Creative Storyteller Gifts

'Yes, I suppose certain narrow-minded people would call it a ‘pack of lies' - I prefer to think of it as creative up-selling.'

"Whoops - I Accidentally Pressed 'Elevator Pitch.'"

"I don't see a destination called 'Veganville' sir."

'They said 'write what you know.' So I didn't write anything.'

'Thank you for your submission. If we're interested, we'll be in touch.'

Fish and Rat envy each other's lifestyle.

The Invention Of Marketing

Write a Screenplay

'For God's sake give me some angst, how will I ever write a misery memoir?'

"Action! And this time believe!"

Boy has radio controlled model of Noah's Ark. Small animals are entering two by two.

Man writing to excuse himself from work so he can go to the derby

Taking a 'bold and imaginative' approach means more than writing on novel every word begins with the letter 'A'.

'You have away with words.'

"Now what?"

'It's a reinterpretation of the 'Christmas Carol'...but with a 'Vampire vs Werewolf' contemporary take on the story.'

"People, we're writing a reality show. Use some imagination!"

"Lenny's right. Calling it 'an opportunity to reach a new generation of listeners' has a better ring to it than 'total sellout'."

'It was a dark and stormy night. Also, there was a Catch-22.'

'Joe didn't like to hunt so he paid the animals to pose for his hunting club parties.'

"Finding work as an actor isn't easy. Once, I was so desperate, I staged my own death ??" and still lost the part."

'How about having at least one character who's alive and wearing clothes?'

Tim Burton Caricature

Participants in the Poetry Writing Workshop imagine that they are imaginary persons in a situation of their own imagination.

"This big eraser? It's for graphic novels."

Act within your powers

An experienced author, Gigi Devault was no stranger to writer's block. This was, however, her first encounter with the equally disruptive cinder block.

'I never said that. You always exaggerate.'

'Of course, there'll only ever be a market for seven original stories.'

"Your assignment is to analyze any one day in history and explain how you would adapt it to a cable TV miniseries."

Santa's sleigh up on cinder blocks.

Barbarina looks for pin

'What's the unexpected ending?' - 'The fact that it's not been written.'

'Who else have I written for? Ridge Park Avenue, 7th Street, Elm Road, Thornwood Drive...'

"Constructive criticism? It says I can't write my way out of a paper bag, and you call it constructive criticism."