Scriptologist.com spoke with Elaine Bossik about her new novel, The Last Victim. Scriptologist.com (Q): Where did the idea for The Last Victim come from?
Elaine Bossik (EB): I was in a writing workshop where writers share their writing and offer critiques and suggestions. I wrote what I thought was a short story, but it was really a vignette. The group encouraged me to continue the story and develop the characters. This vignette turned out to be the first chapter of my novel.
Q: Did you plot your entire story before you started writing?
EB: I had to know the beginning, the middle, and the end before I started writing. For me, I have to know my ending so I know where the story is leading. Read more....
Read the Latest Film Industry News: American Cinema Editors (ACE) To Honor J.J. Abrams UNIVERSAL CITY, California, December 30, 2016 Award-winning producer, writer and director J.J. Abrams has been selected by the Board of Directors of American Cinema Editors (ACE) to be honored with the organization¹s prestigious ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award. The award will be presented at the 67th Annual ACE Eddie Awards black-tie ceremony on Friday, January 27, 2017 in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
"J.J. Abrams is a once-in-a-generation artist who has been making his mark in cinema and television for over twenty years," stated the ACE Board of Directors. Read more...
Act 1; Scene 1; This adventure, addressing man's greatest global failure, the education of the world's children, experiences a turn of fate, which has leaders of the world waiting for the results of voting in the United Nations. Read more....
Me and Jackie Screenplay By Justine Cowan Simon Hawkins is an impound lot caretaker and hasn't set foot outside the lot in 10 years! His only consolations are his memories of his friendship with baseball/civil rights great Jackie Robinson - and a new friendship with a local teenager. Read more....
Mark Sevi is a professional screenwriter (32 scripts sold, 19 movies produced) and scriptwriting teacher through Southern California community education. He is also the founder of the OC Screenwriters Association.