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Write You - Creative Writing: Academy Award Winners Deconstructed
Cindy Ventrice is a management consultant and workshop leader with over 20 years of experience in a wide range of industries. She spoke to dozens of company managers in compiling the tips that make up her book Make Their Day! Employee Recognition That Works. In this interview she provides guidance for owners and leaders to assess the quality of their current recognition programs and identifies the traits common to leaders offering effective employee recognition.What can small businesses, who may not have the funding or resources to compete with larger firms in terms of employee incentives, do to motivate their employees? The good news is that, in terms of recognition, money is not a significant factor. Once employees have what they consider to be a fair wage – in other words, they’re at 75 percent of the industry standard for their geographic area – money is not really a factor in how motivated they people are, how willing they are to stay and how valued they feel in the workpl
Developing Characters and Relationships: tips / tits.
This World: stop thinking of me as a woman.
Foreshadow of the Death: Van Horn hits on Dorothy.
Foreshadow of the Death: Dorothy sees Ron kiss another girl.
Trial and Transformation 3:
Developing Romantic Challenge 2: Sandy invites Dorothy over to rehearse.
Developing Romantic Challenge 2: Dorothy arrives at Julie's apartment.
Guardian: Mrs Crawley.
Developing Romantic Challenge 2: cooking; dinner; tell me about Ron.
Transformation / New Self / New Name: Dotty.
Developing Romantic Challenge 1: Sandy waits for Michael; she's cooked him dinner.
Foreshadow of the Regression: wouldn't it be nice if a man could just be honest.
Developing Romantic Challenge 1: Sandy saw Dorothy; candies with Dorothy's name; did you see that cow they hired.
Pushed to
We all know the saying, “Failing to plan (prepare) is planning (preparing) to fail.” I truly believe in this statement and I hope you do as well. Building your service business, including marketing it must be planned and does take work.I don’t happen to believe that there really are magic bullets or black magic boxes. My advice – quit looking. This stuff does take work, but you can certainly do it.If you’re like most people I meet, then planning is something you know is important but doesn’t always happen. We are generally ‘doers’. We need to feel like we’re “doing” something to be productive – whether it’s going to networking events, sending out mailers, or making calls to try and set up meetings. And all that planning sure doesn’t feel like we’re “doing” anything. It’s time consuming when there is plenty of day-to-day work to be done. And truthfully, not everyone knows the best way to go about it.But being unprepared in your business and life creates stress, problems, h
The Hero's Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the Hollywood movies we have deconstructed are based on this template.
Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters.
The Hero's Journey:
a) Attempts to tap into unconscious expectations the audience has regarding what a story is and how it should be told.
b) Gives the writer more structural elements than simply three or four acts, plot points, mid point and so on.
c) Interpreted metaphorically, laterally and symbolically, allows an infinite number of varied stories to be created.
and more...
Below is a deconstruction of a classic transformation that sticks rigidly to the Hero's Journey.
Tootsie (1982); basic deconstruction
Fade In: Meeting the Hero and Romantic Challenge 1: Michael teaching acting classes; Sandy.
Ordinary World: Michael auditioning.
Frustration: you may high on “and”.
Ordinary World: working in the restaurant.
Meeting Sidekick: Jeff.
Meeting Allies: at the party.
Developing Characters and Relationships: at the party.
Elixir: raising the money to do Jeff's play.
Call to Adventure: Michael helps Sandy to prepare for the audition; will pick her up at 10 and enrage her.
Refusal: Sandy doesn't get the part.
Foreshadow of the Antagonism: references to Ron et al.
Meeting the Mentor : meeting George Fields.
Pushed to the First Threshold: no one will hire you; oh yes, watch me.
First Threshold: we meet Tootsie.
Threshold Guardian: the receptionist.
Antagonist: Ron; gosh I'm afraid you're not right for this role.
Overcoming the Interdiction: was that for real in there; which answer will get me a reading, Miss Marshall.
Meeting the Romantic Challenge 2: meeting Julie.
Outer Cave : the audition.
