Came across this after listening to Chris' pres...https://youtu.be/HaQb4jabtKM?si=7ZI5WPvkx3GZ5yhk

“I took off my watch and found I had all the time in the world”…a Lyric from the ancient “Time for Livin” as sung by the association. However, Those of us who are not Lilies of the Field, EARN a living by meeting “”dead” lines. The contractor always tells us it will be done in “two weeks”…My approach to a project has always been to plan with a compass not a calendar…if the customer wants it done by Thursday you analyze the effort involved and you realize yes I can easily prioritize the effort and deliver by then, or you realize the 5 other tasks that require prioritized effort, cannot possibly be cast aside and you turn down the project telling them if you want me to do it…I cannot deliver my best work until a week from Thursday. I have found that allocation of effort required is based on motivation to achieve a goal…if the customer is your only source of income and the rent is due…you meet the deadline by delivering the best possible…if your goal is to deliver your best work…you negotiate with your landlord…but when it comes to entering contests, I see no point in delivering less than the best I can do.

As the son of a 50s "Feminist-who-had-no-idea-what-that-was", I watched my mother battle the very idea of stay at home mom by getting a job, ensuring at least one of her 2 older boys was home in time to relieve her infant son's nanny, and still get home in time to get supper on the table, before her husband had to go bowling or engage in other manly endeavors. She was ridiculed by her male in-laws for inspiring their wives to go to work as well. She also started a highly successful home based knit shop, that provided more income than my father's, and allowed her sons to work and save 80% of their paychecks for college. All at at a time when a woman could not even get a checking account or credit card in their own name. Then in what was the ultimate irony, Betty's Yarn House with crossed knitting needles replaced the hulking bulldozer of my Dad's Excavating Company that appeared on the Bowling Shirts and the Men's league champion Bowling trophy. (surrounded by the cheers of Jake's Pool Hall, City Motor Sports, Tractor Supply, and Aces Bar and Grill). I was told at my first screenwriting class that Hollywood needs strong, unique female characters. I am thoroughly familiar with the concept. When I get an idea for a character, it's really quite simple to think non-male first, regardless of genre and trope.

@Anna Fermin as I was writing it…I thought about it…but I’ve got 7 more episodes of my series to finish up…maybe for moms 100th in 3 years

@Pia Crawford When you are doing what Nature Intended for you to do, Nature Provides. But Nature is never going to tell you what you are supposed to do.

3 years ago I came across this https://www.udemy.com/course/visual-approach-to-screenwriting-and-dramatic-storytelling/?couponCode=CP260518SUMMXIN Andrew Kaplan's Visual approach to screen writing...I have taken multiple courses since then, but this one was by far the most effective, most motivating, most appealing approach to the craft I have ever encountered. The whole course is 4.5 hours of instruction, but I found lesson 2 just 19 minutes into the course to be the most valuable. His approach is write the logline first so YOU will know what your story is supposed to be about...and keep that in mind as you generate action and dialog. From my perspective what I read was a story about a dog, or maybe its about all dogs who have not just an acute sense of scent and hearing but the emotional state of humans. Dogs see and experience colors differently from people. While we have three types of cones (photoreceptor cells in the eye responsible for differentiating color), dogs only have two, allowing them to see yellow and blue,” explains Dr. Liza Cahn, a veterinarian with Embrace Pet Insurance. “This is known as dichromatic (two-color) vision.” I have encountered some humans who claim they can "feel" colors...perhaps this is King's super power, not only does King see auras he senses the emotions associate with them. You might want to consider an opening where King senses sickness (without the aura being revealed) in a human, perhaps a pending heart attack...and refuses to leave the human despite urging and tugs on the leash...a crowd gathers...one is a doctor or a nurse...who recognizes the symptoms..and the humans life is saved. THEN you reveal the dogs super power, as we see the aura through King's eyes... My Father had alzheimer's, we had to put him in multiple homes because he would get violent, not knowing who he was, not knowing where he belonged. At the third home they brought in a dog one day, not a trained emotional support dog, just a dog that one of the nurses had...it bonded with my father and, even though he never had a dog in his life, it kept him calm.