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Screenwriter's Therapy

Dear Ipers,Now that I have the STC method for outlining the scripts to make sure structure rules are followed, because, STRUCTURE IS KING. You can't get the structure correct, they aren't going to buy in to you as a serious script writer. So nail that first. Then I recommend the Screenwriter's U course on Professional Rewrite. The class is only a couple hundred dollars and it gives you about 16 steps to use to elevate your script from slush pile reject to creating A-list daydreams for the…See More

Dec 9, 2010

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Eat your heart out Martha Stewart

Dear Martha fans (As am I),Yes, it is human nature to challenge those we most respect. Wait until she sees what we do in January to beat the post Christmas slump. If you did see the POE party invitation blo, same blog name, check it out.All fo now as I have a terrible cold. Not thinking straight enough for more than 5 minutes of concentration. Hope to be well for the holidays.Best always and HAPPY CH and Merry X-mas.JennyJenny Deason Copeland (on IMDB)See More

Dec 3, 2010

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Nov 7, 2010

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9 Months to Austin

Dear IPers,Sorry for the delay in writing. My bad. Someone, my dear hubby, gave me the complete Save the Cat series of books for Christmas and it revolutionized the way that I outline, plot and plan my scripts. Using the STC methodology, combined with everything that I learned from WBC (Writer's Boot Camp- great foundation to build on), and with a few Hal Croasman and Steve Kaplan classes, I have two scripts in one producer's hands already for MOW consideration. They definitely said it WAS NOT…See More

Oct 31, 2010

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9 Months to Austin

Dear IPers,Just signed up for a Chris Soth mentorship project. We are taking the 8 Mini-Movie method and 8 writers are each writing one eighth of a script. Mild terror thriller genre until I tried to make it an x rated torture porn. They got me back on track; so one of today's chores is to rewrite my appointed 15 pages back into the appropriate genre. What was weird though, I didn't have a problem writing that stuff but I can't watch it at all. I've not seen one SAW. My nightmares are scary…See More

Mar 19, 2010

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Profile Information

Name: Jenny Deason Copeland, PMP

Profession: Project Manager AT&T

Company: Writer

Memberships, Affiliations, Unions: Inktip, Writers Boot Camp, Mensa, Engineering Society of Detroit, Thespian, Project Management Institute

Location: West Bloomfield, MI

Birthday: 7-13-52

LinkedIn Address: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/4b7/601

Resume (Position, Network/Production Company, Year, Location, & Description) - you can cut and paste your resume here: Writing Resume for:
Jeanette “Jenny” Deason Copeland, PMP
3900 Walnut Lake Road
West Bloomfield, MI. 48323
248-227-5508 or 248-933-5508
tisch_13@yahoo.com

Screenwriting and Writing Information:
In Development:
“A MouseKeeper Christmas” which is a TV animated short that will change the way children celebrate and anticipate Christmas forever.
Contest Standings:
"Tiananmen West"- was chosen as a 2007 Screenplay Festival Competition- Winner- Honorable Mention for Action/ Adventure genre which made it one of the top six scripts in the genre and of course means it made it to the semifinalists and finalists rounds as well. The story is a fictionalized expose of the Kent State shootings. This script has also made quarterfinals in the 12th Annual Writer’s Network, the 2006 Fade In competition, the 2005 Zoetrope competition and just recently has made it to the semifinalist in the 2008 Screenplay Festival in the drama genre.
"New Shoes for Elizabeth” is a depression era Christmas story which boasts these standings; Quarterfinals in the 12th Annual Writer’s Network and the 2005 Page Awards. It has undergone serious rewrites with the knowledge gained from WBC (Writer’s Boot Camp) training.
"Tales between Two Comets” tells the story of Handel’s life but also exposes his gay friends and life style in an era when that would have ruined his career. This script has placed as a Quarterfinalist in the 2006 Fade In competition.
"Water Logged” Comedy based on the antics of misfits trying to race in the Chicago to Mackinaw sailboat competition. Quarterfinals in the 2006 Page Awards and has just recently made it to the finalist stage of the still in progress 2008 Screenplay Festival with the help of Writer’s Boot Camp training.
"A MouseKeeper Christmas" has just started the competition rounds in 2009 and has made it to the Quarterfinals in the 2009 Movie Script Short comp. A children's picture book, a companion project, is being reviewed at Houghton- Mifflin's Divisions.
“The Apples Leave the Tree” is a children’s picture book about empty nesting and separation anxiety which is currently being reviewed at Houghton- Mifflin’s Divisions.
Publications:
New Shoes for Elizabeth a novel based on family oral histories from the depression era. ISBN 1-58982-135-1
Various poems published in various magazines and newsletters.
Various short stories published in numerous organizational newsletters.
Work in Progress:
"A Year in the House with Jenny" is an entertainment and cookbook for the lower-income Martha Stewart of Big Lots and the Dollar stores.
“A Few Sandwiches Short of a Picnic” is a collection of wildly childish verse.
Outlining started on eight more script ideas.
Day Job Work History:
Over thirty years with AT&T Mobility. Assignments included; Engineering, Project Management, and Marketing.
Created a card game and authored a book.
Education:
Jenny earned a B.A. in Research Psychology from the University of Toledo in 23 months, graduating Magna Cum Laude with department honors. In 2009, Jenny completed four training cycles with Writer’s Boot Camp. She has two nearly completed Masters Degrees; one MBA in progress, and one in research Psychology
Organizations:
Project Management Institute, Engineering Society of Detroit, Mensa, Inktip, International Thespian Society, Writer’s Boot Camp, Member of The Henry Ford.

