Hallmark Christmas Movie Essay

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Even though you can 't talk about the Christmas movie you 're doing, it 's great that you 're doing one. Writing a Hallmark Christmas movie was my bucket list assignment. I really wanted to do one, and I 've been trying to do one for three years. I think it 's going to be great. I turned in the outline just recently, and I 'm really excited about it. I am so grateful that I 'm in that established place, and I know I won 't always be there. It won 't last, but while I 'm here, I 'm going to maximize my opportunities and do the best I can for as long as I can. Look at Nancy Silver. She 's my longevity inspiration. Being able to put out quality over and over. I actually want to try to meet her. We have a lot of mutual friends. She 's pretty …show more content…

That always happens because that 's always how I describe it because that 's what I like. "Quaint coffee shop with whimsical menus." I managed to get it into Groom, but I didn 't get it into Wedding Bells 'cause they aren 't in one, and there was no way to have one. But I try really hard. Hello, It 's Me Final Photo AssetsIn Hello, It 's Me, there 's one when she opens the bakery. The stage direction is "We walk into the cafe. It 's quaint. It has lots of vintage stuff and a chalkboard menu." And then it happens, and it magically appears. You don 't realize it when you 're writing one little sentence that it 's somebody 's job to make that happen. They take that very seriously, so I try not to write something ridiculous that they can 't possibly do. Hello, It 's Me had a big cardboard rocket ship. I just said, "He builds a pretty cool, cardboard rocket ship," and I showed up on set when I went to visit, and I just about died. You write about it, and it happens. Sometimes. Sometimes they call you and say, "We can 't afford that. It 's crazy. Change it." So let 's talk social …show more content…

The kids on It List have really helped me. So I don 't get distracted, I actually have an app called "Self-Control" that will make it impossible for you to get on any kind of social media on your computer for however long you say. So I 'll do it for four hours so I can get a break and check everything. But the hardest part is hitting enter--"yes, I want to begin." The four hours of not being on social media. It 's the best thing ever. I wouldn 't get any work done. I used to go to a cafe that didn 't have internet access because it didn 't have internet access. Now that 's where all the writers get stuck. You could do it all day. Now, I try to live tweet, and I 'm always happy to answer any questions people have about the movies. In fact, I hope that people will have more questions for me after reading the interview. You 're actually the first person I 've interview who is only a writer. I 've interviewed actors who want to be writers. A lot of actors decide to become writers because they want to make something that they want to do. Typically, it doesn 't always work. They say in LA that everybody has a screenplay idea, but only one out every one hundred will actually sit down and do it. Same is true for books. As soon as someone finds out I 'm a writer, people will say, "Oh my gosh, my life would make such a funny sitcom or a great Lifetime movie." And I always say, "In everybody 's life, there is enough drama to have a movie written.

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