tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-08-04:434115 I don't write rhymes, I write ransom notes To Do List of Doom 2010-02-08T20:59:21Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-08-04:434115:729 2010-02-07T08:50:46Z 2010-02-08T20:59:21Z public 13 Hart Hanson gave the keynote speech at the &quot;Future of Story&quot; conference at Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton this weekend. Hanson is one of my favourite TV people -- I'm not quite up to date on Bones, but Traders is one of my all-time top shows. The conference was hosted by the School of Communication, and was being audio and videotaped, and photographed by journalism students, and live blogged and tweeted... and yet I don't know where all this stuff is online. So, I've transcribed the speech here. <br /><br />His speech was very funny (which doesn't always come across in the transcript), and is definitely worth reading if you're interested in screenwriting. There's good advice for writing, building a career in TV, and navigating the cultural divide between Canada and the US. <br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://todoom.dreamwidth.org/729.html#cutid1">Note: possible, subtle spoiler for Bones</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=todoom&ditemid=729" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments