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THOMAS HERRINGMy name is Thomas Herring. I'm 50 years old but don't look it and live in Portland Oregon. I am an artist, musician and a writer but I make my living in the bindery department of a print shop. I collate covers for video rentals and ship them to various throughout the United States and Canada. I wrote my first science fiction manuscript called Loamprime tenyears ago that still remains unpublished. I switched to writingscreenplays about three years ago when I learned the turn around time was a lot shorter than writing manuscripts and that the pay was a lot better, assuming that I sold a screenplay. I am a member of the Willamette Writers Organization in Portland Oregon and have been for over five years. Cynthia Whitcomb who is the president of Willamette Writers and Bill Johnson gave me great encouragement in how to write. I was privileged to meet Mike Rich who wrote Finding Forrester and The Rookie. He gave me great tips on writing and not giving up when things get rough. I took the usual English courses in high school but never went to college to expand my writing. I've entered different competitions but did not placing well at first. I decided to read up on script writing from downloading scripts from websites and reading Cynthia's two books Writing Your Screenplay and Selling Your Screenplay. I also bought David Trottier's The Screenwriter's Bible. There is a wealth of information on formatting and breaking down the screenplay scene by scene. I also go to the Writers Conferences every August to learn how to not only write better scripts but also learn how to pitch ideas to producers, directors and agents. There's definitely more to the business than writing. Return from Thomas Herring to home page
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