you-lumiere-brothers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4399</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So this thing happened a little over a century ago &#8211; this medium in which we could photograph pictures in rapid succession, string them together and the pictures would move. One of the first exciting films the Lumiere brothers premiered was called (translated into English) WORKERS LEAVING THE LUMIERE FACTORY. The film was 50 seconds [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is This a Movie?</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/02/is-this-a-movie/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/06/02/is-this-a-movie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Ball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[catering truck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chihuahua]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commissary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frosting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hollywood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libby Goldstein]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Lot]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sounds like some kind of question I&#8217;d ask you in a workshop, right? And I&#8217;m sure it is. A question. Whether your crazy idea about an Oreo factory explosion gone horribly wrong with espionage and rivers of frosting is a movie or just an industrial accident of particular entertainment value. You know. But no, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silver Screenwriting Deadline</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/31/silver-screenwriting-deadline/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/31/silver-screenwriting-deadline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Silver Screenwriting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silver Screen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Silver Screenwriting Competition]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4387</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just for clarity &#8211; I know we are writers, not scientists or mathematicians &#8211; the deadline for the Silver Screenwriting Competition is June 1st at midnight. Just BEFORE June 2nd. Get it? Maybe you do. I got confused. So. There&#8217;s one more day is my point. xoxo]]></description>
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		<title>You Know How I Know You&#8217;re a Writer?</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/30/you-know-how-i-know-youre-a-writer-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/30/you-know-how-i-know-youre-a-writer-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 00:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Julie's Corner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bluecat Screenwriting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gordy Hoffman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hipster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karl Iglesias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pilar alessandra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tree forts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4371</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First of all, who is the first person who can tell me which movie that blog post title riffs on? I know more writers than anyone I know, excluding my colleagues like Pilar Alessandra, Gordy Hoffman, Karl Iglesias and others. Let me put it another way: I know more writers, by a country mile, than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Adventures in Grieving</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/29/my-adventures-in-grieving/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/29/my-adventures-in-grieving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 16:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Julie's Corner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grieving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jenette Bras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Gray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manicure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melrose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pedicure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suicide]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4357</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As you can see and know by now, I am busying myself getting back to normal so as to blunt the excruciating grief of the loss of my brother two weeks ago. Two whole weeks. Two weeks and two days since he was on this planet. And now he is not. It&#8217;s still unbelievable to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gary Coleman</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/28/gary-coleman/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/28/gary-coleman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 20:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[You Oughta Know]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child stars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dickie Roberts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drew Barrymore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freaky Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Coleman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hidalgo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jake Gyllenhaal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jodie Foster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lyndsay Lohan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parent Trap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shirley Temple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Prince of Persia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viggo Mortensen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4353</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hollywood has claimed another victim. Gary Coleman, troubled child star and a very broken person has succumbed to a head injury. It was so inevitable, wasn&#8217;t it? There are so few child stars who actually make it into adulthood relatively unscathed. Jodie Foster comes to mind. Drew Barrymore but she doesn&#8217;t exactly qualify 100% since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Splendid Moments</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/27/the-splendid-moments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/27/the-splendid-moments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 17:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buffalo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[movie scenes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4345</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Screenwriters are usually freak fans of movies. Natch. And as such, we tend to think in scenes. We picture the cinematic sweep or essence of FX of a scene and how COOL it&#8217;s gonna look. Sometimes seeing that scene comes far before where or how exactly that scene fits into a more mechanistic story. Being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This is IT</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/25/this-is-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/25/this-is-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 18:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Silver Screenwriting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Gray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[screenwriting competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shane Black]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Silver Screenwriting Competition]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4340</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Good morning, everyone! There is one week left to enter your script into the Silver Screenwriting Competition. There&#8217;s literally exactly eight days left, guys. You can do this. Get that sucker entered so we can go have fun here in LA and buy you a new computer and take some meetings. Give the script a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Your Messaging?