I love the Academy Awards. The glamour, the excitement, the stars all there to dazzle. I’m not a fashion fan, but a major movie buff. I grew up watching old black and white films on television. Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn are my all-time favorites. I highly recommend Charade, it stars both.
I never wanted to be an actress, too much pressure to always be on. Dressing up to me is wearing shoes without laces. Never a singer or dancer either, maybe a director. Setting the scene, queueing the music, saying Quiet Please and Action would be fun.
But my imagination drew me to writing. To see and hear someone perform something I made up appeals to me too. As I write, I visualize the places and the people. I create a movie in my mind. That’s where it stays even long after I type The End.
It all goes back to storytelling. The awards handed out for the screenplays are the most important. Without the writers, creators of the motion pictures, there’s an empty screen. Luckily, people see it as a blank canvas to be filled with wonder. A challenge to be met and conquered. Fun fact, Rod Serling won six Emmys for writing The Twilight Zone, all richly deserved.
Congratulations to winners, and there’s always next year for the rest of us.
Mary Jo is a USA Today bestselling author and 2014 WRWDC Marlene Award winner. She writes whatever pops into her head including paranormal, fantasy, romance, and mystery stories. Being an eternal pessimist and multi-tasker helps Mary Jo put her characters in desperate situations. She reads, likes her kids, and is currently working on her next project.
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