Active Projects: Screenplays Feature- length- Tiananmen West (History based thriller), New Shoes for Elizabeth (Christmas), Tales Between two Comets (History based drama- Handel), Travelers of the North Star (History ghost story- Underground Railroad), Water Logged (National Lampoon-like Comedy but with boats on water), Dance Me to the End of Love (History based drama- Holocaust), A MouseKeeper Christmas (chidren's animated short)
Shorts- Animated-
And a companion project, a children's picture book by the same title.
Book- New Shoes for Elizabeth- In Print
Book- Entertainment- A Year in the Life with Jenny- work in progress
Book- Project Management- Psychology of PM- work in progress
Songs- Christmas carols- a CD worth of new tunes and lyrics
Poems- Chapbooks in the making
Poems- A Few Sandwiches Short of a Picnic- Children's silly poetry
Watercolors- cloud angels- might be great greeting card stuff
Future projects planned
Screenplays Feature- length
Story of escaping Hungary during /after the Hungarian 1956 Revolution and coming to America
Time-crossed lovers- find that they have known one another in past lives but this time they get together against the odds.
Comedy- Two very different sets of Boomer sisters tour Europe together.

Projects Currently In Development (Title, Film/Television, Status, Budget): Looking for an agent since one script has drawn some attention from an Emmy winning Executive Producer and feeling a sale may be imminent.

"A MouseKeeper Christmas" is currently in dvelopment.

Favorites (Film, Director, Television, Actors, Musicians, etc.): John Hughes anything, National Lampoon, Chevy Chase and Dennis Quaid together, Christmas anything, Halloween for kids- no slasher stuff- I have enough nightmares of my own,

Dreams & Goals: To someday make my living writing. Anything I have ever worked this hard at, has always come my way. To make people think again about historical moments and stir up some discussions again on topics like the Kent State Massacre and the Hungarian Revolution and JFK's assassination. Entertain. Make people think and laugh.

Jenny Deason Copeland's Blog

Screenwriter's Therapy

Dear Ipers,

Now that I have the STC method for outlining the scripts to make sure structure rules are followed, because, STRUCTURE IS KING. You can't get the structure correct, they aren't going to buy in to you as a serious script writer. So nail that first. Then I recommend the Screenwriter's U course on Professional Rewrite. The class is only a couple hundred dollars and it gives you about 16 steps to use to elevate your script from slush pile reject to creating A-list…

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Posted on December 9, 2010 at 7:52am

Eat your heart out Martha Stewart

Dear Martha fans (As am I),

Yes, it is human nature to challenge those we most respect. Wait until she sees what we do in January to beat the post Christmas slump. If you did see the POE party invitation blo, same blog name, check it out.

All fo now as I have a terrible cold. Not thinking straight enough for more than 5 minutes of concentration. Hope to be well for the holidays.

Best always and HAPPY CH and Merry…

Continue

Posted on December 3, 2010 at 10:25am

Martha (Stewart) Eat Your Heart Out

Dear Martha Stewart lovers or not,

I for one, wanted only two jobs in my life and they were both already taken. One is Mrs. Clause, that lucky girl. The other was Martha Stewart. Instead I just bang away at the day job dreaming of a way to get into the entertainment business. So I entertain with parties.

No, not your ordinary Martha Stewart parties, anybody can do that, just buy her magazine and follow along. I will admit that one of my faves is…

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Posted on November 7, 2010 at 3:30pm

9 Months to Austin

Dear IPers,

Hope your Holiday season has started off with a bang. Usually I don't decorate until the day after Thanksgiving but the barn, where my office is located, went from Halloween directly to Christmas yesterday. I jumped the gun in the office to try to keep me motivated to get through the made for TV Premiere, hope it starts a series, Christmas MOW titled New Shoes for Elizabeth.

Once I made it through the draft of the two plotted Holocaust story on…

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Posted on November 7, 2010 at 3:08pm

9 Months to Austin

Dear IPers,

Sorry for the delay in writing. My bad. Someone, my dear hubby, gave me the complete Save the Cat series of books for Christmas and it revolutionized the way that I outline, plot and plan my scripts. Using the STC methodology, combined with everything that I learned from WBC (Writer's Boot Camp- great foundation to build on), and with a few Hal Croasman and Steve Kaplan classes, I have two scripts in one producer's hands already for MOW consideration. They…

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Posted on October 31, 2010 at 11:22am

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At 3:22am on August 3, 2009, Peter Spencer said…: Motor City Ghost hunters, eh? Funnily enough I've done quite a lot of work with Iain Cash (MOST HAUNTED - which must be a similar TV show) and re-wrote a pilot and episode for his forthcoming TV show about such things....called LOW SPIRITS.