</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/24/what-is-your-messaging/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/24/what-is-your-messaging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 06:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[theme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghan Women's Writing Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burqa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fatal Attraction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feminism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[optimism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pessimism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[progressive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Some Like it Hot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women in film]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4328</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I started teaching my virtual classroom of Afghani women through the Afghan Women&#8217;s Writing Project, most of whom live near or in Kabul. I read their bios carefully; all had experienced some very dark times under the Taliban. One woman had her father and two brothers taken from her childhood home at gunpoint. Another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Short Film Competition</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/24/short-film-competition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/24/short-film-competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 19:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[You Oughta Know]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citywalk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[King Kong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[short film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Universal Studios]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Universal Studios Hollywood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zoopa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, everyone! I just found out about this opportunity and thought it was really, really FUN and that you&#8217;d like to know about it. It&#8217;s a short film call to entry of a most unusual kind; film makers who submit a 1-3 minute short film about the destruction King Kong could wreak in his return [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why a TV Meeting Is Like Sorority Rush</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/21/why-a-tv-meeting-is-like-sorority-rush/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/21/why-a-tv-meeting-is-like-sorority-rush/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 16:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hollywood Assistant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LAX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[network executives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sority rush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sorority]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi, friends. It&#8217;s Lisa Takeuchi Cullen again from Wasabi Mama. Julie&#8217;s on her way back to LA following the loss of her brother, so I hope you&#8217;ll allow me to visit with you and tell you more about my TV staffing season adventures. I could hear it the minute I got off the plane at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Blog: TV Upfronts!</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/20/guest-blog-tv-upfronts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/20/guest-blog-tv-upfronts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 04:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allison Janey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AT&T]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Better Together]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Bang Theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bleep My Dad Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CBS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chuck Lorre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cindy Chupack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clearasil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goodyear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JJ Abrams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law & Order]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Unexpected]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lonestar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love Bites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew Perry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melrose Place]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mr. Sunshine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NBC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shana Goldberg-Meehan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shonda Rhimes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[television]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[television writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Event]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tv guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Two and a Half Men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[upfronts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Shatner]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4307</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Margaux Froley here, otherwise known as the TV Guide. Pitching in for Julie and getting down and dirty with upfront news. Thursday is the last day of the major network advertising hoopla known as upfronts. A crazy week in New York when networks bring their executives, stars, and showrunners to parade in front of advertisers. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Blog: Teevee Talk</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/19/4298/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/19/4298/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 05:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lisa Takeuchi Cullen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[television]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TIME]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Time Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[True/Slant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[upfronts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wasabi Mama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4298</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi, Effers! I&#8217;m Lisa Takeuchi Cullen. I blog as Wasabi Mama at True/Slant. I&#8217;m pinch hitting for Julie since as most of you know, she&#8217;s going through some pretty rough stuff this week. So I&#8217;m stepping up to bat. Let&#8217;s talk TV. A couple of years ago, the only relationship I had with screens big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank