HeyJaredDawn Sellers
A writer of stories, most are in the form of screenplays. Also a director, producer, podcaster, and community connector. I write full-time while living at the edge of the forest in Portland, Oregon, and enjoy hiking, travel, and yoga.
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The Power of the Room: Why Writers Need Other Writers (opens the original)
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Writing is a solitary act. You sit with your characters. You hear their voices. You know their histories. You understand the scene that exists in your head even when it hasn’t quite made it onto the page.That is precisely why you need other writers. Not because they know your story better than you do. But because they don’t know the story at all. Having that perspective is valuable.As a writer, you become so close to your screenplay you stop seeing the screenplay and focus on the intention behin
Away for the Day (opens the original)
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There is no formal lesson today. I’m on the Amtrak Cascades line from Portland to Seattle for the day. A writing retreat of sorts. A day trip. Riding the train (a great study in character development), writing, and then wandering around Seattle on foot, lunch, stationary stores and bookstores and the return ride home with more writing.I always look forward to these day trip/retreats. It is nice to get out of the normal routine and find fresh inspiration.I’ve been working on writing a short episo
The Blueprint Part Three - Trust the Process (opens the original)
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You can plan a screenplay carefully, but you cannot control everything that happens once the story leaves the page. Locations change. Actors make discoveries. Production throws obstacles at you and ideas evolve. It becomes a collaborative project and paths change, fork, or lead in a different direction.The goal isn’t to prevent the unexpected. The goal is to learn how to use it.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1519401706-5cf17f6e70de?crop=entro
Screenwriting as a Blueprint - Part Two (opens the original)
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As the writer, you create the character. The actor brings the character to life. Great filmmaking happens when the writer understands what belongs on the page and trusts other artists to contribute what belongs in the performance.What happens when an actor understands your character differently than you imagined?Does that mean they’re wrong? Or could they have discovered something you didn’t know was there?<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-15494
The Screenplay Is the Blueprint (opens the original)
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Your screenplay is the blueprint for a film. The purpose is to communicate the story clearly, but it does not need to dictate every creative decision that happens.What does the screenwriter control, and what should the screenwriter leave open?<div cla
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