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From Hanna Wang, Margret Clayton, Megan Gerold, and Charles Boyle, to those who have lost themselves in a good story and have never truly found their way out

All booked

Dear reader,

Our magazine is a formation of everything we hold near and dear to us. Our interests and hard work have been reflected in our stories, infographics, and everything in between. Our team is composed of Hanna Wang, Margret Clayton, Megan Gerold, and Charles Boyle. All of us share a love for reading and storytelling. Stories of film, screenwriting, bookstores, and music have all been worked on arduously throughout our fall semester.

‘All booked’ is a product of teamwork, cooperation, creativity, and opportunity. Throughout the formation of this book, we have grown to know one another and our topics at hand. We have learned valuable skills and lessons that will guide us throughout our future endeavors. Defining moments from this will stick with us as we continue to learn, grow, and change.

It has been tough, but we are so glad we could be a part of bringing this magazine into existence. We hope you enjoy the magazine as much as we enjoyed making it!

Thank you, from

Meet the editors Margret

Margret Clayton’s favorite hobby is gardening, but unfortunately, she’s not very good at it. Margret is going to be doing a feature story on the life of local bookstores because she likes reading, books, and anything involving stories. She’s not entirely sure what she wants to do after she graduates, but it probably won’t involve raising her voice above fifty decibels. The most interesting thing about Margret is that she is double jointed in her fingers.

MeganMegan Gerold loves to write, read, and play soccer. Megan’s feature story is about the relationship of storytelling in books and music. Her favorite hobby is playing soccer because it’s exciting and fun to play. She loves hanging out with her friends and spending time with a good book. After she graduates, she is interested in going to college with an English or communication major. Something interesting about Megan is that she often gets stuck talking in a country or british accent.

Hanna

Hanna Wang loves volleyball, reading, and travel. Hanna’s feature story is about books turning into movies. Her favorite hobby is playing volleyball because she’s made a lot of friends through the sport and loves playing it in her freetime. She likes to read because reading is fun to her and you can always learn new things from reading! The most interesting thing about Hanna is that she’s very afraid of heights but loves roller coasters.

CharlesCharles Boyle loves cars and reading. His feature story for this Ezine is about screenwriting and how it is difficult to please everyone with the films. He’s not sure what he wants to do after he graduates, but it’ll probably involve cars or college, and one interesting thing about him is that, despite his Scottish and Irish heritage, he can’t roll his “r’s”.

Life of a Local Book Store

Story by Margret Clayton

The front of Reverie Books. Photo courtesy of Reverie Books

Book stores are an important part of the Austin community. Whether they are providing a place for people to enjoy a good book or bringing relatable characters into a person’s life, Austin wouldn’t be the same without its local book stores. Behind the shelves, though, it takes a lot of work to keep these stores running smoothly and serving their customers and community to the fullest.

Thais Perkins, owner of Reverie books, a bookstore dedicated to bringing different voices into the forefront of its business.

“On any given day, I’m

certainly ordering books, I’m budgeting. I’m trying to do social media, trying to put out newsletters, trying to make sure the websites up to date, all in the middle of interacting with all the customers that come through,” Perkins said. “But you can’t think about all of it at once, you’ll go blind. You have to just do one little thing at a time.”

Reverie books is relatively new to the Austin community, having been founded in 2021, but it’s already taken off and become important to a lot of people.

Tribe Comics and Games, on the other hand, has been around for a longer time. Eric Burke, the owner of the store, knows the difficulties in running such a large operation of a bookstore.

“It’s a headache keeping track of payroll and all that back office stuff that you have to do when you’re running a shop,” Burke said. “Ordering is always a pain because you just never know, right? You’re like,

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Tribe Comics’ bookshelves, photograph by Margret Clayton

I know Deadpool used to sell really well, but is anybody going to care about this new Deadpool series that’s coming out? And so there’s a lot of guesswork.”

Ordering books is a particular challenge bookstore owners face.

Since Reverie books focuses on less forefronted books, this can be very difficult, especially if there isn’t enough time to read all the books out there.

“The publishing industry is huge”, Perkins said, “And there’s thousands, literally thousands of new titles released every few

months.”

Part of picking books to stock is knowing what kind of books you are looking for, which Reverie is certain of.

“I have a sense of what it is I want to reflect”,Perkins said, “But there’s no way that you can read everything. You know, so you really do have to go off of reviews, you know, and awards, things that people in the community bring you”.

Motivation is an important part of being able to run a successful bookstore, like many businesses.,

“Originally I was on probation from the University of Texas because of bad grades,” Burke said.“My local comic shop was looking to hire somebody… and they asked me, hey, you want to come work for us? And I said, sure. And then I just stayed working for them and becoming the regional manager for the entire company. And then we decided to branch out on our own

“But you can’t think about all of it at once, you’ll go blind. You have to just do one little thing at a time”

-Thais Perkin, owner of Reverie Books

The register and front desk of Tribe Comics, photo by Margret Clayton

and open up our own shop”.

There are many different ways people can be driven into this line of work.

“I had resigned my job running a nonprofit, and wound up running a pod school for my kids during that time, and it was time to reengage for me, time for me to look for something new to

do,” Perkins said. “... my friend, David was closing a bookstore, a used bookstore in that space, and I saw him. And pretty quickly, we jumped up a plan. So it was part convenience, and partly, it just felt like the thing that would make everyone’s lives a little better. We need a community again, and we needed some hopefulness”.

Community is a large part of these local book stores’ focus. Tribe Comics and Games hosts community D&D sessions for anyone who wishes to participate. These events can be a lot of work to put together. “I actually hate

events because it gets so crowded in here and it’s hard to just do that one on one thing that I love so much,” Burke said, “But of the events that we currently do, I probably like D&D night during the summer the best. There’s the core group of people that come all year round, rain or shine.”

“We need a community again, and we needed some hopefulness”

-Thais Perkins, owner of Reverie Books

Bookshelves inside Reverie Books, photograph courtesy of Margret Clayton

Reverie books doesn’t do many events, but it still has its own impact on its community. “Young people in particular will come in and they’ll say, you know, I’ve never felt in a space like that the space has seen me this way before,” Perkins said. “You know, bipoc teens, trans teens, members of the Hispanic community, you know, they all see parts of their stories reflected on the shelves and I think it makes them feel feel warm and at ease.”

Reverie focuses more on service than Tribe Comics and Games, but they have a similar outlook on their effect on their surroundings. Tribe Comics and Games serves its community in other ways, though.

“I always say that we’re here to build a community,” Burke said, “but there’s an old TV show called Cheers. Everybody’s going to a bar and everybody knows your name. That’s kind of what this is. Like, you come in, week in and week out, the employees know who you are, maybe some of the other customers do, and you find a place to belong where maybe you didn’t have one before. So I think that’s probably the most important thing is you find a group of like minded people and who knows, you might build lasting lifetime friendships out of it.”

Book stores have served as a central point in Austin for a while now. Older book stores have been here since 1960, so they’ve had time to integrate into the Austin environment.

One of Reverie Book’s bookshelves, photograph by Margret Clayton

“I hope that it functions as a safe third space for people,” Perkins said. “You know, you have if you’re not familiar with that term, third space, it’s, you know, you’ve got home and you’ve got school, right? But then you kind of need a third place where you can go that’s neither home nor school that makes you feel like you’ve got community. And there’s all kinds of places like that, you know, coffee shops often function that way churches, that kind of thing, but, but bookstores often do too. And I hope that people feel that way about it”.

Community in bookstores is something that Tribe Comics tries to embrace as well.

“In the summer, because kids aren’t in school, …the range of people that come in significantly increases,” said Burke, “And so you get to see little kids just wigging out about their first D&D game to maybe like a grandmother or something who’s coming in with her grandchild and it’s like trying it out and you’re like, wow, no, grandma really likes this. And it’s just kind of wild”.

come in and they’re like, man, I really like that eternals movie. Or I just saw Supergirl on TV and it was amazing. And I’m like, dude, I can help you out,” Burke said “Or they see Walking Dead and they’re like, I didn’t know this was a comic.

I’m like, yeah, it’s totally a comic. And if you like it, there’s tons of other stuff I can show you. I like getting people excited about comics”.

I think that’s probably the most important thing is you find a group of like minded people and who knows, you might build lasting lifetime friendships out of it”

needs?”

Reverie books is still getting settled, but Perkins says she is aiming to turn the store into a non-profit.

Comics and being interested in games is an important part of the Tribe Comics and Games community. This even translates to effecting how they welcome to their customers.

“I like when we get people who maybe have watched a movie or seen a TV show but have never read a comic before. And they

Caring about your store and customers impacts local businesses a lot, especially when a business is centered around community service and impact, as Reverie books shows us.

“My ideal customer is just the person who wants to be there,” Perkins said. “You know, I’m more interested in responding to, you know, who’s there, and what do they need? And, you know, am I doing it, am I hitting it right? Am I offering the things that our community really wants and

“Funding books, classrooms, sets of books for teachers and libraries… it doesn’t help the bottom line. You know, it’s not a way that I’m making money,” Perkins said From struggles to triumphs, these book stores continue on. Burke said, “ I’m hoping that people, especially if they’re new to [the bookstore] and they’re kind of shy about it or whatever, I hope it shows them, hey, there’s lots of people from all walks of life that love this stuff.”

“So

-Owner of Tribe Comics and Games, Eric Burke

Local Reads

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BookWoman

Black Pearl Books

Half-Priced Books is a used book store that’s been in Austin since 1972. Since then, they’ve branched out to other places and cities as well, adding up to

Black Pearl Books is a Black-owned independent book store that focuses on promoting diversity and inclusion in books. They are also very involved with

Malvern Books

While not based in Austin, Kinokuniya is a well-established

From an upstairs shop on Guadelupe to someone’s house to its eventual home on North Lamar, BookWoman has been a large part of Austin for 45 years

Bookpeople

Malvern Books, named in honor of the medieval poet William Langland and a poem of his, hosts regular poetry readings as well as a large variety of books. Bookpeople has been voted as the best bookstore for more than 20 years now, cementing their place as a leading book store in Austin.

Reverie Books Half-Priced Books Black Pearl Books BookWoman

Half-Priced Books is a used book store that’s been in Austin since 1972. Since then, they’ve branched out to other places and cities as well, adding up to over 120 stores around the country.

Information courtesy of the Half-Priced Books website

Black Pearl Books is a Black-owned independent book store that focuses on promoting diversity and inclusion in books. They are also very involved with public support, making a point to raise money for different charities.

Information courtesy of the Black Pearl Books website

From an upstairs shop on Guadelupe to someone’s house its eventual home on North Lamar, BookWoman has been large part of Austin for 45 years and strongly believes in bringing less-told stories onto their shelves.

Informaiton courtesy of the BookWoman website

BookWoman

A map of book stores based in Austin Graphics

by Margret Clayton

Half-Priced Books

Books

to over 120 stores around the country. with public support, making a point to raise money for different charities and working directly with Put it in a Book, a nonprofit organization that works with the mission of Black Pearl Books

Bookpeople

books. They like to focus on supporting emerging voices and their community.

Malvern Books

years and strongly believes in bringing less-told stories onto their shelves. on house to North been a years bringing their

Malvern Books, named in honor of the medieval poet William Langland and a poem of his, hosts regular poetry readings as well as a large variety of books. They like to focus on supporting emerging voices and their community.

Information courtesy of the Malvern Books website

Bookpeople

Bookpeople has been voted as the best bookstore for more than 20 years now, cementing their place as a leading book store in Austin.

Information courtesy of the Bookpeople website

Music in the margins

From the start to the end of the song a story is formed and a narrative is reflected.

Throughout history, music has been used as a way for people to express stories, form a community, and share information, according to Sound Infusion. Whether the music is filled with lyrics or simple notes it gives people the opportunity to express plots and characters through their medium. Storytelling

Story by Megan Gerold

has changed and been formed in many different ways throughout history, according to an article by Cortex. One of the earliest examples of storytelling is the greek epics, all written in verse, and now the relationship between music and storytelling is apparent from pop hits to classical compositions. Whether it be the most obvious example of a novel to a painting, stories have been told throughout the centuries. The relationship

The cross between music and storytelling is something that is present in books. In between the pages stories can be found unfolding to the soundtrack of the world.

