You Can Make it BIG!

Great news for all those Torontonians who typically burst at the seams with ideas: there's a new event in Toronto perfect for spilling your idea guts out to. Except instead of getting the rolled eyes and you-must-be-nuts stares from your fellow TTC riders, creative folks can all convene in a single time and place to pitch their ideas to real, actual industry professionals.

iCan Pitch invites well-respected members of the film and television community to participate in this unique event, designed to offer writers and ‘creative types' the chance to pitch their fresh ideas in a fast paced, exciting environment. It's an ideal opportunity for the power brokers in the film and television industry to find a “diamond in the rough”, and to help shape the lives and careers of many talented, aspiring Canadian writers.

Word from event organizers is that last year's debut event sold-out uber-quickly and was incredibly successful. Aside from pitching your ideas to industry professionals, the event gives you a chance to network with other folks just like you and attend useful and inspiring workshops to refine your craft and your pitch.

Writing about Writing about Writing

It's great to read and read and read, but if you're a writer, eventually you'll have to stop reading (and become, dare I say, 'aliterate'?) and start writing. Before that happens though, and most especially if this is the first time it's happening, you'll want to read this first.

In a SlushPile.net article unpacking the book, Scott McKenzie, says that the ocean of DIY writing is full of garbage reference books, and in contrast to that, Mosley really seems to know what he's talking about.

But Mosley's book is neither the first nor the last place any aspiring writer should look to. In the city of Toronto there are dozens of writers organizations who will gladly share their experiences and expertise in the writing life, and be equally glad to hear your version of things too. How fortunate for readers of Read. Write. Think! that our all-new website, coming this April, will have a directory of support for writers!