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Marc Estes

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Marc Estes is a two-time winner of the Vermont Playwright's Award for his plays, What Would Dickens Do? and Glass Closets in 2010 and 2011. What Would Dickens Do? also won the 2012 Robert J. Pickering Award for Playwriting Excellence.
His play, Gumbo (adapted from the short story by Charles Huckelbury) was a finalist in the 2011 Safe Streets Arts Foundation Short Play Competition and was presented at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
His play The Practice of Killing (co-written with Robert Johnson and adapted from the short story by Mr. Johnson) has been published in the Spring 2013 edition of Tacenda Literary Magazine.
His Play Glass Closets won the 2013 Robert Chesley Award. Attaining this award earned him the Artist In Residence
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Marc Estes This is interesting because I believe that in all fiction, there is some reality. I forget who it was that said everything we imagine or dream about, …moreThis is interesting because I believe that in all fiction, there is some reality. I forget who it was that said everything we imagine or dream about, we have experienced in one way or another in our lives. So I guess to answer your question, fiction is really just a variation of our reality so one really shouldn't be harder than the other because they are one in the same.(less)
Marc Estes Absolutely. Words are the most powerful weapon or tool we have. If you really think about it, every time someone has picked up a "sword", it was becau…moreAbsolutely. Words are the most powerful weapon or tool we have. If you really think about it, every time someone has picked up a "sword", it was because of words. Taking the violence out of it, the written word has the power and the ability to take one into a whole new world and teach a wisdom that can not be found anywhere else.(less)
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The Threshold Guardian

In continuing my posts about Christopher Vogler's The Writer's Journey, I wanted to take this opportunity to talk about the Threshold Guardian.



All of our favorite books and movies have them, so what exactly are the threshold guardians? They are usually the right hand man to your antogaonist. They are the the Igors, the Salacious Crumbs, the Smees, and many others just to name a few.



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Marc Estes Hello everyone. Just wanted to let you know I am doing another giveaway for Four Pieces for Power. Hope you can sign up.


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Marc Estes Elaine wrote: "I approved your request to join the Freelance Writer's group. Hope you enjoy it. x"

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Elaine White I approved your request to join the Freelance Writer's group. Hope you enjoy it. x


message 2: by Marc

Marc Estes Thanks. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it. It is the first in a series and I am currently hard at work on book 2.

Marc


Elaine White Hi Marc, I would love to enter your Giveaway, but I'm in the UK. I will, however, be buying your book soon. I absolutely love the sound of it. x


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