Photo by Megan Gerold

“For as long as we can remember, people have been inspired by art and been inspired by others to create their own,”

-Singer-Songwriter Chloe Ament

between music and storytelling is prevalent in inspiration, according to 19-year-old singer-songwriter Chloe Ament. Her songs are inspired by fictional worlds, and she builds her world around these stories.

“I love taking inspiration from other things that have already been created, not making it my own, plagiarizing, copyrighting, or anything like that,” Ament said. “But just being able to be inspired by other forms of art, because that’s all that it is when you boil it down. Any kind of book or movie or fanfic literally is just an art form. I think that’s just so natural. For as long as we can remember, people have been inspired by art and been inspired by others to create their own.”

When creating music, inspiration is something that starts the process of watching a story unfold. Professor Eric Nathan who teaches a variety of subjects such as music theory to

“from the blues to Beyonce” believes the process of creating music is based on the story.

“When I’m composing, I’m kind of almost drawing shapes on the page that will have where does the phrase go that goes low to high, maybe soft to loud. So I’m kind of hearing a numbness as a blurry world that I’m getting like a kind of foggy image of a figure coming into focus,” Nathan said. “And then I tried to add color to it. So I figure out what are the pitches that have this gesture? What’s the rhythm of this gesture? What’s the dynamics? What are the louds and softs? And then it really starts to come into color like you’ve met a living person, or maybe a character and then you can find out how they act in your musical world.”

World-building supplies the listener with knowledge of the characters, and it allows them to feel for the people they meet, according to Ament. Not only is storytelling so prevalent in music, but Ament says that books and

music are very close together.

“They’re both very, kind of deep art forms, I definitely think that ties them together, just this idea of journeys,” Ament said. “There’s always this destination, and you get to watch these characters go through the destination.”

Books and music have both similarities and differences. For Nathan there are very evident contrasts, but there are also some things closer than what meets the eye.

“One’s using words, one’s using sound, but other than obvious differences, I think there’s probably more similarities in seeing how themes recur,

how the evolution of an idea emerges,” Nathan said. “How form is structured. And if you have a book, maybe there’s flashbacks, and sometimes in music, you can have alternating sections or find that you’re maybe in a dream world, and then you’re back in a very clear world.”

Storytelling in music appears in different ways based on the song, and the parts that make up the song tell the story. The crescendos and slow buildup are just as effective at telling the story as the lyrics are, according to Nathan.

“In essence, there’s a story of which motives I’ve used, what harmony is where I’ve been, and then once you’re getting to the climax of the story, all the elements that have made the story what it is start to fall into place,” Nathan said, “and you find connections you hadn’t realized were there.”

For artists, emotion plays an important part in their music. When artists find themselves enveloped in a world they created or even just listening to music, an emotion is evoked from them, according to Ament.

“When you listen to certain

music, as you read a certain part in the book, it can almost give you a deeper connection to the characters where you can insert yourself into their situation because music is a very emotional, almost spiritual art form,” Ament said.

Music’s impact is one that is different from person to person, and its true usefulness can not be measured. As music is a form of art it can be interpreted in different ways, and to Nathan, that’s something that sparks emotions.

“Given the harmonic world that the piece is in the language it’s using, you can start to find a way of creating an emotional trajectory for a song,” Nathan said. “However, I think communicating very specific emotions, I think is a very

personal thing to any songwriter or composer and that one of the beautiful things about music, that if there aren’t lyrics to it, the meaning is not entirely clear, and that something that I’ve just wrote, and I thought it was very peaceful and mysterious. I played it for someone, they thought it was very frightening and scary. you may have an audience member feel an emotion, but maybe it’s a slightly different one than you intend.’

According to a BBC article, Music is an influential part of life and is good for your health. When music is taught, shared, and made a community is created, and for Ament, this came in the production of music with her brother.

“I Co-write with my brother, and he loves narrative storytelling, a very straightforward kind of songwriting. We balance each other out in that way,” Ament said. “But I know that for me, the more that I can unlock a certain emotion or feeling, the more I feel I’m doing my job, almost, that’s always the goal for me. To not just give

people a really good song with a really great catchy melody, and something that just itches their brain in the right way, but I just want people to be able to listen to our music and relate to it in a way that’s almost cathartic and provide some sort of closure for them.”