You</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/16/thank-you-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/16/thank-you-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 16:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4289</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As unsure as I was of whether I should make public the events of late and the terrible loss of my dear brother Peter, I am so deeply touched by the comments and emails I have received. They are flooding in and I read each one carefully. They make me cry a little. They make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Howl</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/14/howl/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/14/howl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 20:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4285</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Julie-verse grew a little dimmer yesterday. My brother decided to end his life. You know you&#8217;re a writer when you HAVE to write it down; how it feels, the why the why the why the howl and the anger of it. I think of one of my favorite movies, NIGHT, MOTHER and want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Can&#039;t Get What You Want&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/13/you-cant-get-what-you-want/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/13/you-cant-get-what-you-want/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 19:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Julie's Corner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A million miles in a thousand years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donald miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rolling stones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[screenwriting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tongue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4278</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;until you get what you need. Right? Over a breakfast consultation with a very gifted writer who also happens to be a good friend, we discussed the behaviors and activities of an ex of mine and we said to each other, oh boy the want, need, flaw of this person is SO clear! Which of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Plans</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/12/summer-plans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/12/summer-plans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 21:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Julie's Corner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silver Screenwriting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judging scripts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[summer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[summer vacation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TSD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vacation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4274</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So what are you doing this summer? Used to be that was a standard question, whether the answer was going camping or going to Lake Kitcheekama to see Gramma Doris. Now the question is generally rewarded with a blank stare. Nothing. Working. Ahhh it&#8217;s fun being an adult, isn&#8217;t it? But perhaps you can take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Other Stuff</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/12/other-stuff/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/12/other-stuff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 15:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Silver Screenwriting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon gift certificate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parakeet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[screenwriting competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[script competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scripts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shane Black]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silver screenwriting competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sumatra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waltz]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4264</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;thank you to Gina Surles for such a fun conversation we had yesterday, a propos of her winning the Parakeet, Waltz, Sumatra competition! Gina also received a $25 Amazon gift certificate for her trouble. Gina, you&#8217;re a real sweetheart; I enjoyed chatting!! The Silver Screenwriting Competition&#8217;s regular deadline is up this very Saturday, May 15 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Few Bad Apples</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/12/a-few-bad-apples/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/12/a-few-bad-apples/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 15:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Julie's Corner]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4259</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;don&#8217;t ruin the whole bunch! That&#8217;s what my mom used to say and she was right. The other day, as I sat having lunch in the sunny commissary on the Lot, someone told me of a business model designed to bilk writers out of tens of thousands of dollars and as I listened, my eyes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Does Grief Look Like?</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/11/what-does-grief-look-like/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/11/what-does-grief-look-like/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 15:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Julie's Corner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grief]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mary Tyler Moore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ordinary People]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4248</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know, I recently lost a very dear friend to cancer. I have been spending time with the family as they work their way through the very beginning of what will be a very, very long journey &#8211; through the valley of grief. I have never been in such close proximity to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Always Available?</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/09/are-you-always-available/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/09/are-you-always-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 05:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4240</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lately it has made itself plain to me that I need to establish some boundaries. With the advent of Facebook, Twitter, laptops, cell phones, iPhones and texting, it is possible to be reachable anywhere at anytime. And it&#8217;s exhausting. Between the sheer reachability factor and the old-fashioned work ethic I have, if someone emails me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congratulations, Gina Surles!