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Welcome To Plotpoints Podcast! This is Plotpoints Podcast! www.plotpoints.com Show Notes March 01, 2019 EP 147 Author/Screenwriter Christopher Stires, Author/Filmmaker Lorenzo Porricelli, Teacher/Author/Screenwriter Raymond Obstfeld Join Mark Sevi. #Starbeasts #PaladinsJourney #RebelNation #TheInheritance #DarkLegend Starbeasts Chris’ Amazon Page Chris’ BarnesAndNoble See Chris’ full bio at end of the show notes. Raymond Obstfeld is a writer of poetry, non-fiction, fiction, and screenplays. ...

Mark Sevi, Chris Stires, Bruce Kasra, Robert Samo (guest host)

Welcome To Plotpoints Podcast! This is Plotpoints Podcast! www.plotpoints.com Show Notes February 01, 2019 EP 145 Author/Screenwriter Christopher Stires, Filmmaker Bruce Kasra, Writer Steve Tiso Join Mark Sevi. #Starbeasts #PaladinsJourney #RebelNation #TheInheritance #DarkLegend Starbeasts Chris’ Amazon Page Chris’ BarnesAndNoble See Chris’ full bio at end of the show notes. 00:00:00 Intro #animalhouse #fatdrunkstupid Mark 00:01:00 WELCOME/TABLE TALK/USELESS CHATTER All 00:3:15 OSCAR DISCU...

Welcome To Plotpoints Podcast! This is Plotpoints Podcast! www.plotpoints.com Show Notes January 18, 2019 EP 144 Author/Screenwriter Christopher Stires, Filmmaker Bruce Kasra, Writer Bob Semerau Join Mark Sevi. #Starbeasts #PaladinsJourney #RebelNation #TheInheritance #DarkLegend Starbeasts Chris’ Amazon Page Chris’ BarnesAndNoble See Chris’ full bio at end of the show notes. Bob Semerau is a past president, currently Executive Director of The Outdoor Writers Association of California (owac....

Welcome To Plotpoints Podcast! This is Plotpoints Podcast! www.plotpoints.com Show Notes January 04, 2019 EP 143 Author/Screenwriter Christopher Stires, Filmmaker Bruce Kasra Join Mark Sevi. #Starbeasts #PaladinsJourney #RebelNation #TheInheritance #DarkLegend Starbeasts Chris’ Amazon Page Chris’ BarnesAndNoble See Chris’ full bio at end of the show notes. 00:00:00 Intro #auldlangsyne #mariacarey #southpark Mark 00:01:30 WELCOME/TABLE TALK/USELESS CHATTER All 00:04:30 WHAT ARE WE WATCHING? ...

Welcome To Plotpoints Podcast! This is Plotpoints Podcast! www.plotpoints.com Show Notes December 21, 2018 EP 142 Author/Screenwriter Christopher Stires, Lorenzo Porricelli, and Jeff Michaels Join Mark Sevi. #Starbeasts #PaladinsJourney #RebelNation #TheInheritance #DarkLegend Starbeasts Chris’ Amazon Page Chris’ BarnesAndNoble See Chris’ full bio at end of the show notes. Jeff Michaels Website Jeff Michaels Amazon Page SCWA ANTHOLOGY 00:00:00 Intro #whitechristmas #drifters #godblessusonean...

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Welcome To Plotpoints Podcast! This is Plotpoints Podcast! www.plotpoints.com Show Notes November 09, 2018 EP 139 Author/Screenwriter Christopher Stires, Filmmakers Derek Nguyen and Bruce Kasra join Mark Sevi. #Starbeasts #PaladinsJourney #RebelNation #TheInheritance #DarkLegend #dereknguyen #brucekasra #theoval Starbeasts Chris’ Amazon Page Chris’ BarnesAndNoble See Chris’ full bio at end of the show notes. DEREK’S IMDB PAGE 00:00:00 Intro #magnifcentseven theme #elmberbernstein #rifleman ...