The process of creating music is something that can produce a variety of different emotions. For Nathan, the process is a solitary one, but it’s paid off with the joy he experiences when teaching and the community created by listening to a piece of music.

“When people come together and listen to a concert, there’s an act of coming together as a community to focus on something together, and you’re in a concert hall, or maybe you’re all quiet, and you’re hearing and sensing the presence of each other, and you’re all focusing on something together and receiving it,” Nathan said. “It’s so rare in modern society with all the busyness and hecticness and divisiveness that’s going on, but there are few moments where we come together and are listening to something that is perhaps speaking about what it means to be alive in some way.”

The ability to be able to see yourself in books and in music is something that for many is a large part of why they create these things. For Chloe, books and music are places of solace. “Whenever I would read books, it kind of gave me this, almost inspiration or motivation,” Ament said. “I would connect to the main character and be like, I’m going to be the main character. I’m going to be just like them and it would give me this kind of sense of confidence… And then with music, it’s kind of shaped my life, and just always been there for me.” Moments in our life can be heavily affected by music, according to a Save The Music Foundation article. For Nathan, music affects him all the time.

Creating a story is a journey in itself. The lines aren’t defined, and there are no rules to follow.

“The joy of the creative process is that I don’t entirely know where I’m going when I start,” Nathan said, “And I start to find where I’m going, almost listening to what the music is telling me.”

“There are few moments where we come together and are listening to something that is perhaps speaking about what it means to be alive in some way,”

- Professor of music theory Eric Nathan

The book’s glue

It’s time to cover, girl

To first start completing your book the most obvious course of action is to choose the book. After you have used all of your printer’s ink. Layer the pages in a stack.

This is the part where you turn back to your kindergarten gluing skills. Place glue on the folio (the edges) and place a piece of fabric across the spine.

Use a stiff card to measure the size of the cover and stick it to the back and front of the book.

Step 4 start a library

These are the finishing touches. Find whatever fabric you would like to use and wrap it around the book. Fold it over so the edges are just inside.

Materials: paper, glue, fabric, and any glitter you deem necessary!

A novice’s guide to book binding

Graphics by Megan Gerold

Place the pages on top of each in stacks of 8 pages. Fold these in half then unfold them again. Staple these together forming something that looks like a bunch of small books. Make sure the fabric is sturdy and covers the spine completely and there is a small excess hanging off of the ends. Trim this excess off.

Use this cardstock to form a rectangle the size of the spine like this up with the covers.

This will bind the cover and the spine together. Use another piece of fabric to stick to the inside of the covers and first/ last page. Now you’re done!

Source: How to Bind Your Own Hardback Book

by KaptinScarlet from instructables

From Page to Screen

Story by Hanna Wang

Cinematic inspiration can come from various sources such as plays, true stories, and more. But one of the biggest factors that inspire films is books.

The film industry has made many fan-favorite books into big-hit movies. In fact, some of the most successful films originated from books. But behind the scenes, there are people collaborating together to create the adaptation that readers see on the screen.

Different aspects like location,

props, and costumes all have to be decided by the people involved in producing the film.

“Everything you see on screen, whether it be TV, drama, or film is designed; it doesn’t just happen,” said Lucy van Lonkhuyzen, production designer for Normal People . “The color of the walls, the lights, everything’s all there because it’s all been talked about. It’s all been decided.”

Readers usually have certain expectations when they find out their favorite book is being turned into a film.

Daisy Edgar Jones and Patrick Mescal on the set of NormalPeople . Image courtesy of Lucy van Lonkhuyzen.

“I don’t always need the movie or the adaptation to follow exactly the book, even though, you know, it’s always nice,” said Lacey Thach, youtuber, “but as long as [the film] holds well on its own, I’m totally fine with it.”

The book, NormalPeople, by Sally Rooney, was adapted into a TV show which released in April 2020. Production designers play a big role in films as they are in charge of developing the look of the film.

