The Writers’ Guild of Alberta has named the play Alex and Michael and Hannah, written by screenwriter Heather Morrow, as a finalist for the Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama!
The winners of all the 2023 Alberta Literary Awards will be announced on June 3rd.
Signed copies of the play are available on our webstore!
Thank you again to everyone who supported our next short film Reasons I Hate Being Single via chocolate!
We’ll make arrangements to deliver to you this coming week.
FIRST: Thanks to YOU, we’ve updated our IMDb page for short film Reasons I Hate Being Single officially to pre-production! Whoo!
SECOND: We now have the very basics covered to make the movie, but of course we’re NOT making a basic movie. So: have a look at the extraordinary and unique items in our webstore. You’ll find signed play scripts from screenwriter Heather, and the one-of-a-kind storyboards leading to Heather’s first short, Monster Cat!
Thank you again to everyone tuning into the Write-a-Thon livestream this weekend. The resulting play has now been entered into the Alberta Playwriting Competition, and if it wins, the prize money will go towards the production of Reasons I Hate Being Single.
Last: Thanks also to everyone who pre-ordered from the Purdy’s Easter Bunny! Deliveries are expected the week of April 3.
With apologies, the Write-a-thon livestream will have to be cut short.
Another play by Heather talked out her diagnosis of endometriosis …which is making itself known today.
Thanks to everyone who joined the stream, donated, and spread the word.
We are at Hour 17 of the 24-Hour Write-a-Thon in support of our next short film!
The plan now: writer Heather has a FINISHED FIRST DRAFT of a full-length play, thanks to viewers’ prompts and donations.
Next – she’ll spend the rest of the time revising the play, FINISH it, and submit to the Alberta Playwriting Competition by 6 pm tonight!
Do visit the livestream to cheer her on, and donate if you can.
I’ve just been informed (can you tell I’m new to this?) that no one can chat with the write on the YouTube livestream without having a YouTube channel of their own!
So: Please send me character names HERE at takeabite instead!
Tomorrow is the day! Starting at 6 pm, and going straight through to 6 pm on March 25, 2023, YOU can tell ME how to write something brand new!
One more important ‘rule’ – post your prompts on the YouTube chat, and donate here on the Take a Bite website. Technology is complicated.
Also: should you want to help make our film Reasons I Hate Being Single and buy Easter chocolate, tomorrow is also your last day to order.
Vroom vroom.
You still have time to shop for Easter chocolate AND support our next short film.
1. Click here
2. Enter THIS email address: hmorrow@takeabite.ca
3. Fill in the rest of the form.
4. Click “Join Campaign”
5. At the top of the page, click “Shop Online”, then “Marketplace”.
6. Go shopping!
Put in your order by March 24, 2023.
Our Write-a-thon will be in exactly two weeks! Here are some ground rules for the event:
-I will write a new, full-length play, in 24 hours. The live stream will begin at 6 pm on Friday, March 24, 2023, and will end at 6 pm on Saturday, March 25, 2023. The live stream will be embedded in takeabite.ca , and donations must come via that website.
-Viewers will see a split-screen: on one side, me getting more tired and frantic: on the other side, the play as it’s being written!
-Here is the play’s basic plot:
“3 very different people meet online at the start of the pandemic. They connect, but as the pandemic wears on, their individual lives change, which alters their relationship.”
-At 6 pm on March 24, YOU will give me names for the 3 characters! The first 3 donors will get to provide one name each. Submissions will be via the website.
-Every 60 minutes, I will check prompts and donor amounts. Whoever has donated the most in that 60-minute period will get their prompt used next! I must use the prompt, and I must make it make sense.
-At the end of the 24 hours, whoever has donated the highest amount will pick the name for the villain of Reasons I Hate Being Single !
I will have until March 31, 2023 to fix typos, and then the resulting play will be entered into the Alberta Playwriting Competition.