</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/08/congratulations-gina-surles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/08/congratulations-gina-surles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 16:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[JFEME Competitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parakeet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scene]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[short scene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sumatra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waltz]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4232</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;for your short scene, El Zorro&#8217;s Secret, which cleverly incorporated the words &#8220;parakeet,&#8221; &#8220;waltz&#8221; and &#8220;Sumatra&#8221; in a very effing entertaining way! Well done, Gina! Your Amazon gift certificate is on its way and drop me a note so we can set up your free phone call as well! Thanks everyone for participating; we had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting in the Mood</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/07/getting-in-the-mood/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/07/getting-in-the-mood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 01:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Julie's Corner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main Street]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4218</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I probably don&#8217;t remind you guys often enough that I am also a writer. Of scripts, of copy, of essays, of this blog, of my book. I write all day every day. But not always on my own writing. When I settle down to my own writing I, like you, can find any excuse not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Three Parakeet Entries!</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/06/top-three-parakeet-entries/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/06/top-three-parakeet-entries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 18:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[JFEME Competitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entertaining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parakeet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[script]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sumatra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waltz]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4199</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay everybody &#8211; here are the top three short scenes for the Parakeet, Waltz, Sumatra short scene competition! I will post a poll on the sidebar for your votes. Make sure that you read each one carefully and vote according to how cleverly the keywords were used and what the effing entertainment factor is. (If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silver Screenwriting</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/05/silver-screenwriting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/05/silver-screenwriting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 00:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Silver Screenwriting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bedrock Studios]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4192</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello everybody! The deadline for the Silver Screenwriting Competition approacheth on little pig feet. Wait. No, that&#8217;s not right. Well, it approacheth quickly and I do encourage everyone to give it a shot. Because you can have lunch with Shane Black? Sure, that&#8217;s a pretty neat prize. Because you can win a MacBook Air? Of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Variety</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/04/from-variety/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/04/from-variety/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 23:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[You Oughta Know]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alcon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gold Circle DreamWorks]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The expression &#8220;development hell&#8221; is taking on a whole new meaning in Hollywood. The phrase once used to describe the interminable journey from first option to the big screen can now more accurately sum up the barren landscape of development spending at the six majors. The scattershot approach of traditional development investment is giving way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Idea to the Page to the Statistic</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/04/from-idea-to-the-page-to-the-statistic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/04/from-idea-to-the-page-to-the-statistic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 16:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Julie's Corner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grand guignol]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4175</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The thing with me is that I am pretty straightforward. I like to get to the heart of the matter. I really do. I have grown impatient with effluvia and excess verbiage. The more I travel the more I appreciate being an American and the way we like to cowboy our way straight into conversations. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do I Get Rep?</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/02/how-do-i-get-rep/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/05/02/how-do-i-get-rep/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 15:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Festivals and Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Representation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[agents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Austin Film Festival]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4167</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi everybody! I&#8217;m up in San Francisco teaching my wonderful, talented class up here! What a lovely space we have, in a beautiful, sunlit gallery! The other competitions have mostly closed their doors for the season, but the Silver Screenwriting Competition is open until June 1. I just persuaded Bedford Falls to read our top [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parakeet, Waltz, Sumatra</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/27/parakeet-waltz-sumatra/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/27/parakeet-waltz-sumatra/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[JFEME Competitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parakeet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[screenwriting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[script competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[short scene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sumatra]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4146</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Back by popular demand! The Just Effing keyword short scene competition! GUIDELINES The three keywords (parakeet, waltz, Sumatra) must be used in dialogue, action lines or sluglines, as long as the words are in context and are cleverly used to achieve maximum entertainment value. Effing Entertain me, in other words. DEADLINE The parakeet, waltz, Sumatra [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The WWYD Question</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/27/the-wwyd-question/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/27/the-wwyd-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4135</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So &#8211; what is this WWYD question I spoke of the other day? It&#8217;s another way of describing the central dramatic question of your script. HUH? I know, that sounds pretty Beckett-oh-geez, doesn&#8217;t it? Central dramatic question. Let me break that down for you and let&#8217;s substitute &#8220;WWYD&#8221; (what would you do) for &#8220;central