Push to the Middle Cave : where's the Russian Tea Room.
Middle Cave : telling George in the Russian Tea Room.
Preparing for the Trials: buying clothes.
Developing Characters and Relationships: getting into a taxi; in the apartment with Jeff.
Inner Cave / Romantic Challenge 1: telling Sandy ; trying on her clothes; in bed with Sandy .
Time Pressure to the Trials: the clock.
Preparation: getting dressed; it works but don't play hard to get.
World of the Trials and Transformation: arriving at the network.
Creatures of this World: meeting everyone.
Push to the Trials: the script arrives.
Trial and Transformation 1:
Michael has to kiss Van Horn.
Developing the Antagonist: Ron.
Developing Romantic Challenge 2: Michael and Julie meet on set.
Transformation: Dorothy hits Brewster over the head; changes the script.
Foreshadow of the Sword: Carlisle patronizing; “good girl”
Devolved State: no one asks for Michael's autograph; Julie with Ron.
Trial and Transformation 2:
Michael complains about Ron's condescending attitude.
Developing Challenges: who answers the phone?
Developing Romantic Challenge 1: Michael pretends he's got a cold to Sandy .
Transformation Progressing: Dorothy getting asked for some autographs.
Transformation: filming.
Transformation: Dorothy getting asked for lots of autographs.
Foreshadow of the Near Death: meeting the Dad.
Foreshadow of the Sword: seeing Julie whilst out with Jeff.
Developing Characters and Relationships: tips / tits.
This World: stop thinking of me as a woman.
Foreshadow of the Death: Van Horn hits on Dorothy.
Foreshadow of the Death: Dorothy sees Ron kiss another girl.
Trial and Transformation 3:
Developing Romantic Challenge 2: Sandy invites Dorothy over to rehearse.
Developing Romantic Challenge 2: Dorothy arrives at Julie's apartment.
Guardian: Mrs Crawley.
Developing Romantic Challenge 2: cooking; dinner; tell me about Ron.
Transformation / New Self / New Name: Dotty.
Developing Romantic Challenge 1: Sandy waits for Michael; she's cooked him dinner.
Foreshadow of the Regression: wouldn't it be nice if a man could just be honest.
Developing Romantic Challenge 1: Sandy saw Dorothy; candies with Dorothy's name; did you see that cow they hired.
Pushed to
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Tootsie (1982); basic deconstruction
Fade In: Meeting the Hero and Romantic Challenge 1: Michael teaching acting classes; Sandy.
Ordinary World: Michael auditioning.
Frustration: you may high on “and”.
Ordinary World: working in the restaurant.
Meeting Sidekick: Jeff.
Meeting Allies: at the party.
Developing Characters and Relationships: at the party.
Elixir: raising the money to do Jeff's play.
Call to Adventure: Michael helps Sandy to prepare for the audition; will pick her up at 10 and enrage her.
Refusal: Sandy doesn't get the part.
Foreshadow of the Antagonism: references to Ron et al.
Meeting the Mentor : meeting George Fields.
Pushed to the First Threshold: no one will hire you; oh yes, watch me.
First Threshold: we meet Tootsie.
Threshold Guardian: the receptionist.
Antagonist: Ron; gosh I'm afraid you're not right for this role.
Overcoming the Interdiction: was that for real in there; which answer will get me a reading, Miss Marshall.
Meeting the Romantic Challenge 2: meeting Julie.
Outer Cave : the audition.
Push to the Middle Cave : where's the Russian Tea Room.
Middle Cave : telling George in the Russian Tea Room.
Preparing for the Trials: buying clothes.
Developing Characters and Relationships: getting into a taxi; in the apartment with Jeff.
Inner Cave / Romantic Challenge 1: telling Sandy ; trying on her clothes; in bed with Sandy .
Time Pressure to the Trials: the clock.
Preparation: getting dressed; it works but don't play hard to get.
World of the Trials and Transformation: arriving at the network.
Creatures of this World: meeting everyone.
Push to the Trials: the script arrives.
Trial and Transformation 1:
Michael has to kiss Van Horn.