Welcome To Plotpoints Podcast! This is Plotpoints Podcast! www.plotpoints.com Show Notes October 26, 2018 EP 138 Author/Screenwriter Christopher Stires, Filmmakers Derek Nguyen and Bruce Kasra join Mark Sevi. #Starbeasts #PaladinsJourney #RebelNation #TheInheritance #DarkLegend #dereknguyen #brucekasra #theoval Starbeasts Chris’ Amazon Page Chris’ BarnesAndNoble See Chris’ full bio at end of the show notes. DEREK’S IMDB PAGE 00:00:00 Intro #vincetprice #monstermash #wilhelmscream Mark 00:01...

Welcome To Plotpoints Podcast! This is Plotpoints Podcast! www.plotpoints.com NOTE: Sorry this is late – had some actual weather here in SoCal and the lightning shut down the electricity which damaged the podcast file I was working on at the time. Had to start from scratch! Grrrr… Show Notes October 12, 2018 EP 137 Co-hosts are Author/Screenwriter Christopher Stires, Filmmakers Derek Nguyen and Bruce Kasra join Mark Sevi. #Starbeasts #PaladinsJourney #RebelNation #TheInheritance #DarkLegend...

Welcome To Plotpoints Podcast! This is Plotpoints Podcast! www.plotpoints.com Show Notes September 14, 2018 EP 135 My co-host is Author/Screenwriter Christopher Stires #Starbeasts #PaladinsJourney #RebelNation #TheInheritance #DarkLegend Starbeasts (presales) Amazon Page BarnesAndNoble See Chris’ full bio at end of the show notes. 00:00:00 Intro #EastboundAndDown, #jerryReed #SixthSense #gonewiththewind Mark 00:01:00 WELCOME/TABLE TALK Mark, Chris 00:10:45 BURT REYNOLDS #TheLongestYard #G...

Welcome To Plotpoints Podcast! This is Plotpoints Podcast! www.plotpoints.com Show Notes August 31, 2018 EP 134a & 134b Parts 1 and 2 with actress/stunt woman/fight coordinator Michelle Manu and actor/stuntman/producer/director William Christoper Ford #michellemanu #williamchristopherford A martial arts movie-themed show! PART ONE ~ 00:00:00 Intro “Enter the Dragon” Theme Music. #MarkSevi 00:01:00 WELCOME, SENSEI WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER FORD and KUMU MICHELLE MANU 00:01:10 GUESTS HISTORY – W...

Welcome To Plotpoints Podcast! This is Plotpoints Podcast! www.plotpoints.com Show Notes August 31, 2018 EP 134a & 134b Parts 1 and 2 with actress/stunt woman/fight coordinator Michelle Manu and actor/stuntman/producer/director William Christoper Ford #michellemanu #williamchristopherford A martial arts movie-themed show! PART ONE ~ 00:00:00 Intro “Enter the Dragon” Theme Music. #MarkSevi 00:01:00 WELCOME, SENSEI WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER FORD and KUMU MICHELLE MANU 00:01:10 GUESTS HISTORY – W...

Welcome To Plotpoints Podcast! This is Plotpoints Podcast! www.plotpoints.com Show Notes August 17, 2018 EP 133a Part 1 of the interview with writer, director, producer extraordinaire David Morgasen #davidMorgasen 00:00:50 Intro “Son of the Beach” Mark Sevi, David Morgasen 00:01:00 WELCOME, DAVID MORGASEN! #MarkSevi 00:01:00 THE ANTI-WONDER YEARS Diary of a confused young man 00:09:15 AV SQUAD MAFIA NETWORKING and INDUSTRY GUESTS? YES! UPCOMING AT C3 Vape and Coffee (www.ocfilmandtv.com) ...

Welcome To Plotpoints Podcast! This is Plotpoints Podcast! www.plotpoints.com Show Notes August 24, 2018 EP 133b Part 2 of 2 of the interview with writer, director, producer extraordinaire David Morgasen #davidMorgasen 00:00:50 Intro “Saturday Night Queefer” Mark Sevi, David Morgasen 00:01:00 WELCOME BACK, DAVID MORGASEN! #MarkSevi 00:01:30 The PRINCESS PITCH: GOOD and SCARED IN A ROOM! NETWORKING and INDUSTRY GUESTS? YES! UPCOMING AT C3 Vape and Coffee (www.ocfilmandtv.com) Need a Writing...

