Shaula Evans

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About Shaula Evans

I'm a writer, curator, and community builder. I'm also a passionate advocate of increasing diversity in stories and supporting under-represented writers. I have more than a decade of experience in offering online workshops to support writers in developing their voices and telling their own stories. To find out more about me, read my full bio.

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Margaret Atwood on Writing 6 comments

This entry was posted in Creativity Quotes Writing and tagged creativity Margaret Atwood truth on January 26, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on January 25, 2015)

The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. Not by any other person, […]

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Weekly Check In: 2015 Week Four 12 comments

This entry was posted in Weekly Check In on January 25, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on February 2, 2015)

Welcome to the Weekly Check In. Did you tame your savage writing goals this week?

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Idea Factory Writing Prompt #6

This entry was posted in Prompts & Writing Games on January 22, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on January 22, 2015)

This week we’re going to look for story ideas based on your character’s situation: specifically, trapping a character.

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How Does Your Character Smell? 3 comments

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged character development five senses smell on January 22, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on January 21, 2015)

How does your character smell? You may never have asked yourself this question, but there are four reasons why you should.

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How to impress a short film programmer

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged screenwriting short films on January 21, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on January 20, 2015)

“What motivates me is to try to pick films that would affect the audience emotionally: to make them happy; but sometimes I want to surprise […]

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Brad Wilke’s Method for Writing Treatments 4 comments

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged prep screenwriting story summaries treatments on January 20, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on February 17, 2015)

Four steps from screenwriter Brad Wilke for writing better treatments:

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Stories have the potential to diversify our empathy 4 comments

This entry was posted in Diversity Writing on January 19, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on January 20, 2015)

Cinema has the power to make what is unfamiliar familiar. It can take us to galaxies far, far away, and even there, amongst aliens and […]

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Weekly Check In: 2015 Week Three 14 comments

This entry was posted in Weekly Check In on January 18, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on January 27, 2015)

It’s time for the weekly check in! What amazing feats of writing have you accomplished this week?

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Idea Factory Writing Prompt #5

This entry was posted in Prompts & Writing Games on January 16, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on January 15, 2015)

I’m on the road in some heavy travel this week amidst a fair bit of chaos so the idea of disruption is on my mind […]

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