Scriptwriting for Runaways

I finally have the time to sit down with my scripts again and I must say: It's MY pleasure! It's actually quite difficult to put into words how ecstatic I am, but I am. For those of you who haven't fallen in love with writing yet: I have no clue as to how this could've happened. Creating an idea from scratch, brainstorming the hell out of it and puzzling it together is pretty much one of my favorite things in the world. It's like solving a complicated case while bungee jumping - nothing gets my brain cells going or satisfies me as much as THIS!

I would even go as far as stating 'writing has the ability to keep you sane' because it challenges your logic and helps you understand the human condition (which we can all use on a daily basis). It took me a while to discover the written word yet now I can't imagine living without it. Especially after realizing how many times I read a script as an actress and knew exactly what could've made it even better. It drove me crazy - so I needed to give it a try... My first attempts weren't good that's for sure. But everything needs time so I studied patiently. No script writing book was safe- neither were any of my writer friends.

Scripts on a plane

First successes with my short films followed. I was hooked! The beauty about it is that whether it's a recreation of a magical moment you experienced, sharing your most traumatic event or coming up with an inspiring dialog- it's a blessing. The beautiful interactions, challenges and highlights of our relationships in writing; hopefully to be seen by an audience one day! It's therapeutic and a service at the same time.

What's even more important is the empowerment that comes with your original project; your own vision. Something that, being a performer with much time in between projects, is vital to our confidence. My creations are my anker in a rough sea (which - suprise! - happens a lot in the entertainment industry). Whenever difficulties occur or someone struggles to make his vision a reality: My own projects are always waiting for me.

Not all the projects will or can even go somewhere, but every single one of the ones I've been involved in taught me something new. So I never felt like it was a waste of time. Therefore it's adviced to work on as many as your time allows. It can get a little confusing of course, but it certainly takes the pressure off of having to make the current script a hit. Stories have to breathe, grow in their own time. I've been writing a few of my scripts for years now - knowing it's not their turn yet!

One of the projects that instantly caught my attention is now called "Crosscuts". Claus Völker, my writing partner, approached me with a lose idea of a catchy story and fascinating characters in 2009 which grew to an epic wonderful action-thriller. Taking a long time finding the right structure, it is now ready for a final draft. The writing became more and more complex to a point when we had to stop the process to get funding for further rewrites (which we're trying to get as we speak).

So we decided to team up with the amazing Nancy Quan who helped us building a website for this purpose. The page has a first synopsis of the story, a brief rundown of our main characters as well as the cities we'll shoot in, and first insights in our research (mood shots). I'm very excited to here within launch it and hope to get you all excited about it!

The page is: www.crosscuts-movie.com/

Your ThrillerNista

Why meditation works - an attempt to blow your mind

Hey everyone! Sorry it has been so long since my last blog but I was literally on a different consciousness for a view weeks and now feel like sharing what I've been experiencing. Interestingly enough, a meditation group with a wonderful leader has entered my life and my prayers for finding a cure for my "somewhat feeling off beat" have been heard. I've always been spiritual, talk to the one upstairs on a daily basis and have been practising to tune into my intuition for almost seven years now. Yet I've never come across other spiritualists I could jam with.

I met Laurie (the guru) through friends and she's been of incredible help with things I've been struggling with for years now- yet was never able to entirely understand by myself. As many of you know I've had a hard time dealing with my father's passing four years ago. Though I now had come to a point where I felt like I was ready to ask for help dealing with it. It might sound like vodoo to some people, but meditation and energy work really works. It allowed me to shed my unwanted emotions, taught me valuable lessons about how to deal with circumstances and continues to educate me ever since.

Since I've been going to the group twice a week, I've had unbelievable results with my blocks. I feel connected, stronger, am empowered in my everyday life. I'm humbled in trying to control anything. It makes me want to strive being a generous as well as guided person to do what I was born to do in this lifetime - trying to diminish any remaining confusion as to what should be done by truly accepting a higher force as the only true knowledge.

Many of my dear friends or loved ones have already joined the group as well and have experienced the same changes in their lives. The possibilities that lie in tuning into a worldy energy, asking questions about our current situations and learning from books of the wisest gurus of all time, are endless. I can highly recommend joining us every monday and thursday. It's free. The mission is to achieve the highest you, build a force of healing energy and help the universe. Very simple.

Since my healing process I finally feel at peace with my father's passing. I have also been working on allowing the best actress possible in me to come forth (which was harder than I thought) and have currently five (!) new feature film scripts on my table - gifts from the one upstairs to express his support in this mission. I then decided to try getting together a marketing related editorial photoshoot (which has always been one of my dreams) that went so smooth and created results that exceeded my expectations, I forgot I was in LA for a moment. Unbelievable! Meant to be and simply right.

If you do the work, grow, study and ask for what you really want, the universe will provide! If you're new to what I've been talking about here and are contemplating of getting me locked up, I recommend reading "The Power of consciousness" by Neville first. Enjoy the selection of my favorite photos from the amazing shooting!

photography_www.ioboka.com

make-up_Taylor Tanaka

hair_Melanie McCoy

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