FINDING YOUR SCRIPT'S STORY ENGINE
I pulled out an old pilot script I was working on a long time ago. I didn’t finish it because I was having a hard time coming up with the...
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Rosalind Jackson
- Jun 19
- 1 min
WORDYGIRL WATCHLIST | THE OLD MAN
I was scrolling on Instagram when I came across a trailer showing Jeff Bridges shooting at and beating up people. That held my attention...
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Rosalind Jackson
- Jul 4, 2020
- 2 min
DISCOVERING LILITH
My reading has slacked off terribly. I’m an avid reader who fell off the wagon. How did this happen? I blame TV and social media....
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Rosalind Jackson
- Apr 26, 2019
- 3 min
AMAZING GRACE | FILM REVIEW
As a kid, I didn’t spend every Sunday in church. But I went enough have the culture ingrained in my soul, my psyche. My favorite part of...
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Rosalind Jackson
- Apr 21, 2018
- 9 min
SCREAMING AT THE SCREEN | SCANDAL S7 E18: OVER A CLIFF
Okay. Anybody who knows me knows that I am a die-hard, ride or die gladiator. I’ve been watching Scandal since day one. The minute the ...
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Rosalind Jackson
- Apr 21, 2018
- 8 min
SCREAMING AT THE SCREEN | IMPOSTERS S2 E2: TROUBLE MAYBE
Mattie gets a visit from Shelly Cohen, ex-husband of Lenny Cohen, another one of The Doctor’s assassins. I have to go back and look at...
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Rosalind Jackson
- Apr 7, 2018
- 2 min
WRITING PROCESS | STORY DEVELOPMENT
Why do I always pick writing projects that are so challenging? I must like torturing myself. I’m a masochist. Yeah. That’s it. Don’t get...
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Rosalind Jackson
- Nov 4, 2017
- 2 min
IN MY WRITE MIND | KICKING WORRY'S ASS
98% of the time I don’t worry about things. Worry is such a useless, toxic emotion.When I catch myself drifting into that 2% area, I...
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Rosalind Jackson
- Apr 22, 2017
- 1 min
I’SE AN AUTHOR NOW!
It’s official! I’m a self-published author! Today I FINALLY published my poetry book. I say finally because I’ve been wanting to do this...
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Rosalind Jackson
- Mar 5, 2016
- 2 min
WHEN ART MUST IMITATE LIFE
Political election season. It’s the only time in life when I get riled up in a negative way. Quite frankly, I can’t take the antics of...
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Rosalind Jackson
- Oct 30, 2015
- 1 min
NANOWRIMO-ish
November 1st marks the start of NaNoWriMo. For those who aren’t familiar, NaNoWriMo is short for National Novel Writing Month. According...
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Rosalind Jackson
- Sep 21, 2015
- 3 min
CUT TO THE F*CKING CHASE | MOMMY, WHAT'S A LOGLINE?
Dammit! You’re a screenwriter. A newbie screenwriter, but a screenwriter nonetheless. You have an amazing idea that you think will make a...
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Rosalind Jackson
- Aug 30, 2015
- 2 min
A GIFT DEFERRED
When I was a kid, I thought I would be a lawyer. Not that I really knew what that meant at the time. I was around five years old when...
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Rosalind Jackson
- Jul 18, 2015
- 4 min
CUT TO THE F*CKING CHASE | HOW TO GET HOLLYWOOD TO TAKE YOUR CALL
Someone called my office to submit a project. I explained our script submission process to the caller and gave her my email address. She...
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Rosalind Jackson
- Jun 29, 2015
- 3 min
WRITEGIRL BOOK LAUNCH PARTY
“Never underestimate the power of a girl and her pen.” ~www.WriteGirl.org I don’t remember how I came to know out about WriteGirl. Most...
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Rosalind Jackson
- Jun 14, 2015
- 5 min
PRODUCED BY CONFERENCE 2015
Recently, I attended the Producers Guild of America’s (PGA) Produced By Conference (PBC) held on the historic Paramount Pictures studio...
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Rosalind Jackson
- May 25, 2015
- 4 min
MY TOP 5 SCREENWRITERS
# 1 SHONDA RHIMES | The Queen of Hearts Best known for: Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge My favorite work: ...
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Rosalind Jackson
- May 8, 2015
- 6 min
SCANDAL: SEASON 4 EPISODE 20 | FIRST LADY SINGS THE BLUES
“Now, you, scared man with glasses, we flip him over. Now, right now. He scream. We flip anyway.” ~Shady Doctor It’s a Christmas...
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Rosalind Jackson
- Apr 22, 2015
- 2 min
CUT TO THE F*CKING CHASE | HOW TO GET HOLLYWOOD TO READ YOUR SCRIPT
. . . ACTION! Okay, so you finally grew the balls to call a production company to ask if you can send them your script. Good for you!...
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Rosalind Jackson
- Jun 20, 2014
- 1 min
CUT TO THE F*CKING CHASE | HOW TO KEEP HOLLYWOOD FROM TOSSING YOUR SCRIPT
Dear Fellow Screenwriters, I know you are excited when you get permission to submit a script to a production company or studio. They’re...
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