Christian Script Consulting?

Dreaming about turning your novel into a screenplay? What about becoming a Christian consultant on a movie script? The New York Times' Sharon Waxman writes in her article "Hollywood's newfound passion for Christ."

I would like to know what qualifies you to become a "newly minted expert?"

Paul Lauer, who on his Web site calls himself an expert in the "faith and family" market, has been hired to work on "The Chronicles of Narnia," based on the C.S. Lewis literary fantasies, which Christian groups regard as an explicit allegory of Christ's Resurrection.

I think I have my answer here:

Jonathan Bock, a former sitcom writer who founded Grace Hill Media to specialize in Christian marketing, was hired to help sell Universal's "Cinderella Man," Fox's "Kingdom of Heaven" and Sony's "Christmas With the Kranks." And he is currently advising Sony on what is likely to be one of the most problematic movies of the coming year for Christian moviegoers, "The Da Vinci Code," based on the best-selling novel that challenges basic Christian dogma.

Two years ago I took a screenwriting course. I think I better pull out my notebook. What say you?

Writing to see what the end's gon' be.

Bible Study: Velvet Elvis

Controversal look at Christianity. Rob Bell's Velvet Elvis:Repainting the Christian Faith.. If anyone is reading this book right now I would love for them to share their thoughts about it on this blog. I have a backlog of other books to read, but I may just have to read this. Because something in it disturbs me and something in it resonates with me. Isn't that weird?

Rob Bell is the founding pastor of Mars Hill, one of the fastest growing churches in American history. He is featured in the first series of spiritual short films called NOOMA.

Writing to see what the end's gon' be,
Dee

Black Portrayals: A Perilous Proposal

One of the best books I've ever read was Sue Monk Kidd's the Secret Life of Bees. What I loved most about it was how authentic Ms. Kidd portrayed her African American characters and her ability to weave in the history of the Black Madonna phenomenon . I wondered were there any other white authors creating black characters in their novels, and tackling the subject of faith despite of societal woes.
Charles Martin's Wrapped in Rain I featured earlier.
But this month I found a few new ones. And as I read them I will share them with you.
For three reasons. (1) If you're a white writer, maybe you can use these books as examples to build your own characters, if you choose to put people of different ethnicity in your book.
(2) If you're black. It's informative to read how others portray our universal conflicts.
(3) I thought it would be interesting.

A Perilous Proposal is Book One in Michael Phillips: Carolina Cousins Series. The story is about a young, angry freedman, named Jake, who is on the run for killing a white man, who's also on the run from the resentment inside. During his escape he searches for his father and falls in love with another freewoman with secrets of her own.

I will be reading this book through August along with two other christian historicals with themes on race & African American History:
Patricia Hickman's Whisper Town and Judith Miller's First Dawn.

I hope you check back on the blog about these books.

Writing to see what the end's gon, be,
Dee