As any screenwriter knows, the pressures of pursuing the dream of landing that big script sale can be counter-productive to the writing process.
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Dream work, the magic journal, and colorful toys are just some of the ideas D'Vari explores in her innovative book. -- The Boston Tab, May 11, 2000
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YOU can be a successful Hollywood screenwriter or best selling novelist. It's fast, fun, and all it takes is the MAGIC of taping into your powerful subconscious mind!
I was compelled to write SCRIPT MAGIC after successfully unblocking Hollywood screenwriters through a variety of creativity exercises of my own invention. In the course of researching Script Magic, I became fascinated with the work of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, both of whom were aware of the power of the subconscious mind. I expanded on their work in addition to the latest brain research to create the creativity techniques I showcase in the book, techniques such as:
mind mapping * treasure mapping * turning your mind into a movie projector * tucking your character into your back pocket * dream work * positive self-talk * the four stages of creativity * the character diary * much more!
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"Let's make wine fun & approachable!" says Marisa D'Vari, luxury travel and fine wine writer, now the proud recipient of the 2011 Fine & Rare Wine Specialist Program bursary (a joint effort by the Austrian Wine Academy, continental Europe's largest wine-school, and Hotel Residenz Palais Coburg), and the 2010 AXA Millésimes Scholarship. Both are directly affiliated with her studies for the Master of Wine program.
D'Vari is also a judge for the International Wine and Spirits Competition., among others,
D'Vari writes about wine for several publications, including London's FT, Robb Report, Quarterly Review of Wine, the San Francisco Chronicle, Food Arts, South China Morning Post, Sante, and many more in addition to being Wine & Spirits Editor for Taste Cincinnati magazine. She is the publisher of AWineStory.com in addition to syndicating her weekly column to a variety of newspapers, magazines, newsletters, and blogs.
D'Vari travels constantly, usually dragging along an enormous wine atlas (Jancis Robinson, anyone?) In a recent period she was invited to taste wine at Bordeaux's En Primeur, (one of three American women), judge wine for the International Wine and Spirits Competition in London, review Burgundy's 2011 vintage, toured top Champagne houses with a handful of other educators, and visit dozens of producers in Hungary, Spain, France, and Napa...
... and she also battled baboons during a visit to S. Africa's wine regions (well, at least was astonished to see them, instead of birds, attacking juicy ripe grapes).
A wine educator, D'Vari holds three of the most important and rarest international wine designations including the Diploma of Wine and Spirits from the Wine and Spirits Educational Trust, one of 323 individuals (as of January 2011) to earn the Certified Wine Educator designation from the Society of Wine Educators, and the 'Certified Sommelier' designation from the Court of Master Sommeliers in addition to numerous other designations from the American Sommelier Association and the Sommelier Society of America. She is the first American to be invited to join the UK's prestigious Association of Wine Educators.
In March of 2011, D'Vari was awarded the Level 5 Honors diploma from WSET for completing a year long research project focusing on the topic of marketing wine to millennials. Fewer than 67 people hold this designation worldwide.
In Boston D'Vari had produced and hosted the television show A Taste of Luxury (1995 - 2003) in which she interviewed the late Robert Mondavi and Julia Child, Daniel Boulud, Adam Tihany, Charlie Palmer, Todd English, and similar guests from 1995 to the present.
A So Cal gal (and UCLA grad) D'Vari had been an executive at many Hollywood studios, working with screenwriters to develop stories. "People love stories," D'Vari says. "As a wine educator, I use very entertaining and dramatic stories about wine to help them learn." Her two books on storytelling are published and available at bookstores and Amazon.
While in Boston, D'Vari taught a diploma level course at the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts, served on the board of the Roger Saunders School of Hotel Management, and taught classes at Harvard and Emerson college while also teaching presentation skills to corporations such as Gillette and speaking on the subject of publicity, the subject of Building Buzz: How To Reach And Impress Your Target Audience one of her five books.
She is a member of the Society of Wine Educators, International Association of Culinary Professionals, American Sommelier Association, a Fellow at the James Beard organization, a long standing member of the American Society for Journalists & Authors, National Speakers Association, and Member of the Magazine Publishers of America. Recently she has been awarded a fellowship from Far Niente winery in conjunction with the Symposium for Professional Wine Writers that takes place at the Meadowood resort in the Napa Valley each year, and is in part sponsored by the Napa Valley Vintners Association.
D'Vari is also a judge for the International Wine and Spirits Competition., among others,
D'Vari writes about wine for several publications, including London's FT, Robb Report, Quarterly Review of Wine, the San Francisco Chronicle, Food Arts, South China Morning Post, Sante, and many more in addition to being Wine & Spirits Editor for Taste Cincinnati magazine. She is the publisher of AWineStory.com in addition to syndicating her weekly column to a variety of newspapers, magazines, newsletters, and blogs.