Welcome To Plotpoints Podcast! This is Plotpoints Podcast! www.plotpoints.com Show Notes August 03, 2018 EP 132 We dedicate almost the entire podcast to Mel Brooks – the legendary writer, producer, actor, composer! #melbrooks And it’s just me and my buddy Lorenzo Porricelli – but Larry’s got the knowledge of 100 men so it’s getting really crowded in here! 00:00:50 Intro “Blazing Saddles” and sound bite from “Blazing Saddles.” Mark Sevi 00:01:00 TABLE TALK / WHAT ARE WE WATCHING/TRENDS/WORKI...

Welcome To Plotpoints Podcast! This is Plotpoints Podcast! www.plotpoints.com Show Notes July 20, 2018 EP 131 Yay, the B is Back! Zoom is still proving to be a bit of a challenge. Trying to work out why people sound so “phase-shifty” on certain parts. Most logical explanation is it’s a bandwidth issue. We’re working on it! 00:00:15 Intro “Bitch is Back” Sound bite from “Aliens” Mary Claire Van Kempen 00:01:15 TABLE TALK / WHAT ARE WE WATCHING? Mark Sevi, Victor Phan, Mary Claire Van Kempen...

Welcome To Plotpoints Podcast! This is Plotpoints Podcast! www.plotpoints.com Show Notes July 7, 2018 EP 130b This is Part Two of a great interview with my friend Alejandro Seri from Final Draft The mic quality isn’t wonderful; I should have just taken the sound directly off the mixing board but I used Zoom instead. The more I use Zoom, the more I find problems but it is a great resource in many ways so I just need to work around its limitations and fix things on my end. 00:00:15 Intro Mar...

Welcome To Plotpoints Podcast! This is Plotpoints Podcast! www.plotpoints.com Show Notes June 22, 2018 EP 130a This is Part One of a great interview with my friend Alejandro Seri. The mic quality isn’t wonderful; I should have just taken the sound directly off the mixing board but I used Zoom instead. The more I use Zoom, the more I find problems but it is a great resource in many ways so I just need to work around its limitations and fix things on my end. 00:00:15 Intro Mark Sevi 00:01:00...

Welcome To Plotpoints Podcast! This is Plotpoints Podcast! www.plotpoints.com Show Notes June 1, 2018 EP 129 00:00:15 Intro Arrival Heptapod, Gallows Mark Sevi 00:01:00 Table Talk Mark Sevi, Victor Phan, Jeff Lyons, Joe Becker www.joebeckerfilms.com www.jefflyonsbooks.com #welcomejoebecker #joebecker #bridges #anatomyofapremiseline Discussion on upcoming events at C3 Vape and Coffee and the Gallows filmmakers at Claim Jumper Upcoming at C3: Frank Chinadamo #frankchindamo #ocscreenwriters ...

Welcome To Plotpoints Podcast! This is Plotpoints Podcast! www.plotpoints.com Show Notes May 18, 2018 EP 128 00:00:15 Intro 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Walk Away Renee (Michelle Manu) 00:01:00 Table Talk Mark Sevi, Toby Wallwork, Jeff Lyson, Michelle Manu www.michellemanu.com www.jefflyonsbooks.com #welcomemichellemanu #michellemanu #kumumichellemanu Discussion on upcoming events at C3 Vape and Coffee and Claim Jumper Upcoming at C3: Frank Chinadamo #frankchindamo Upcoming at Cla...

S2:E1! Yay! This is Plotpoints Podcast! www.plotpoints.com Show Notes May 10, 2018 EP 127 00:00:15 Intro (Hawaii 5-0 Theme, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest) Michelle Manu 00:01:00 Table Talk Mark Sevi, Toby Wallwork, Victor Phan, Michelle Manu Welcome Michelle Manu! www.michellemanu.com #welcomemichellemanu #michellemanu #kumumichellemanu Discussion on upcoming events at C3 Vape and Coffee and Claim Jumper Upcoming at C3: Actress Tiana Le #tianale Upcoming to Claim Jumper: The Gallows film...