Story Love - The Offical Podcast of writingXstructure: Recent Episodes
Amanda Moresco
The Writing By Structure podcast: a cozy space for writers to hang out, get some love, share what's worked for them, what's failed and what's been just plain crazy. No writer is an island. We need to hear each other’s stories. We need to learn from each other.
What a joy to have Kam Kahn with me this week talking about some amazing things like finding the time to write while having a full time job, handling racism in casting choices and creating 1497.org to battle against the gatekeepers who told him and many other South Asian artists to stay in their lane.
LINKS TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT 1497.ORG AND THEIR FILM LAB:
http://www.1497.org
Hollywood Reporter
MovieMaker Magazine
Deadline
LINK TO KAM'S AMAZING SHOT DECK CUT:
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CIgrO0nD4xE/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=
Links to support the StoryLove podcast in the show notes
This week!! My friends Ryan Richter and Joe Eddy talk with me about what it took for them to stick with it after so many years of hardship and heartache - and I'm so happy they did! Now you can see their films on many different platforms.
Links to all projects mentioned in this episode:
"BOOTYOLOGY":
Playing at the Golden Door International Film Festival in Jersey City this Saturday 5/14th at 6p.m. Link to tix:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gdiff-11th-annual-block-8-bootyology-tickets-327342870337?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
Booty Boys Website:
http://www.bootyboysmusic.com
CHASING BULLIT:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6692926/
COYOTE:
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2327253/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
THE FLATS:
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheFlatsShow/featured
TRAILER FOR OUR SHORT FILM FIRST KILL:https://youtu.be/rSpoN-QDgUw
KEEP UP WITH RYAN AND JOE:
https://www.instagram.com/headcaselosangeles/
Links to support the StoryLove podcast in the show notes
Oniffe White joins us this week to talk about finding authenticity, his beautiful short film Echoes of a Winter Sunshine, Anansi - owner of all stories and so much more!
Link to watch Echoes of a Winter Sunshine
https://www.amazon.com/Echoes-Winter-Sunshine-Sonja-Ivelisse-Cirilo/dp/B07SRKJMJR
If you'd like to join Oniffe and I on Clubhouse, click here:
https://www.clubhouse.com/@amandamoresco
To sit down with me for an hour and talk about the story you're trying to tell, click here:
https://calendly.com/writingxstructureconsults/60min?month=2022-03
Links to support the StoryLove podcast in the show notes
This week I am sharing with you a replay of what exactly goes down every Friday at 10 am est on the clubhouse app! Each week I get together with a bunch of other writers who love to talk story and help people with their screenwriting problems. These are some of the best conversations I’ve had on film & television!
Here is a link to the replay on Clubhouse where you can see all of the fabulous people I'm speaking with - you don't need the app to view or listen:
https://www.clubhouse.com/room/xXOAZ774?utm_medium=ch_room_xerc&utm_campaign=sgoGOrgOGrBAz-SU_uiVfg-114417
If you'd like to join me on Clubhouse, click here:
https://www.clubhouse.com/@amandamoresco
To sit down with me for an hour and talk about the story you're trying to tell, click here:
https://calendly.com/writingxstructureconsults/60min?month=2022-03
Links to support the StoryLove podcast in the show notes
Joyce Simmons is one of the best world builders I've come across! Listen in as she describes her process of building worlds and the best way to tap into what your heart is calling you to write!
Also:
Follow Joyce on Instagram!
https://www.instagram.com/melanatedscribesllc/
Joyce mentions Jordan Ifueko and her book Raybearer. It took 12 years to write. In this book she conceives 13 distinct kingdoms. Next-level world building!