D'Vari travels constantly, usually dragging along an enormous wine atlas (Jancis Robinson, anyone?) In a recent period she was invited to taste wine at Bordeaux's En Primeur, (one of three American women), judge wine for the International Wine and Spirits Competition in London, review Burgundy's 2011 vintage, toured top Champagne houses with a handful of other educators, and visit dozens of producers in Hungary, Spain, France, and Napa...
... and she also battled baboons during a visit to S. Africa's wine regions (well, at least was astonished to see them, instead of birds, attacking juicy ripe grapes).
A wine educator, D'Vari holds three of the most important and rarest international wine designations including the Diploma of Wine and Spirits from the Wine and Spirits Educational Trust, one of 323 individuals (as of January 2011) to earn the Certified Wine Educator designation from the Society of Wine Educators, and the 'Certified Sommelier' designation from the Court of Master Sommeliers in addition to numerous other designations from the American Sommelier Association and the Sommelier Society of America. She is the first American to be invited to join the UK's prestigious Association of Wine Educators.
In March of 2011, D'Vari was awarded the Level 5 Honors diploma from WSET for completing a year long research project focusing on the topic of marketing wine to millennials. Fewer than 67 people hold this designation worldwide.
In Boston D'Vari had produced and hosted the television show A Taste of Luxury (1995 - 2003) in which she interviewed the late Robert Mondavi and Julia Child, Daniel Boulud, Adam Tihany, Charlie Palmer, Todd English, and similar guests from 1995 to the present.
A So Cal gal (and UCLA grad) D'Vari had been an executive at many Hollywood studios, working with screenwriters to develop stories. "People love stories," D'Vari says. "As a wine educator, I use very entertaining and dramatic stories about wine to help them learn." Her two books on storytelling are published and available at bookstores and Amazon.
While in Boston, D'Vari taught a diploma level course at the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts, served on the board of the Roger Saunders School of Hotel Management, and taught classes at Harvard and Emerson college while also teaching presentation skills to corporations such as Gillette and speaking on the subject of publicity, the subject of Building Buzz: How To Reach And Impress Your Target Audience one of her five books.
She is a member of the Society of Wine Educators, International Association of Culinary Professionals, American Sommelier Association, a Fellow at the James Beard organization, a long standing member of the American Society for Journalists & Authors, National Speakers Association, and Member of the Magazine Publishers of America. Recently she has been awarded a fellowship from Far Niente winery in conjunction with the Symposium for Professional Wine Writers that takes place at the Meadowood resort in the Napa Valley each year, and is in part sponsored by the Napa Valley Vintners Association.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
It rocks!,
By Chris Vogler (Venice, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Script Magic : Subconscious Techniques to Conquer Writer's Block (Paperback)
Hi, I'm a screenwriter, story consultant, and former studio executive and I have found Script Magic helpful and entertaining. I'm at a place in my writing where I need lots of creative stimulus and the exercises and the breezy writing style were right for me. Sometimes you have to trick yourself into avoiding cliches or into opening up the deeper, truer sources of good work, and the book was good at giving some concrete ways to do that. This will become a classic for screenwriters but the creative way of thinking about writing will be useful for any form of storytelling. There's also a lot of practical info about the business end and some common sense about how you integrate writing into your life. It's worth reading just to shake yourself up!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Finally, a book that helps with creativity,
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This review is from: Script Magic : Subconscious Techniques to Conquer Writer's Block (Paperback)
There's a truck load of books out there that deal with the nuts and bolts of writing: editing, plotting, grammar. This book is about creativity, about those mysterious leaps the right brain makes to come up with a good story, the kind of story that makes readers turn the pages. The exercises in this book REALLY work: mind mapping completely changed the way I approach major characters. It really helps me get in touch with the character's history, and it works much better than a dry biographical approach. I'd recommend this book to anyone serious about their writing, not just screen writers.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Script Magic Makes the "Writer's Blues" Disappear!,
By Ace DeSone "Ace" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Script Magic : Subconscious Techniques to Conquer Writer's Block (Paperback)
As the writer of several award-winning screenplays, I try to devour every screenplay book that comes on the market. Unfortunately, too many books on screenwriting concern themselves with format and structure. Well, geez, there are computer programs that can do that for you now. When I read Script Magic, I said to myself, "Finally! Someone GETS it! A book that helps me be CREATIVE, which is the reason I got into the crazy mess in the first place!" Buy this book, and start enjoying life again!
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