dramatic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Effing Bulletin Board</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/26/just-effing-community-bulletin-board/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/26/just-effing-community-bulletin-board/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Festivals and Events]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4123</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone! Another fun weekend of teaching, this time here in LA at the Writers Store! What a great group. I tell ya, I&#8217;m like a mother who can&#8217;t choose her favorite kid! When I was in Chicago, I was interviewed for a website and the writer asked me what my dream job was and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Ways to Rocket Fuel Your Script</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/26/three-ways-to-rocket-fuel-your-script/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/26/three-ways-to-rocket-fuel-your-script/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theme/Compelling Question]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4118</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Clear, clean, concise pages that deliver the theme and the central conceit of your script (the big upshot) on every single page are crucial. Why, just this weekend while teaching a great workshop at The Writers Store, we spent a lot of time working on pitching our scripts&#8230;first in a 30-second block (nervewracking!) and then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rewrite Class in Chi-Town!</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/22/rewrite-class-in-chi-town/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/22/rewrite-class-in-chi-town/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Columbia College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pilar alessandra]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey everybody &#8211; having just returned from the Windy City myself, I wanted to let everyone know about a GREAT rewrite class: My good friend Pilar Alessandra is teaching on May 1st, also at Columbia College! Six Steps to a Rewrite takes you through your rewrite one storytelling element at a time, helping you find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talkin bout a Revolution!</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/21/talkin-bout-a-revolution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/21/talkin-bout-a-revolution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Julie's Corner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amy Adams]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=4063</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past few years, the ratio of mediocre to good films released by Hollywood has been very high. Forgettable movies are being released in a wave of gooey, sticky stupidness that dulls the senses and make the heart ache for what we've lost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazing TV Blog</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/20/amazing-tv-blog/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/20/amazing-tv-blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 06:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s no secret that Margaux Froley is my dear friend and colleague, but what you may not know is how fantastic her new TV blog, This Is Your Pilot Speaking is.  Chock-a-block with tips for TV writers on the TV industry, This is Your Pilot Speaking already has multitudes of grateful readers. And it&#8217;s no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Announcements</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/20/announcements-5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/20/announcements-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone! I will be teaching in Nashville, Tennessee on August 14th &#8211; 15th and in Boston on August 21st &#8211; 22th! The workshops are unbelievably fun to teach and participate in; all reviews have been of the rave nature. I do know that for many of us, weekends are the only time be with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Left My Heart in Chicago!</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/19/i-left-my-heart-in-chicago/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/19/i-left-my-heart-in-chicago/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I figure I get to say that, being that I left my heart in San Francisco a very long time ago, along with like a case of Rice-a-Roni. Truly, Chicago is a spectacular town (the lake! the bean! the people! the food!) and I cannot wait to come back. Many thanks to the wonderful folks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Good People Write Bad Scripts</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/14/when-good-people-write-bad-scripts-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/14/when-good-people-write-bad-scripts-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know you have a drawer full of them. Bad scripts. And like your ratty, stained underwear, you keep them surreptitiously, not exactly sure what to do with them. All that work – what, throw that in the recycling bin? What if, one fine day, you realize your animation script, STUMPY THE ONE-LEGGED FLAMINGO, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago Workshop &#8211; Seats are Going FAST!</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/13/chicago-workshop-seats-are-going-fast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/13/chicago-workshop-seats-are-going-fast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick reminder that I will be in Chicago this very weekend, teaching the Idea to the Page to the Screen two-day workshop! Seats are going really fast &#8211; there&#8217;s been a ton of publicity and of course Chicago Women in Film do get a very nice discount (you&#8217;re WELCOME, girls!!). I&#8217;m very excited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Synopsis Competition</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/12/synopsis-competition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/12/synopsis-competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=3987</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello Effers! I&#8217;m posting a lot today, forgive me! So much to communicate, so little time! I came across this competition today in my email inbox and I thought it was really neat and wanted to pass it along to you: It&#8217;s the Reno Film Festival Synopsis competition. The deadline is May 15th so be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rouge Wave Archive-a-palooza!