Link to info on the book and Jordan! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50158128-raybearer
https://www.jordanifueko.com
A note from Joyce:
It only took her 9 months to write the sequel entitled Redemptor, probably because the world was already built but she did build an underworld in this book. The underworld is a common theme in African inspired storytelling. African cultures hold the belief that the two worlds cross back and forth a lot and just as there is no finality to life, there is no finality to death.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55624056-redemptor
Here’s Jordan’s Instagram page. Note that she’s in her twenties!
https://www.instagram.com/jordanifueko/
Also, you might also enjoy Namina Forna’s Guilded Ones which is a world that she built when she asked herself, what if a world like The Handmaid’s Tale met the kick ass women of the Dora Milaje in Black Panther:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40024121-the-gilded-ones
Links to support the StoryLove podcast in the show notes
16 Weeks To A Screenplay? Does it work? Yes it does! In this episode I explain exactly how and why I love it so damn much! As a thank you for being a Story Love listener I have created a coupon code for 10 percent off the 16 Weeks To A Screenplay Workshop which begins 3/14/22! The code is: STORYLOVER
TO ENROLL IN THE WORKSHOP, CLICK HERE:
https://writingxstructure.mykajabi.com/16-weeks-to-a-screenplay-landing-page
AND THANK YOU for listening! The podcast has over 1500 downloads! I'm grateful to all of you.
To further support the podcast check out the Story Love Online Store
http://amandamoresco.redbubble.com
For a one on one consult with me, click here:
https://calendly.com/writingxstructureconsults/60min?month=2022-02
Links to support the StoryLove podcast in the show notes
Goya Robles is a beautiful poet, actor, writer and human. Listen in this week as we discuss what it means to write from a spiritual perspective.
More on Goya:
https://www.goyarobles.com/
16 Weeks To A Screenplay Is the workshop that Goya references in this episode. Check it out here:
https://writingxstructure.mykajabi.com/16-weeks-to-a-screenplay-landing-page
To further support the podcast check out the Story Love Online Store
http://amandamoresco.redbubble.com
For a one on one consult with me, click here:
https://calendly.com/writingxstructureconsults/60min?month=2022-02
Links to support the StoryLove podcast in the show notes
CW: suicide, depression. … In this week’s episode my friend Baraka Noel and I get real in talking about depression and the difficulties that come along with being atypical. One of the running themes of the podcast is “ What Are You Doing”? Are you just talking about being an artist or are you doing things to make sure you are?
Here is a link to some of Baraka’s work :
https://m.imdb.com/name/nm5427467/
https://linktr.ee/CinderII
To support the podcast check out the Story Love Store
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For a one on one consult with me, click here:
https://calendly.com/writingxstructureconsults/60min?month=2022-02
Links to support the StoryLove podcast in the show notes
This week I talk with writer Ranya Salvant on what it’s like to find the courage to believe in yourself when it seems nobody else does. This one cuts to the heart!
To support the podcast check out the Story Love Store
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For a one on one consult with me, click here:
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Links to support the StoryLove podcast in the show notes
All of the most frequently asked questions I get about tv, from how to write it to how to get staffed.
For a tv series treatment template click here:
https://writingxstructure.mykajabi.com/writingxstructure-blob-doc-template-1
To support the podcast check out the Story Love Store
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For a one on one consult with me, click here:
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Links to support the StoryLove podcast in the show notes
In this episode I talk with Jacqueline Pereda about so many valuable topics including: leaving your ego out of your writing, why creating spreadsheets are so important and what it is we actually do as writers. This was such an enlightening episode to record!
Watch Jacquelin’s show Generation Por Qué on HBO Max now!
https://www.hbomax.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GYEfaiw5FAjITvAEAAAAx
And check out her YouTube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNkb_RuxXVG1xUOGJoZ5PRA
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Julia and Saeida are two of my favorite writers because they get the job done without ego. Listen to them describe what it was like to start writing and then pair up on a limited series based on Saeida’s novel that took her three years to write. This episode is a deep dive into the tenacity and patience it takes to be successful as a writer in this business. Often we judge our careers by our successes when we should be judging our careers by our momentum. Are you continually working to keep your momentum going? It’s the long game!
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Links to support the StoryLove podcast in the show notes
Join me for a wonderful poignant discussion with Octavia CLAHAR about believing in yourself, following your dreams and what it was like to change her occupation to “screenwriter” officially.
Octavia’s Bio Site:
https://bio.site/Z9rcch
AND you can catch her viral web series here:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBBI6vw76ZZZ0c8_lLbanOjGNs6pHeML9
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Links to support the StoryLove podcast in the show notes
Season Two! So happy to be back. There will be lots of new writer conversations and book breakdowns. Thanks for being here! This episode breaks down everything a brand new screenwriter needs to know if they’ve never written anything before.
