Emily Belsey

Writer Extraordinaire

Today a new sun rises for me; everything lives, everything is animated, everything seems to speak to me of my passion, everything invites me to cherish it.

- Anne de Lenclos

Archive for July, 2008

My Wake-up Call

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

My wake-up call this morning.
05:20.
My phone rings.
The name on the display is Lauri Jones. Lauri Jones is my aunt, my mom’s older sister. She’s known me all my life, and we have a special bond, us both being older sisters who have to govern and guide our younger siblings.
My first thought upon seeing [...]

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Mommy Wisdom

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

I just finished writing a spec script for one of my new favorite tv shows, The Big Bang Theory, and have turned in said script to the Warner Bros. writing program. We’ll see how that goes.
I emailed the script to my mom (she loves it), and she wrote me back with this bit of [...]

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Movie Review: The Dark Knight

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

I’ll keep it simple.
Yes, the movie lives up to the hype.  It was exactly as good as I thought it was going to be.  Maybe even a little better than I thought it’d be.  It was even surprisingly funny.
But perhaps the best thing I can say about The Dark Knight is that never once during [...]

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Connection Points

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Today was a day for connection points.
Three MAJOR connection points happened today.  One, I can’t tell you about.  At least, not yet.  The other two… they’re great stories!
The Dark Knight opens in theaters everywhere on Friday.  So, true to Warner Brothers Studios tradition, this whole week there are screenings on the lot of the movie.  [...]

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Brief Update

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. Been super busy.
Dad broke his hip (“the worst softball injury the doc’s ever seen,” he’ll tell you quite proudly), there have been holidays and birthdays and marathons (yay for family!), and work has been nuts.
But mostly I’ve been busy writing. I’ve finished one spec script and [...]

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