Developing the Antagonist: Ron.
Developing Romantic Challenge 2: Michael and Julie meet on set.
Transformation: Dorothy hits Brewster over the head; changes the script.
Foreshadow of the Sword: Carlisle patronizing; “good girl”
Devolved State: no one asks for Michael's autograph; Julie with Ron.
Trial and Transformation 2:
Michael complains about Ron's condescending attitude.
Developing Challenges: who answers the phone?
Developing Romantic Challenge 1: Michael pretends he's got a cold to Sandy .
Transformation Progressing: Dorothy getting asked for some autographs.
Transformation: filming.
Transformation: Dorothy getting asked for lots of autographs.
Foreshadow of the Near Death: meeting the Dad.
Foreshadow of the Sword: seeing Julie whilst out with Jeff.
Developing Characters and Relationships: tips / tits.
This World: stop thinking of me as a woman.
Foreshadow of the Death: Van Horn hits on Dorothy.
Foreshadow of the Death: Dorothy sees Ron kiss another girl.
Trial and Transformation 3:
Developing Romantic Challenge 2: Sandy invites Dorothy over to rehearse.
Developing Romantic Challenge 2: Dorothy arrives at Julie's apartment.
Guardian: Mrs Crawley.
Developing Romantic Challenge 2: cooking; dinner; tell me about Ron.
Transformation / New Self / New Name: Dotty.
Developing Romantic Challenge 1: Sandy waits for Michael; she's cooked him dinner.
Foreshadow of the Regression: wouldn't it be nice if a man could just be honest.
Developing Romantic Challenge 1: Sandy saw Dorothy; candies with Dorothy's name; did you see that cow they hired.
Pushed to
FICO, a credit score that determines the likely hood of your paying your bills, was developed by Fair Isaac & Co in the late 1950s, and is widely accepted as a way of credit evaluation. Debt consolidation is away of consolidating all your debts into a single larger debt, to be able to repay your accumulated debts. One of the best ways to improve your FICO score is to pay off your outstanding debts. The more close your debt balance is to your credit limit, the more it affects your credit score adversely. Consolidating your debts through mortgage refinancing or a home equity second mortgage loan can help you reduce or payoff your accumulated debts.Such loans may be 100 percent tax deductible in certain cases, and you need to consult your tax consultant.Debt consolidation has a positive effect on your FICO score by lowering your debt-to-income ratio. The lower the ratio, the better it is for you. Your debt consolidation loan can have a negative affect on your FICO score if you:- Make too many inqu
Overcoming the Interdiction: was that for real in there; which answer will get me a reading, Miss Marshall.
Meeting the Romantic Challenge 2: meeting Julie.
Outer Cave : the audition.
Push to the Middle Cave : where's the Russian Tea Room.
Middle Cave : telling George in the Russian Tea Room.
Preparing for the Trials: buying clothes.
Developing Characters and Relationships: getting into a taxi; in the apartment with Jeff.
Inner Cave / Romantic Challenge 1: telling Sandy ; trying on her clothes; in bed with Sandy .
Time Pressure to the Trials: the clock.
Preparation: getting dressed; it works but don't play hard to get.
World of the Trials and Transformation: arriving at the network.
Creatures of this World: meeting everyone.
Push to the Trials: the script arrives.
Trial and Transformation 1:
Michael has to kiss Van Horn.
Developing the Antagonist: Ron.
Developing Romantic Challenge 2: Michael and Julie meet on set.
Transformation: Dorothy hits Brewster over the head; changes the script.
Foreshadow of the Sword: Carlisle patronizing; “good girl”
Devolved State: no one asks for Michael's autograph; Julie with Ron.
Trial and Transformation 2:
Michael complains about Ron's condescending attitude.
Developing Challenges: who answers the phone?
Developing Romantic Challenge 1: Michael pretends he's got a cold to Sandy .
Transformation Progressing: Dorothy getting asked for some autographs.
Transformation: filming.
Transformation: Dorothy getting asked for lots of autographs.
