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- Author and Screenwriter
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- http://www.cwschutter.com
- About Me:
- I was born with a dream. There was never a time I didn’t want to be a writer. It took me over half a century to fulfill my dream but with God’s help and persistence anything is possible. That mantra defines my life. No matter how difficult life becomes, no matter how many curve balls life throws your way, never give up.
My journey began in a little house in Honolulu, Hawaii where my immigrant grandparents had settled after retiring as plantation field workers. My humble beginnings led eventually to a mansion in Kahala Beach, and finally, to glitzy Aspen.
By the time I was in my fifties, my personal life was in shambles, my world had fallen apart, and I had no idea how to start over. I hadn’t worked for most of my adult life, having entered a fairytale world while still in my twenties. I didn’t know how to do anything except pray.
Then one day, the Lord told me to write a screenplay about a girl going to the California Gold Rush. I imagined a band of Mormons, dressed as Indians, attacking the wagon train and killing almost everyone. The girl was the daughter of a pastor who fell in love with the son of a Mormon Bishop. The idea wouldn’t leave me. I researched the Internet and found the story of the Mountain Meadow Massacre. I was astounded. I told the Lord I didn’t know how to write a screenplay. How many of you know that when God wants you to do something, He opens the doors? Not knowing how to write a screenplay was a technicality. Years before, the Lord made sure I became friends with Christopher and Sharon Cain. He was a movie producer/director and screenwriter. And in a flash, my dream of becoming a writer was restored.
I am grateful to the Lord Jesus Christ who took one of the “foolish things of the world to confound the wise.” In a world where only 1.1% of all screenwriters ever get a movie made, Jesus gave me a miracle. He turned me into a screenwriter and fulfilled a lifelong dream of being an author. “September Dawn” is the Lord’s movie, and His book. I’m just the tool in the Master’s Hand. What He did for me, He can and will do for you, if you never give up and simply believe.
- Favorite Books:
- Everything James Michener ever wrote, Pillars of the Earth, James Clavel historical novels, Gone With the Wind, all of Leon Uris' books on WWII, inspirational books by people like Joel Osteen and Rick Warren.
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Borders
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Win a movie poster
With proof of purchase of my book September Dawn, I am not only offering a free ebook of the screenplay and the dbl blue one line shooting schedule which is the daily shooting schedule for the movie, I am offering to three lucky winners a free movie poster! Just tell me what you liked best about the book and movie, presently one of the top DVD rentals in the country, and I will have one of the investors in the movie, m
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Blog tour
Visit me on my blog tour. Buy September Dawn the novel and I will send wannabe screenwriters an ebook of the screenplay and the daily production schedule if you email me your receipt at carole@cwschutter.com This is my blog tour:
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Posted on January 22, 2008 at 7:35pm —
Blog interviews
Come visit me over the next few days! Here is my blog schedule:
Jan 2 http://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com (interview)*
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I added a few slides of my books to my blogspot. I'm not sure yet if they should stay on or not.Do you have more trouble loading my blogspot with the slides up? Do you like them or are they too distracting?
A Christmas Tree Already
On the way home from work yesterday, I passed a house that already had a lighted and decorated Christmas tree up and showing by the window.Is it not too soon for that? In my mind, the day after Thanksgiving is when the Christmas Season starts. That's when it's fair game to put up a tree and decorations and start shopping. The way things are going this year, I'll be lucky if I get organized enough to decorate a few days before Christmas.
With our dog, Rascal, who lives up to her name, we'll probably go with a fiber optic small tree on top of an end table. One of these days I may pull put the larger tree from the box in the basement and set it up, but not until our doggy is a little more sedate. I don't feel like chasing her to get ornaments out of her mouth. I will be putting up knick knacks, lights inside and decorations on the walls, so it will still look Christmasy. No lights outside because for some reason we have no outlets outside.
While we're on the subject of Christmas trees and such, be sure to add holidays in your books. You can mention decorations and lights or Easter eggs and baskets, or even mattress sales in your descriptions to ground the reader as to the season.
Now, back to that tree I saw. What about you? When do you decorate for Christmas? What do you put up?
Winners and Losers at the CMAs and Life
I love country music and almost every country performer. While watching the CMAs, I enjoyed seeing the winners accept their awards. On the other hand, it was hard for me to see the losers do their best to appear gracious and for the most part succeeding.For every winner, there's a loser. In life and in books, it's the same way. How people react to their good and bad fortune shows what their characters are made of. You don't have to tell a reader who the good guy or bad guy is. Let their actions speak for themselves. The readers are smart enough to figure it out.
PS Can't finish this blog without saying - You Rock, Taylor Swift! You are one smart, talented teenager! Congrats on all your awards, especially, Entertainer of the Year!!!
CMA Awards Tonight and Twitter
One of my favorite shows is on tonight - the CMA Awards. If you're a country music fan, you're probably like me and will be glued to the TV 8pm EST, or in my case 7pm, in the flatlands of Illinois.Almost all my favorite performers will be there, except I hear that Rascal Flatts can't make it.
I'll be on Twitter during the show also. That's part of the fun of it - discussing and dissecting outfits, performers, songs and even commercials, kind of like I'm at a giant party with people who all go for the same thing and want to share.
What about you? What kind of music do you like? Do you tweet during a favorite show or event?
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That's awesome, Carole. I am enjoying reading your book, thanks.As to the screenplay, well, I do write those too, but not a real pressing need as of yet, as the other (fiction, children's), so I can wait. Did you get a chance to meet my friend Jane, on my site? She's a real great Christian gal, too.
We'll talk soon!
Lydia
Bess
Glad to be your friend!
Yes, I know that miracles happen...
Love and blessings,
Ivana
Nice to "meet" you here at BP. Your screenplay saga is very intriguing, especially since I'm going through a similar evolution with my fantasy books. The waiting is the hard part, isn't it?
Best of luck in the new year...
Jon Baxley
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