</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/12/rouge-wave-archive-a-palooza/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/12/rouge-wave-archive-a-palooza/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You asked and then you asked some more and you asked again and finally, the dam has broken. The entire &#8211; and I mean ENTIRE Rouge Wave archive is now available here at Just Effing. It is a sprawling, lovable, thorough, crazy red hot mess of screenwriting how-tos, opinion, commentary and yes, a couple of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Domain Resource</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/11/public-domain-resource/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/11/public-domain-resource/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=1944</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello, everybody! I found a really great link to search whether or not a piece of work is in the public domain on another one of my favorite websites, the Broad Humor Film Festival blog. Where, incidentally, I will be teaching a class this June. So check that copyright and make sure you clear any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the Mailbag: Origins of Hollywood Structure</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/11/from-the-mailbag-origins-of-hollywood-structure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/11/from-the-mailbag-origins-of-hollywood-structure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Structure]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=1939</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How long do you think the 12-sequence/hero&#8217;s journey type screenplay structure has been around — and how much of it would you say is embedded within the ancient Greek universals of storytelling, versus simply being our own cultural expectations after seeing so many movies? How did the Hollywood story structure evolve, basically? -Daniel in Delaware [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Important Silver Screenwriting Updates</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/10/important-silver-screenwriting-updates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/10/important-silver-screenwriting-updates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 06:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 Silver Screenwriting Competition has lots of news! 1. We have a new website! 2. We have received a record-breaking number of submissions this year&#8230; 3. Therefore, we have extended the regular deadline to May 15 and will have a final deadline of June 1. 4. We&#8217;ve also lowered the prices to $49 if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s YOUR Story, Morning Glory?</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/10/whats-your-story-morninglory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/10/whats-your-story-morninglory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=1926</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday evening, as my daughter and I had dinner with her best friend and sister, we traded stories around the table of our adventures, misfortunes and &#8211; The Bee Swarm (it&#8217;s painful), one sister began to tell a story but was interrupted by the other with a emphatic &#8211; HEY! That&#8217;s MY story! And it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Script Frenzy</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/09/script-frenzy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/09/script-frenzy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, everybody! My life is so weird. I just looked out the window here on the Lot and somebody walked by with a limp crash test dummy. Then, moments later, Angela Kinsey of &#8220;The Office&#8221; walked by primly.  I&#8217;m waiting for the Eveready Bunny to make an appearance. The beautiful, warm, gorgeous weekend approaches and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Opening Image</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/05/the-opening-image/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/05/the-opening-image/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first image your reader experiences can set the thematic and symbolic tone for the rest of your script. If you don’t have access to the Flash player click the play button below.]]></description>
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		<title>Just Effing Workshops</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/04/05/just-effing-workshops/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good morning, everyone! So I&#8217;m finally back from my travels, very much inspired and renewed by the fantastic students I encountered along the way. What fun we had, in every group, every time. It was the first time I have taught the Ménage à Flaw and the WWYD question and the Theme Finder, and the reaction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The First Five Pages</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/03/26/the-first-five-pages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a fallacy that the first 10 pages are the most important. Let&#8217;s face it, Hollywood has ADD! Or if you don’t have access to the Flash player click the play button below.]]></description>
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		<title>Tell the Emotional Truth</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/03/24/tell-the-emotional-truth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/03/24/tell-the-emotional-truth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=1876</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m far from home, in Israel. Long day. I have a lot of work to do and I&#8217;m thankful I can work remotely. I turn on the TV and turn the volume down low so I can half-watch it while answering 1001 emails. It&#8217;s some sappy made-for-tv movie about a woman who is dying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Information Gold Mine</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/03/24/information-gold-mine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/03/24/information-gold-mine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=1870</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Good morning, Effers! I wanted to pass along to you some news I received from my friend Jason Scoggins and that is that the subscription prices for It&#8217;s on the Grid are going up as of April 1. So if you were planning to sign up and see whether the site is something you&#8217;d use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What I Learn When I Teach</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/03/22/what-i-learn-when-i-teach/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/03/22/what-i-learn-when-i-teach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=1865</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Good morning, Effers! I came away from teaching numerous workshops in New York, London, Oxford and Bristol, not only rearin&#8217; for more but also so inspired by some of the ideas I heard and the determination, laughter and imagination of every single student. You guys amaze me. I heard some ideas that need a day-one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Suggestive Power of Language</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/03/20/the-suggestive-power-of-language/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/03/20/the-suggestive-power-of-language/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieGray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dialogue]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justeffing.com/?p=1850</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Because you are a writer, you probably do what I do which is to write everything a bit like a maestro. Every word counts. You backspace and delete a lot. You look up words to make sure you&#8217;re spelling and using them correctly. You use the thesaurus a lot and wind up &#8220;wasting&#8221; 10 minutes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hollywood Script Express and Ady Hall</title>
		<link>http://www.justeffing.com/2010/03/19/hollywood-script-express-and-ady-hall/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[What does the coolest script printing and delivery service have in common with Ady Hall, winner of the Paramount, Agent, Jelly Fish competition? Absolutely nothing. So. You know. But anyway &#8211; congratulations, Ady, for your hilarious one page scene in which you cleverly incorporated the three key words. Well done!! Forgive my tardiness in posting [...]]]></description>
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