Foreshadow of the Near Death: meeting the Dad.
Foreshadow of the Sword: seeing Julie whilst out with Jeff.
Developing Characters and Relationships: tips / tits.
This World: stop thinking of me as a woman.
Foreshadow of the Death: Van Horn hits on Dorothy.
Foreshadow of the Death: Dorothy sees Ron kiss another girl.
Trial and Transformation 3:
Developing Romantic Challenge 2: Sandy invites Dorothy over to rehearse.
Developing Romantic Challenge 2: Dorothy arrives at Julie's apartment.
Guardian: Mrs Crawley.
Developing Romantic Challenge 2: cooking; dinner; tell me about Ron.
Transformation / New Self / New Name: Dotty.
Developing Romantic Challenge 1: Sandy waits for Michael; she's cooked him dinner.
Foreshadow of the Regression: wouldn't it be nice if a man could just be honest.
Developing Romantic Challenge 1: Sandy saw Dorothy; candies with Dorothy's name; did you see that cow they hired.
Pushed to
Getting into a university is an expensive deal. Today, education comes at a cost. So, every year, more and more students approach banks for loan and pass out.With the increasing number of students and fees, more loans are taken every year. Sometimes this goes beyond expectation. Students are passing out with a debt.The one solution to the above problem is to get the same loan amount from your parents. This is called ‘Parent Loan’ now days.Now, the question is which option one should go for. Well, both the loans have their own advantages and disadvantages. Federal loans are the best choice for students today as they give loans in a very lower rate of interest.Even if you can not qualify for a loan, you can qualify for federal loan.One good way is to get the financial help from your parents when you need it. When it comes to repay the loan after graduation and you find unable to repay some installment, you can take some help from your parents.Federal loans offers parent loan
Trial and Transformation 1:
Michael has to kiss Van Horn.
Developing the Antagonist: Ron.
Developing Romantic Challenge 2: Michael and Julie meet on set.
Transformation: Dorothy hits Brewster over the head; changes the script.
Foreshadow of the Sword: Carlisle patronizing; “good girl”
Devolved State: no one asks for Michael's autograph; Julie with Ron.
Trial and Transformation 2:
Michael complains about Ron's condescending attitude.
Developing Challenges: who answers the phone?
Developing Romantic Challenge 1: Michael pretends he's got a cold to Sandy .
Transformation Progressing: Dorothy getting asked for some autographs.
Transformation: filming.
Transformation: Dorothy getting asked for lots of autographs.
Foreshadow of the Near Death: meeting the Dad.
Foreshadow of the Sword: seeing Julie whilst out with Jeff.
Developing Characters and Relationships: tips / tits.
This World: stop thinking of me as a woman.
Foreshadow of the Death: Van Horn hits on Dorothy.
Foreshadow of the Death: Dorothy sees Ron kiss another girl.
Trial and Transformation 3:
Developing Romantic Challenge 2: Sandy invites Dorothy over to rehearse.
Developing Romantic Challenge 2: Dorothy arrives at Julie's apartment.
Guardian: Mrs Crawley.
Developing Romantic Challenge 2: cooking; dinner; tell me about Ron.
Transformation / New Self / New Name: Dotty.
Developing Romantic Challenge 1: Sandy waits for Michael; she's cooked him dinner.
Foreshadow of the Regression: wouldn't it be nice if a man could just be honest.
Developing Romantic Challenge 1: Sandy saw Dorothy; candies with Dorothy's name; did you see that cow they hired.
Pushed to
When you are considering investing in a Buy to Let property you first need to decide what your rental income is likely to be, how much capital you intend to invest in the property and for how long you want to invest.Finding a Buy to Let mortgage Lenders tend to approve a buy to let loan on the expected rental income from the property, as opposed to the applicants' income. The mortgage company will also consider the location of the property and how comfortably the rent will cover the mortgage payments, and also the experience of the landlord. You need to be a homeowner and have a minimum 15% deposit. When working out the figures for your Buy to Let loan your monthly rent should be at least 130% of your mortgage repayment, and give you an annual yield of more than 8% of the mortgage.Choosing your Rental Property The top landlords are those who do extensive research to find the right location with plenty of tenant demand. Make enquiries as a prospective tenant in the area - this
Developing Characters and Relationships: tips / tits.
