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Doing a Test Run of NaNoWriMo

By Bjorn Munson | October 16, 2015October 19, 2015 by Bjorn Munson

A writer writes, so I feel with all my work on Stonehenge Casting and Stonehenge XIV this year, I have been neglecting my overall writing. There have been scripts I’ve been meaning to get to and the period after Stonehenge XIV seemed like a good time to dive into them. I also wanted to be writing every day, something that I haven’t managed for most of this year. Enter NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month…

The Brothers Chaps Return!

By Bjorn Munson | October 6, 2015October 18, 2015 by Bjorn Munson

Okay, so it’s not exactly Homestar Runner –unless you’re thinking of some of the alternate realities Strong Bad emails visited, but there’s an interview and clips of their new surreal Disney XD cartoons in this Vox article. Update: And for those of you who miss Homestar and Strong Bad, there are some wonderful new ‘toons as well, including this particularly meta one.

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Dear Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: You’re lucky I didn’t have anything else to do

By Bjorn Munson | September 15, 2015November 9, 2015 by Bjorn Munson

Dear Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: I don’t want to put a damper on things. My wife and I are about to plunge into your third season and I couldn’t be happier. Your second season was phenomenal. It was full of moments where we asked, “I wonder when they’re going to deal with [X]?” And then you did. In that episode. And the story barreled forward. Do you realize how rarely we’ve gotten to see that kind…

Writing

Why am I an actor?

By Bjorn Munson | August 1, 2015November 12, 2015 by Bjorn Munson

Why am I an actor? Because being paid to play ain’t a bad way to go. I actually started acting somewhat by accident. In high school, I had been recruited by the school’s drama department to help out with productions backstage — based on my obvious qualification of hanging out downstairs between classes where the theater was located. During a production of The Man who Came to Dinner, the actor playing Mr. Baker was a no-show. Since…

Writing

Getting Regular Exercise: Writing 20 Minutes a Day

By Bjorn Munson | July 14, 2015October 16, 2015 by Bjorn Munson

Not too many years ago, I was in the very definition of a soul-sucking job. I knew it was bad news by Day Two, but with a kid on the way, I did my best to mentally buckle down until I could escape. It was a long road, but what brings me joy every time I think to those dark days is that it was writing and creativity as much as anything that saw me…

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Why am I a voiceover guy?

By Bjorn Munson | July 1, 2015May 1, 2022 by Bjorn Munson

Why am I a voiceover guy? Because even though having this much fun should be illegal, it isn’t. But my love for voiceovers and voice acting goes deeper than simply having fun. While I collected a lot of the same comic books and Star Wars toys of my generation, I also collected old radio tapes with wild and reckless abandon, even to the extent of getting a working radio that looked like an old-time radio,…

Producing

Why am I a producer?

By Bjorn Munson | June 1, 2015October 16, 2015 by Bjorn Munson

I recall a pleasant chat with one of the founders of the 48 Hour Film Project about producing, how so much of producing means making lists, and how I often fell into that role. “Someone found out you were responsible, huh?” she said, knowingly. Upon consideration, ‘someone’ figured that out over 20 years ago, when I first started being a crew chief and then stage manager for theatrical productions. Being a stage manager led to…

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