Recommended Resources in this episode:
Adventures in the Screen Trade
https://g.co/kgs/9kvXrU
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
https://g.co/kgs/tDXeho
Poetics
https://g.co/kgs/JrYr4Y
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth
https://g.co/kgs/7tMQZY
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The last installment of this Poetics series! I have so enjoyed diving in with you and I hope you've gotten as much out of it as I did.
(please excuse the minimal static at the beginning - a technical glitch that is only present in the first 30 seconds)
***This episode contains spoilers for Get Out, Star Wars and The Usual Suspects.
This concludes Season One of Story Love. I look forward to another season coming soon with more writers, more story structure breakdowns and another book read along too! Thanks for being with me for Season One, Story Lovers!
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More from Aristotle this week on the best ways to inspire catharsis through fear and pity while raising the stakes in your plot. 👏🏼👏🏼
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Poetics is intimidating. I've broken it down on other platforms but I think the podcast format is going to be a good fit for sharing this information! Pause and take notes! Share your thoughts! Tag me on IG and let me know! I will always respond!
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Calling all writers who are also new moms! I get personal this week about how difficult it was for me to keep my toes in the creative waters while raising my sons and... the easiest thing you can do to maintain your identity as a writer during those overwhelming early years of motherhood. Plus! I talk to my friend Elisabeth Hayward, the writer and lead of my short film "First Kill" which has won five awards and been nominated for 15 on the festival circuit! Lis is also a new mom. We get into it all!
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How is a character arc different than a hero's journey arc? That is the question Anton and discuss this week. Anton's story is inspiring as someone who told himself he had no business being a screenwriter and is now writing anyway! I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I do!
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Links to support the StoryLove podcast in the show notes
Greg Emetaz joins us this week to tell us all about the making of Camp Wedding his comedy horror film that you've just got to see as well as his short "Get The F*ck Out Of Paris" shot guerilla style inside the Eifel Tower! Plus I break down one of the most crucial questions you NEED TO ASK YOURSELF before you start writing: "What is the story I'm telling". Knowing the answer to this question makes everything less painful. In this episode, I explain why.
Link to Watch Camp Wedding - the Comedy Horror Featuring a Possessed Teddy Ruxpin!!!:
https://www.campweddingmovie.com/
To See Greg's Other Films:
https://minorapocalypse.com/
SHOW YOUR LOVE FOR STORY AT THE STORY LOVE MERCHANDISE STORE:
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To Get a free story outline template "The Blob Doc":
https://writingxstructure.mykajabi.com/opt-in
To book a consult with me and everything else writingXstructure has to offer:
https://linktr.ee/AmandaMoresco
Links to support the StoryLove podcast in the show notes
Full disclosure: I cry in this episode. Which I tend to do when Mike and I get together. He's just that kind of person who skips over the bullshit and cuts to the core of your humanity. He has a truly profound story to tell us as an educator in the California prison system and someone who despite an incredibly stressful work environment, always finds time to write. He's also found joy in the art of hypnotherapy and helping writers get over their mental obstacles.
If you're interesting in talking to Mike about his hypnotherapy services, you can reach him here:
hypnosis@wosgroupentertainment.com
SHOW YOUR LOVE FOR STORY AT THE STORY LOVE MERCHANDISE STORE:
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Get a free story outline template "The Blob Doc" here:
https://writingxstructure.mykajabi.com/opt-in
To book a consult with me and everything else writingXstructure has to offer:
https://linktr.ee/AmandaMoresco
Links to support the StoryLove podcast in the show notes
Joanna Pickering is a Screencraft success story. After finishing as a finalist in their playwriting competition, she was signed by 3 Arts Entertainment. Listen to her journey! But first, I talk a little bit about what an agent actually does, the difference between an agent and a manager and the biggest question you need to ask yourself before trying to find one.
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Links to support the StoryLove podcast in the show notes
You know him as Coach Wilkins on Young Sheldon but this week he’s a story lover. Doc explains what his journey was like going from the military into the creative world, what it was like to get his short film Saved Rounds produced and how learning to be collaborative was one of his hardest lessons.