This World: stop thinking of me as a woman.
Foreshadow of the Death: Van Horn hits on Dorothy.
Foreshadow of the Death: Dorothy sees Ron kiss another girl.
Trial and Transformation 3:
Developing Romantic Challenge 2: Sandy invites Dorothy over to rehearse.
Developing Romantic Challenge 2: Dorothy arrives at Julie's apartment.
Guardian: Mrs Crawley.
Developing Romantic Challenge 2: cooking; dinner; tell me about Ron.
Transformation / New Self / New Name: Dotty.
Developing Romantic Challenge 1: Sandy waits for Michael; she's cooked him dinner.
Foreshadow of the Regression: wouldn't it be nice if a man could just be honest.
Developing Romantic Challenge 1: Sandy saw Dorothy; candies with Dorothy's name; did you see that cow they hired.
Pushed to the Transformation: Sandy tells Michael to make up his lines.
Transformation: Dorothy makes up her own lines.
New Self: Dorothy makes it up as she goes along; the photo shots; fame.
Regression:
Pushed to the Regression: George invites Michael to the party.
Guardians of the Regression: Van Horn and the broadway producer at the party.
Regression: Michael is honest with Julie; the slap.
Transformation: Dorothy tells Von Horn to call her by her proper name.
Meeting the Oracle: come to the farm.
Developing Romantic Challenge 1: lying to Sandy .
Warning: Jeff tells Dorothy not to do this.
Time Pressure / Foreshadow of the Near Death: in two weeks it'll be all over.
Journey to the Sword: arriving at the farm and meeting Dad.
Seizing the Sword: falling for Julie at the farm.
Foreshadow of the Atonement: can I tell you something.
Foreshadow of the Near Death: Dad puts his arms around Dorothy.
Near Death: I'll stay up with you; by the piano; Dad wants to be with someone, to share.
Developing Romantic Challenge 2: talking about flowers in Julie's bedroom; I was always waiting for these rosebuds to open; Dorothy strokes Julie's hair.
Reward: chocolates from Julie's Dad; everyone asks for her advice; Dorothy's contract is renewed.
Warning of the Atonement: tell them what; this is major fraud.
Pushed to a Transformation: phone call from Julie.
Transformation: Julie wants to break up with Ron.
Developing Antagonism and Hero: Ron asks why Dorothy doesn't like him; I understand you a lot better than you think I do.
Developing Hero: Dorothy has trouble with the baby.
Near Death:
Julie walks back in; Dorothy tries to kiss Julie; spurned; that's my father, you've got to tell him; you've got to see my father and let him down gentle.
Les asks Dorothy to marry him.
Brewster waits for Dorothy outside his apartment; this is a nightmare.
Brewster serenades Dorothy.
Dorothy invites Brewster up to stop him serenading.
Brewster wants Dorothy; saved by Jeff.
Sandy turns up at the apartment; candies from a guy named Les; I'll tell you the truth; I'm in love with another woman; Sandy walks out – I don't take this shit from friends, only lovers.
Michael sees George to try to get him off this show; restating the plot; I'm in trouble man.
Pushed to the Atonement: have to redo the take.
Pushed to the Atonement:
Candy for Julie; I love you but I can't love you.
Time Pressure to the Atonement: 15 seconds to the commercial; countdown.
Atonement with the Father: Michael reveals all on camera; the story.
Apotheosis: everyone's reactions to the realization that Dorothy is a man.
Denial: Julie slaps Michael / Michael in the park.
Elixir: the play is on.
Catharsis 1: Michael visits Les.
Magic Flight: Michael runs after Julie.
Crossing the Return Threshold: can I call you sometime; I was a better man as a woman than as a man.
Master of Two Worlds: will you loan me that little yellow outfit.
Freedom to Live: making up, arm in arm, FADE OUT.
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