1. Posted: February 15, 2018In:

    As his best friend – an alcoholic old Hollywood star – begs for death, a young reporter sees his own fate and takes a dramatic step to rewrite the story of his life.

    twinckler Penpusher

    A spotlight went on when I saw myself in my friend begging for death....A few days later when I rejected alcohol at my first AA meeting, a floodlight came on - illuminating my inteior flaws. The party was over. I knew I would never drink again (except for the night 4 years later when a guerrilla comRead more

    A spotlight went on when I saw myself in my friend begging for death….A few days later when I rejected alcohol at my first AA meeting, a floodlight came on – illuminating my inteior flaws. The party was over. I knew I would never drink again (except for the night 4 years later when a guerrilla comandante on a volcano shoved a glass of Castro?s rum at me – but that?s the next book),. ?Now came the hard part. ?Years of repair. Of rebuilding a strong self. ?My heroe?s journey was gritty, ponderous at times. ?Like most are. Perhaps all. One of my heroes ws a man who builts schools out of adobe and dug outhouses in Guatemala. It was only after he died that I discovered he had won a bronze star in WWII by charging a machine gun nest. But I digress…

    Alcohol unleashed the lightning bolt in me. Now I had to harness its energy. It took four more years in that little farm town, rebuilding my spine by absorbing their stories. Flinally I reacheda point of decision – stay and marry my bluegrass singer girlfriend or – grateful for the experience – move on to pursue dreams I had never given up.

    By the way – thanks you all for pitching in on this exercise.

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  2. Posted: April 9, 2017In:

    MAKING WHOOPI – The unbelievable true and moving triumph of the human spirit story of how Caryn Elaine Johnson’s powerful relationship with her mother helped her survive the welfare system in 1950’s Manhattan, drug addiction, and a self inflicted abortion to reinvent herself into a world- reknowned Academy Award winning actress.

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    CraigDGriffiths Uberwriter

    This is a marketing piece. I still couldn't tell you want the movie is about. What mechanism are you using to tell this story? Is it a series of events like a doco? Do we follow a single relationship and her growth is the back drop. If i was looking for a Woopi biopic I could tell what angle you areRead more

    This is a marketing piece. I still couldn’t tell you want the movie is about. What mechanism are you using to tell this story? Is it a series of events like a doco? Do we follow a single relationship and her growth is the back drop.

    If i was looking for a Woopi biopic I could tell what angle you are taking.

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