David’s Class Review - Winter 2015 Apr 28, 2015 Teaching For the past few months, I’ve been teaching scriptwriting. This was my fifth time teaching the class at the university level, but also my eighth David’s Favourite Books of 2014 Feb 6, 2015 Personal So a while back, Ang and I thought it would be fun to do another comparison post, this time focusing on what each of our three favorite books were A Concrete Process Jan 8, 2015 Personal I’ve been quiet the past few weeks but now that all the festivities and food are finished, it’s time to get back to work. Writing the novel has How I Schedule My Week Dec 19, 2014 Personal I like my to do lists, but for the longest time, I kept track of the things in a mashed-up system between my journal, an online calendar, and a A Beekeeper’s Summer Dec 11, 2014 Personal My dad was a beekeeper and summer was our most hectic time. When the honey was flowing, he’d put in long days (14+ hours) working the beeyards on A Beekeeper’s Summer Dec 11, 2014 Personal My dad was a beekeeper and summer was our most hectic time. When the honey was flowing, he’d put in long days (14+ hours) working the beeyards on Four Reflections on Craft Dec 5, 2014 Writing Notes Near the end of the book, The Craftsman by Richard Sennett, he talks about vocation, which he calls a “sustaining narrative.” He discusses Max Word Count and Benchmarks Jan 13, 2014 Writing Notes I love word counts because they give such useful information. For example, after a week of writing, I am able to average about 445 words (or 1.25 Moving again Mar 27, 2013 Personal This will be likely the last post here. I am moving on to a new blog engine and as the final switches are flipped, davidgane.com1 will no longer The Final 15 Sep 18, 2012 Personal For the past couple of weeks, I have been reducing my friend’s list on Facebook. I haven’t posted updates on the site for some time, becoming less Something New Sep 4, 2012 Personal I have not posted on here for a while. I have considered it, told people I would do it, but in the end nothing came of it. I am tired of the notion Hillman Curtis Apr 19, 2012 Personal I saw on Swissmiss that Hillman Curtis had passed away. I loved his films. “Embrace” was my favorite. I would show it to my students and say that Considering New Rules for Scriptwriting Feb 11, 2012 Writing Notes Go in without a plan. Allow for a natural, organic shape to emerge. Don’t worry about theme. Follow Nirav Christophe’s belief that “Theme is the Gawande on death Jan 25, 2012 Personal Hospice medical care for dying patients : The New Yorker The words you use matter. According to experts, you shouldn’t say, “I’m sorry things All Moved In Jan 25, 2012 Personal Welcome to the new place. I haven’t really gussied the place up, but to be honest, I don’t know how much I intend. I like this clean and simple Hometown winner Jan 23, 2012 Personal From Briarpatch Magazine: The top entry from the Regina area was David Gane’s “But we do it anyway,” which will be featured online. David will also On natural organization and Desire Paths Jan 23, 2012 Personal Here is something Rands in Repose written back in 2008: “I’m eagerly watching Twitter evolve and organize itself.” I like how we is waiting for Tom Carson talking about Steve McQueen’s Shame Jan 16, 2012 Personal “…dedication to his material is at once impressive and peculiarly abstract, may not even consider that reaction symptomatic of a failure to involve New beginnings, delivered by scriptogr.am Jan 11, 2012 Personal This is an experiment in something new. I have had my Tumblr blog for almost 5 years but I have always been uneasy with it. I like the cloud but I The Furious Explosion Jan 7, 2012 Personal My kids made a video this weekend that I thought I would share Next page