Comments on: January’s Meetup: Dashes, Concise Copy, and Improv! January 19th at 6pm http://www.commposeaz.com/januarys-meetup-dashes-concise-copy-and-improv/ An Arizona-Based Network of Business Writers Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:51:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jennifer http://www.commposeaz.com/januarys-meetup-dashes-concise-copy-and-improv/comment-page-1/#comment-214 Jennifer Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:27:28 +0000 http://www.commposeaz.com/?p=309#comment-214 P.S. Based on my previous comment, perhaps we need a future CopyChat entitled "Avoiding Overuse of Parentheticals." P.S. Based on my previous comment, perhaps we need a future CopyChat entitled “Avoiding Overuse of Parentheticals.”

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.commposeaz.com/januarys-meetup-dashes-concise-copy-and-improv/comment-page-1/#comment-213 Jennifer Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:24:40 +0000 http://www.commposeaz.com/?p=309#comment-213 Thanks for your presentation last night, Jeff. Informative, entertaining, relevant and (dare I say?) fun. No small feat to draw a roomful of (mostly) introverted writers out of our shells. Thanks also for including the book links. My husband is a huge Joseph Campbell fan (we own the complete "Power of Myth" lecture series. Alas, on VHS.). Thanks for your presentation last night, Jeff. Informative, entertaining, relevant and (dare I say?) fun. No small feat to draw a roomful of (mostly) introverted writers out of our shells.

Thanks also for including the book links. My husband is a huge Joseph Campbell fan (we own the complete “Power of Myth” lecture series. Alas, on VHS.).

]]> By: Jeff Moriarty http://www.commposeaz.com/januarys-meetup-dashes-concise-copy-and-improv/comment-page-1/#comment-211 Jeff Moriarty Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:23:17 +0000 http://www.commposeaz.com/?p=309#comment-211 Thank you SO much for inviting me to speak, and I hope it was of value. You have a fantastic, fluid group forming and I hope to be able to attend in the future. Some of the material I mentioned: Hero with a Thousand Faces: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hero_with_a_Thousand_Faces The Writer's Journey (the book Disney developed for storytelling, based on Thousand Faces): http://www.amazon.com/Writers-Journey-Mythic-Structure-3rd/dp/193290736X/ Impro: http://www.amazon.com/Impro-Improvisation-Theatre-Keith-Johnstone/dp/0878301178/ And I'm happy to talk with anyone about more Improv topics, including great places for classes. Cheers! Thank you SO much for inviting me to speak, and I hope it was of value. You have a fantastic, fluid group forming and I hope to be able to attend in the future.

Some of the material I mentioned:
Hero with a Thousand Faces: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hero_with_a_Thousand_Faces

The Writer’s Journey (the book Disney developed for storytelling, based on Thousand Faces): http://www.amazon.com/Writers-Journey-Mythic-Structure-3rd/dp/193290736X/

Impro: http://www.amazon.com/Impro-Improvisation-Theatre-Keith-Johnstone/dp/0878301178/

And I’m happy to talk with anyone about more Improv topics, including great places for classes.

Cheers!

]]> By: Refining the idea of Improv Social Media http://www.commposeaz.com/januarys-meetup-dashes-concise-copy-and-improv/comment-page-1/#comment-208 Refining the idea of Improv Social Media Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:35:12 +0000 http://www.commposeaz.com/?p=309#comment-208 [...] 19th for Commpose, the local Copywriter’s meetup group. They’ve asked me to speak about improv in relation to writing, which is a slightly different flavor but still directly applicable. This is an open group with [...] [...] 19th for Commpose, the local Copywriter’s meetup group. They’ve asked me to speak about improv in relation to writing, which is a slightly different flavor but still directly applicable. This is an open group with [...]

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