“When I interview for a job, I would do mood boards to set a look — well what I thought was the look of a show or a film. And if I’d get a job, I put those mood boards up on the wall.” said Lonkhuyzen. “And then hopefully, the favorite thing for me then is seeing those mood boards being realized on the screen. And that’s the best thing, seeing your ideas that were on paper that you’re interested in actually turning out 3D film.”

The beginning of the process for deciding the design style was pitching the idea for the film and getting the pitch approved.

“I obviously read the book…I

will talk to my director, I will talk with our producer and our creative producers. And I will talk with our cinematographer,” said Lonkhuyzen. “We decided a look, and then we pitched it.”

Once the pitch is approved, Lonkhuyzen and her team worked on certain aspects of the film such as color scheme and costumes.

“We wanted to portray a

modern-day Ireland, and a lot of people have a very different idea of what Ireland is,” explained Lonkhuyzen, “because we’re a leader, basically, in a lot of things, so we wanted to portray a modern Ireland, and a very fresh Ireland; an Ireland that hopefully hadn’t been seen before. And that’s why the color palette came into play.”

An important factor in

Cast of NormalPeoplesets a scene for the film. Image courtesy of Lucy van Lonkhuyzen.

Daisy Edgar Jones on the set of NormalPeoplewith crew members working to film a scene. Image courtesy of Lucy van Lonkhuyzen.

NormalPeopleby Sally Rooney. Image Courtesy of Faber & Faber.

films are the costumes. When deciding costumes, Lonkhuyzen and her team make sure that every costume is matching with the rest of the film.

“We have a costume designer, and her name is Lorna and she’s brilliant,” said Lonkhuyzen. “What happens is I go back to my mood boards I’ve always done, and I give them to Lorna, because she knows the look I’m aiming for. And she makes sure that her look kind of ties in with the design.”

TheSummerITurned Pretty is another television series originating from a book series.

“The summer series was a childhood favorite of mine. I grew up reading it as a teen,” said Thach, “and then I watched the show, and I also fell in love all over

again. It was so much nostalgia just going back to those teenage years, those summer teenage years.”

When watching films that have previously been books, people have expectations for the actors who portray the characters they read about.

“At first, you know, you’re like, I don’t think [the actors] match how I imagined they were,” said Thach. “But once you watch more of a show, they really started to embody the characteristics you read about.”

Another impact on film is the soundtrack. The music that viewers listen to can affect how they view the film.

“The soundtrack was great. It was all Taylor Swift,” said Thach. “But yeah, [TheSummerITurned Pretty] was a great adaptation.”

Bridgerton is another show that originally was a book series.

“It was kind of everything that I wanted in a romance book adaptation just because the music and the actors were amazing; the aesthetics,” said Thach.

TheHatingGameby Sally Thorne is a contemporary romance book turned into a movie adaptation. Debbie de Villa, production designer for The

Hating Game talks about her process in helping create the film.

“First I work with the director to find a visual throughline for the film. What is the best color palette? How do we want the audience to feel?

How can we express this visually? Once we have that direction I start to find locations; do drawings for any sets we will build, think about the

Image

Image courtesy of Lacey Thach.

courtesy of Liam Daniel/Netflix.

“It’s a massive collaboration between everybody.”

- Lucy van Lonkhuyzen, production designer

graphics needed per set, work with a set decorator to figure out how we will dress the sets, work with an art director for the budget/schedule and materials we will use...lots of meetings and scouting,” said Villa.

Every cast of workers working on the film also comes with many different skill sets and experiences.

“Each designer brings their own point of view. Their own lense onto the world so to speak,” said Villa. “I try to find the reality. The empathy for the characters. And work with color and texture to create the emotion.”

For TheHatingGame specifically, many factors influenced the decisions made for the set. Villa found color schemes that would fit well into the film.

“That film was very lighthearted so we kept the colors bright and bouncy. Looked for fun textures to keep it upbeat,” said Villa.

TheHatingGameis also known for the two main characters who are known to be opposites. Villa showed this through the set decorations.

“We created visual opposites with color and with texture through the set dressing. His office was grey and very sterile, hers was warm earth tones with a lot of personality in the dressing. Same with their personal spaces. Her apartment space reflected her inner child. A little youthful, as well as quirky. Josh was more

mature and formal,” said Villa.

