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Chapter XIX - Rebirth

Tony’s Tall Tales returns with a stream of consciousness episode. Your host Anthony Pavelich shares a few musings on games, books, and a new collectable card game that...

Chapter XVIII - The Source and Solution

Your host, Anthony Pavelich returns to the MCU! (For one film at least) Listen to the breakdown of his opinion on the narrative execution of Black Panther: Wakanda For...

Chapter XVII - World Building

Construction of an entire imaginary world is daunting and thrilling. How do the great writers build such universes that transport us into experiences of terror, wonder...

Chapter XVI - A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away…

Enter, dear listeners, into a special episode as your host Anthony Pavelich shares some writings from a story constructed in a familiar universe. Two versions of the s...

Chapter XV - Don't Believe Everything You Think

Chapter XV - Don’t Believe Everything You Think In this latest episode Anthony Pavelich continues reflecting on his writing journey through the lens of his personal st...

Chapter XIV - Mid-Year Review

Half of 2022 has passed! Join Anthony Pavelich as he reflects on his writing journey at this mid-year along with the challenges and accomplishments he took away. He’ll...

Chapter XIII - Screencraft 2022 Writers Summit

Screencraft is a writing community that provides support to writers through Talent Discovery Programs, Career Consulting, Events, and Educational Resources. One recent...

Chapter XII - Screening Room: No Time To Die (2021)

An old adage in show-business is that every project starts with a script. So in the case of No Time To Die, how did the script execute on the final product?

Chapter XI - Discipline v Motivation Part Deux

Join your host Anthony Pavelich as he revisits the qualities of discipline and motivation and what he has been ruminating on since the last episode. And at the end of ...

Episode X - Discipline v Motivation

Is motivation more important for long term success? Or is it discipline?

Chapter IX: The Work Is The Secret

It’s so easy to think that we are never doing enough when it comes to our creative endeavors so what is one to do?

Chapter VIII - The Writer's Room: Matthew Van Hoesen

Join us as we chat with special guest, Emmy-Award winning Producer and Director, Matthew Van Hoesen to discuss film-making, writing, and the prices of videos back in a...

Chapter VII - The Name Is Bond. James Bond.

In No Time To Die, Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA tur...

Chapter VI - The Writer’s Toolbox: Final Draft



In this episode we look at the software, Final Draft. It is a powerful application that many writers use for generating screenplays for film and television.

Chapter V - The Writer's Room: Scot Carlisle

We are joined by special guest, Scot Carlisle and we discuss the joy and challenges of creating magic upon the blank page.

Chapter IV - The Struggle is Real

We have been conditioned to think that if we're are not productive (or productive enough) then we have failed at being successful. Is that really true? Does productivi...

Chapter III - Intention & Obstacle

Writing a good story, no matter the form, requires that you have these two fundamentals in place. What is this story about? What do my characters want?

Chapter II - A Sort of Licensed Troubleshooter

Join your host Anthony Pavelich and special guests, Triple C (Brevity Box) and Mitch (Ruminations from the Red Room) as we pay tribute to Sir Sean Connery. The gentlem...

Prologue - Introducing Ruminations on Tony’s Tall Tales

We welcome back Anthony Pavelich to Ruminations from the Red Room. Long time friend and avid listener to the podcast. Join us as we chat with Tony about his love affai...

Chapter I - Womb Envy

Join your host Anthony Pavelich as he weaves you through his background, his catalyst for writing and why we are drawn to tall tales of myth and legend.

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