Rather than making this course an advertisement for self-learning I hope to merely make it a resource for those whose life circumstances and perhaps, current personal finances, make it impossible to pursue an academic degree, or even to attend classes in screenwriting at the moment. … Read More Drama | Screenwriting 1A – Lesson Three
© 2015 Vernon Miles Kerr The weaver’s loom, The weaver’s loom. Threads of color, Warp and woof. Shuttle flying left and right Beater slamming , through the night. Ceaseless. Lady Liberty on the bench Kicking the treadles Like organ pedals. With nimble hands, She plucks the falling strands Out of the air, tying… Read More Poetry | The Weaver’s Loom
In the Interim © 2009 Vernon Miles Kerr In the interim ‘tween dark and dark We scrape, we scratch, we endure— Assuming import. As that interim narrows to a slit We scramble to gather Shreds of legacy, Hoping they will live on In the interim of others. Would that we rather leave… Read More Poetry | In the Interim
Welcome to Lesson Two. Last time, I promised that Lesson Two would include some suggestions on navigating the ocean of information you’ll receive from the internet, some philosophical thoughts about the Film Industry and then a pep-talk on what constitutes a winning attitude on the part of a novice. It turns out that my rant… Read More Drama | Screenwriting 1A – Lesson Two
Welcome to Screenwriting 1A. With this post you’ll notice a new writing category is added to our masthead, “DRAMA”. Around two years ago my friend and former Critical Writing professor, Manfred Wolf published his memoir Survival in Paradise – Sketches From a Refugee Life in Curaçao, http://www.survivalinparadise.com Immediately, I and several of his relatives… Read More Drama | Screenwriting 1A Lesson One
English Phonetics in Plain Text © 2014 Vernon Miles Kerr (as “English Phonetics in Qwerty”) | © 2017 Vernon Miles Kerr (as “English Phonetics in Plain Text) Introduction English is unique among the Indo-European languages because it is only vaguely phonetic. Written English contains archaic, traditional spellings that are not phonetic but must be… Read More Rhetoric | English Phonetics in Plain Text