To Learn About Where Doc Farrow Will Be Performing Next:
https://www.instagram.com/jdocfarrow/
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Links to support the StoryLove podcast in the show notes
This episode gets personal! My friend Rachel Carey joins me as we discuss her film "Ask For Jane", how to write and raise kids at the same time and lots of other great things BUT one thing that came up was the unfortunate treatment women sometimes face when working in this male dominated industry. I have made some observations over the years that I wanted to share. While not everyone will agree with my approach, it is the approach that has worked for me time and time again. I am giving my perspective as a woman writer in a male dominated industry, but I'd also like to add that being the daughter of the showrunner also has major drawbacks and my strategy has helped with being viewed as a product of nepotism.
Link to watch Rachel Carey's "Ask For Jane":
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6466058/
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For everything else writingXstructure has to offer:
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Links to support the StoryLove podcast in the show notes
All the stupid questions you were too embarrassed to ask about Clubhouse answered. Yes!! You should join Clubhouse! OR skip ahead in the chapter marker to hear my friend Tom tell us about the best festivals to submit your short content to all over the country, the worst part about being successful and what it’s like to be a 911 operator and a writer working the night shift!
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For everything else writingXstructure has to offer:
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Links to support the StoryLove podcast in the show notes
HOW TO WRITE A SCREENPLAY! On this week’s #storylove podcast I walk you through every stage of the screenwriting process: finding your story, plotting, writing, how to approach feedback and rewriting PLUS the most crucial concept to succeeding as a screenwriter! 👏🏻
To Join The Screenwriting Intensive Workshop where we walk through the process together over 16 weeks:
https://calendly.com/writingxstructureconsults/16-weeks-to-a-screenplay-workshop-fall-session
Or, if you are unfamiliar with the terms I speak about on this podcast, and don't have time to take a weekly course, consider my digital course which explains each step in more detail. One purchase and it stays in your library forever for your continued reference at your own pace.
Link to the course:
https://writingxstructure.mykajabi.com/offers/Cm9GrZN4
SHOW YOUR LOVE FOR STORY AT THE STORY LOVE MERCHANDISE STORE:
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For everything else writingXstructure has to offer including the free "Blob Doc" story outline for Features:
https://writingxstructure.mykajabi.com/
Links to support the StoryLove podcast in the show notes
What’s your favorite short film?! In this episode I tell you mine and explain why short films are such powerful tools to use as artists! Also in this episode I speak with Karen Cecilia who shares with us her struggles to find balance between a 9-5 and creative life. As well as the difficulty in accepting feedback why it’s so important to be INCLUSIVE to all identities in our writing and lots of other cool insights!
Shout out to Bayou and Rodgers Garden in Brooklyn where Karen has hosted her poetry open mics!
More on Karen:
http://www.karencecilia.com/
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To Book A Consult With Me:
https://writingxstructure.mykajabi.com/offers/UcKVrYJ4/checkout
For everything else writingXstructure has to offer:
https://writingxstructure.mykajabi.com/
Links to support the StoryLove podcast in the show notes
YOU WANT TO LISTEN IN THIS WEEK! The wondrous dynamic duo Gabe and Jav tell me about their journey going from two kids growing up in the street to a writer/director team whose short film “Wonder” is now available to watch on HBO Max and their latest screenplay is being directed by Ellen Burstyn. This convo is full of juicy nuggets on the writing process, the human condition and not to mention a lot of laughs.
For more on Gabe and Javier, follow Wonder The Short on IG and google “Brother’s Keeper, Actors studio”
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Listen in as my good friend Bill and I discuss his journey from moving out of Chicago to L.A. and getting sober - to having his incredible, much anticipated play “Drift” due to open at the New World Stages in March 2020 get put on hold when Broadway went dark because of Covid.
READ BEN BRANTLEY'S REVIEW OF CAL IN CAMO:
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/21/theater/review-in-cal-in-camo-a-raw-welcome-to-motherhood.html
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Episode One of Story Love! The Official Podcast of writingXstructure. In this episode, I’m going to tell you all about the best parts and worst parts about being the daughter of an Oscar Winner while trying to find my own way as a writer myself. My purpose for making this podcast is to form camaraderie with other writers in this crazy time when we all seem to be feeling more and more alone. No Writer Is An Island! We need each other :)
Xo,
Amanda
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