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	<title>Donald L. Vasicek</title>
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	<description>The Zen of Writing/Filmmaking/Consulting</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>How To Know When An Earthquake is Imminent</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donald L. Vasicek</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Chile]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;&#8230;A Cal Tech seismologist was aware of the natural forces that are working slowly but inexorably under the earth, out of sight, unnoticed, setting off reactions and counterreactions in fragile earth faults deep in the bowels of the earth. There was no reliable way, despite all the scientific research, to predict them &#8212; except for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do You Start To Learn Screenwriting?</title>
		<link>http://donvasicek.com/screenwriting/how-do-you-start-to-learn-screenwriting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donald L. Vasicek</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The first time I wanted to write a script,
I wrote it.  I went to the local book store
and bought every book on screenwriting.
I studied the books and drafted a
screenplay.  This led to a rewrite.
Rewriting is screenwriting.  It&#8217;s like
sculpting.  The writer refines and refines
always striving for perfection.  Perfection
is relative, so, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zen of Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donald L. Vasicek</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Other Musings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A contemporary approach that shows you how to make your writing more effective]]></description>
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		<title>Haiti and Poverty-Stricken America</title>
		<link>http://donvasicek.com/uncategorized/haiti-and-poverty-stricken-america-2/</link>
		<comments>http://donvasicek.com/uncategorized/haiti-and-poverty-stricken-america-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donald L. Vasicek</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Other Musings]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[indigenous people]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Native Americans]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rush Limbaugh]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The tragedy in Haiti is unparalleled.  The call for help
from around the world is needed, to say the least.  
The question:
What does it take to get an equal call to citizens of the
United States to help out American citizens who
have, are and will be experiencing metaphorical
earthquakes of their own?
Native Americans.  Homeless war [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haiti and Poverty-Stricken America</title>
		<link>http://donvasicek.com/uncategorized/haiti-and-poverty-stricken-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donald L. Vasicek</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Other Musings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The tragedy in Haiti is unparalleled.  The call for help
from around the world is needed, to say the least.  
The question:
What does it take to get an equal call to citizens of the
United States to help out American citizens who
have, are and will be experiencing metaphorical
earthquakes of their own?
Native Americans.  Homeless war [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plot</title>
		<link>http://donvasicek.com/uncategorized/plot/</link>
		<comments>http://donvasicek.com/uncategorized/plot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donald L. Vasicek</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Other Musings]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[plot]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The main plot in every story comes from inside of the writer, whether she/he wants to admit it or not.  Sometime, somewhere, the plot was hatched in the writer's subconscious mind as the writer experienced a life event.]]></description>
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		<title>Third Act of the Screenplay</title>
		<link>http://donvasicek.com/uncategorized/third-act-screenplay/</link>
		<comments>http://donvasicek.com/uncategorized/third-act-screenplay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donald L. Vasicek</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Other Musings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What Mr. Wilder means&#8221;&#8230;the third act must build, build, build&#8230;&#8221;,
is to make the tension of what your main character is
doing to achieve her/his goal go up, up, up, like using
a corkscrew to open a bottle of wine.  The more you
twist, the tighter the tension in the cork becomes, until something
gives, the cork breaks, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Documentary Film/Story</title>
		<link>http://donvasicek.com/documentary-film/105/</link>
		<comments>http://donvasicek.com/documentary-film/105/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donald L. Vasicek</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[documentary film]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[story]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[donald l vasicek]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fernanda rossi]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[film]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[filmmakers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

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		<title>“The Anatomy of Theme in the Screenplay and Movie”</title>
		<link>http://donvasicek.com/uncategorized/%e2%80%9cthe-anatomy-of-theme-in-the-screenplay-and-movie%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://donvasicek.com/uncategorized/%e2%80%9cthe-anatomy-of-theme-in-the-screenplay-and-movie%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donald L. Vasicek</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Other Musings]]></category>

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by
Donald L. Vasicek
What is theme?  What does it mean?  How does it apply to the screenplay?  According to Merriam Webster dictionary, theme is: “A subject or topic of discourse or artistic representation.”  In the screenplay, the theme must be introduced as early as possible.  It should be introduced, as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Passion, Writing, Screenwriting, and All Things</title>
		<link>http://donvasicek.com/articles/passion-writing-screenwriting-and-all-things/</link>
		<comments>http://donvasicek.com/articles/passion-writing-screenwriting-and-all-things/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donald L. Vasicek</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[merriam webster]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[olympus films llc]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[passion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[screenwriting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[short story]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How to utilize passion in your writing, screenwriting, and all things.]]></description>
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