Readers also enjoyed this romance book adaptation of The HatingGame.

“It was kinda a typical romcom kind of movie. You know, it’s kind of perfect for like a Christmas Hallmark movie,” said Thach.

The process for designing a film adaptation of a book and the different aspects of it take a team of people to collaborate to create an overall film. Everything the audience sees on screen was made through teamwork.

“It’s a massive collaboration between everybody,” said Lonkhuyzen.

Two sides of the room belonging to Lucy, acted by Lucy Hale, and Josh, acted by Austin Stowell. Image courtesy of Hulu.

TheHatingGame by Sally Thorne. Image Courtesy of HarperCollins.

Lucy Hale in TheHatingGame . Image courtesy of Hulu.

Genre Genius

There are many books that readers enjoy with a variety of genres. Having these genres organizes literature into categories based on factors like content, style, and purpose. While there are a good deal of genres that are vastly enjoyed by readers, certain genres are loved by readers most. A survey of high school freshmen in Austin, Texas showed that 37.5% of readers enjoy the fantasy genre the most. A good amount of students also like science fiction and mystery.

Image courtesy of Tor Publishing Group

Image courtesy of Crown Publishing Group

Image courtesy of HarperCollins Publishers

Image courtesy of Simon & Schuster

Image courtesy of Simon & Schuster Image courtesy of Simon & Schuster Image courtesy of HarperTeen Image courtesy of Penguin Books

Graphics by Hanna Wang

BEHIND THE SCRIPT

Screenwriters talk about their strugles in the business, and how they overcame them.

Story by Charles Boyle

himself,” Black said. “So he’s building all these other little versions that he can tinker with.”

Robert Downey Jr plays Iron Man, also known as Tony Stark, who is a character that wasn’t created by Black. Downey Jr had played amazing parts in the Marvel Cinematic Universe but also helped Black become sober. During the time after Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Shane Black turned to alcohol. During that time Downey Jr helped him get into rehab and had been in many of Black’s movies and they became friends. After Shane was in rehab, Robert helped him transition and got him into the role of writing the screenplay of Iron Man 3. Libaire says “Whether or not one can sell it or have it made into a movie, that process takes time and some knowledge of the business. The best way for a screenwriter with no experience to become good at writing screenplays is to read as many screenplays as they

can.”

On the subject of success, Black says, “Everyone thinks they’re a screenwriter. There’s a level of talent that’s necessary but are you willing to do the work? Are you willing to work?”

the business of screenwriting too, and says “It’s best to before you start to at least read I think three or four really great screenplays, and movies you would love there are even screenwriters who may admire who you think, have done consistently terrific work that you’ve gotten a lot out of finding their scripts and online or at the library. You don’t have to read many. I read about four really good scripts. Before I started trying to write on my own, I just picked it up. I could see what they were doing.”

The struggles of screenwriting don’t just affect the writer, it also affects the cast, crew, and audience because of how the story is told and what the morales of the story are in the writer’s hands.

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“I have heard it said that writing gives the writer a chance to live twice,”

- Screenwriter Jardine Libaire

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The life of a screenwriter. Photo courtesy of Jardine Libaire.

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The Emmy award is a big award to recieve. The name derives from Immy, a nickname for image orthicon, a camera tube used in television.

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Like the awards around it, the Golden Globe is one of the hardest to earn.

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These awards are very special to earn. Kobe Braynt earned one for being in a short film called “Dear Basketball”.

John Legend earned this award for for producing Jesus Christ Superstar. Not only was he one of the youngest people to earn the honor, but he also made history as the first African American man to reach EGOT status.

Each of these screenwriters has at least one of these awards, Emmy, Golden Globe, Oscar, or a Tony.

The Oscar award is a difficult award to recieve because so few are awarded. The youngest winner is only ten years old.

The Tony is a bit different from the other awards in the EGOT. The Tony is an award given to those in American theatre.

Kobe Bryant earning an Oscar Award. Image courtes of New York Times.

Image courtesy of vanity fair. Famous musician John Legend earning his Emmy award.

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