Excelsior Journeys: Behind the Scenes
George Sirois
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S2E60 Into the POOL
It may have taken a bit longer than I intended for the 30 episodes to be posted, but 30 episodes were recorded by November 30. So I'll take my asterisk and drop a little bit of info about my latest…
S2E59 Austin Revolution - Part 3
It's time for the gala. Would I get my first actual award for my writing? Excelsior Journeys: The Road to Creativity exists primarily as a platform for creatives of all kinds (authors, filmmakers,…
S2E58 Austin Revolution - Part 2
I had no idea how quickly I would find my people at the Austin Revolution Film Festival. Excelsior Journeys: The Road to Creativity exists primarily as a platform for creatives of all kinds (authors,…
S2E57 Austin Revolution - Part 1
Something I wrote has been nominated for an award! So of course, I was going to be there for it. Excelsior Journeys: The Road to Creativity exists primarily as a platform for creatives of all kinds…
S2E55 The 24-Hour Play
I always wanted to see if I had what it took to write a 24-Hour Play, to go from idea to concept to finished script to rehearsed show and performance in just 24 hours. In 2005, I found out I did have…
S2E56 Minus One Plus
In 2023, I wrote my first short film script in over 25 years... and it would change my life for the better. Excelsior Journeys: The Road to Creativity exists primarily as a platform for creatives of…
S2E54 The 6ixth Floor
In 1999, a group of my friends & I had a camera and a LOT of very random ideas, with New York City as our backdrop. It was a magical time, and it led to a Monster Musical Adventure.Excelsior…
S2E53 My Second (Unpaid) Commission
It's a great feeling when someone says they have an idea with a script and they're looking in your direction to write it. Excelsior Journeys: The Road to Creativity exists primarily as a platform for…
S2E52 From Script to Book to Books
It was known as "Manhunter." Then it was known as "Submission." Now and forever, the story that became a video game, then a treatment, then a script, and finally a book before a series of books will…
S2E51 Project Greenlight
I took another shot not long after the film festival and tried submitting "Seeking Retribution" to a new project Matt Damon & Ben Affleck started on HBO...Excelsior Journeys: The Road to…
S2E50 My First Film Festival... Kind of...
After I finished the script for "Manhunter," I took a shot at entering it into a film festival in NYC... and it got in!Excelsior Journeys: The Road to Creativity exists primarily as a platform for…
S2E49 From Video Game to Script
One day, I asked myself, what would that video game idea look like as a treatment to a film? Later on, I asked what that treatment would look like as a feature-length script. Excelsior Journeys: The…
S2E48 It Started as a Video Game
30 years after this idea took shape, it's still going today. I'm very proud of it. Here's how the story that would eventually be "From Parts Unknown" found its way to different media. Excelsior…
S2E47 Something to Believe In
FINALLY! Something I wrote actually went somewhere. This is the story of my first completed short film script.Excelsior Journeys: The Road to Creativity exists primarily as a platform for creatives…
S2E46 Last Semester
I never thought I would have so much fun in college, but that's what my final semester was. And that led to a LOT of writing.Excelsior Journeys: The Road to Creativity exists primarily as a platform…
S2E45 Fan Fiction
I took a couple dips into the wonderful world of fan-fiction, and one of them even made its way to becoming a finished screenplay.To read Batman Triumphant, click HERE.Excelsior Journeys: The Road to…
S2E44 What Would Eddie Do?
Very grateful that my college allowed me to take another crack at playwriting.Special Thanks to voice actors Audra Angelique & Erika Harvey for performing one of my short scripts I…
S2E43 Two Full-Length Scripts
The summer of 1996 brought about the completion of two very different screenplays, plus an unexpected idea for another.Excelsior Journeys: The Road to Creativity exists primarily as a platform for…
S2E42 Completing the Trilogy
Thanks to some musical inspiration, I realized that there was a trilogy in Phoenix Rising, not just one story. And the end results... weren't bad. But these characters had a much bigger destiny…
S2E41 Waiting in the Wings
I didn't have to wait long before someone would reach out and ask me to write a screenplay for them. My first unpaid commission - which wouldn't be the last - was a very interesting experience and it…
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