Brian Flanagan: Screenwriter in Iowa City, Iowa.

Brian Flanagan
Quanta & Consciousness

Got a big burst of wind in my sails, recently. One of the world's foremost universities asked me to write about my work for them. What's up with that?

You can't step outside these days without hearing about AI. My stuff is related, but fundamentally different. I call it artificial sentience or mach...

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Quanta & Consciousness | Brian Flanagan | Substack
Quanta & Consciousness | Brian Flanagan | Substack
Quantum theory, neuroscience, mathematics, perception, epistemology, and stuff. Click to read Quanta & Consciousness, by Brian Flanagan, a Substack publication. Launched 3 years ago.
Amanda Toney

That's a really fascinating take Brian, it's no wonder the University asked for you to write about your work. You might find one of our community members interesting. Her name is Deobrah Lurie and she...

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Brian Flanagan

Thanks for your kind note, Amanda. Synesthesia is an intriguing phenomenon, hmm? Nabokov writes about his experience with it (below). My best guess is that the nerves from one sense organ get directed...

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Steve Desmond
Kickstarter Funded Short Film

Hey all, a few months ago I gave a webinar on crowdfunding and mentioned a short film that I had funded through Kickstarter. Thought you'd like to see the final product. It's a short horror/thriller piece called MONSTERS. Hope you enjoy! https://vimeo.com/143211613...

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Egypt Reale

Well done!

Paul de Havilland

Man... that was fuckin' GREAT!

Chantel Siciliano

I love it. So well-executed in plot and cinematography.

Brian Flanagan
I don't like to brag, but...

This last year has dealt me some winning cards. How to play my hand, though?

More specifically, how do we put our credentials forward without sounding boastful?

When I was young, Paul Newman and Robert Redford were at the top of A-list Hollywood.

I've never heard a word against Newman, but there are p...

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Brian Flanagan

Amman M. Said,

When your parents told you to respect your elders, do you suppose they did so because it's only polite?

Amman Mohammed

Brian Flanagan No, my friend. I think it's because it's only human.

Brian Flanagan

Amman M. Said

And so it is, but there is also a cautionary note contained therein.

Brian Flanagan
Writer/Scientist

The big story here has to do with my science project. Toward the end of the first season of the Foundation series, the central character is addressed as a 'quantum consciousness.' That made me sit up, as I was one of the earliest and most vocal proponents of the QC program. Thirty years ago, they al...

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Brian Flanagan

Thanks, Ilan! Sometimes all I need is a nudge.

Brian Flanagan

Jay,

Can't read your tone, here:

"Similarly, my story threatens the survival of every established narrative."

Jay Johnson

I liked the verbiage in the trailer, helps me to formulate the stakes in my own script.

Brian Flanagan
Full Circle

I grew up on Asimov's 'Foundation' series and the original 'Star Trek.' The former stoked my interest in a mathematical basis for psychology.

So it was quite a thrill to hear Seldon's holographic avatar described as a "quantum consciousness," a topic whereof I am one of the earliest progenitors.

Sim...

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Karen "Kay" Ross

Wow, how cool is that?! At the very least you should write your memoir so that the story isn't lost. What else are you working on? What is on the docket for you for 2022?

Brian Flanagan

Thanks very much for your kind encouragement. It's often happened that someone expressing interest has reignited my fires.

So saying, I'll take you up on your suggestion as to a memoir.

[Fades into tim...

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Mmapaseka Mokhonoana
Writing a script

Hello Everyone...I hope you are all alright. I am currently writing my first script, but the script is scattered at the moment. Does anyone know a formula or have any advice on how I can could keep track on what I write and keep it organized? Is there a limit on the number of the genres that should...

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Mmapaseka Mokhonoana

Wade Cox That is a great approach too, I actually never thought of that too. Thank you, I will try that out.

Craig D Griffiths

I tend to not filter myself in my “dot point” phase of my process. I’ll often look at the start of the list and think I was suffering some form of madness.

Mmapaseka Mokhonoana

Jack Sprat Wow, great. Writing a Treatment for pacing the story and drawing a map to keep the story on track sounds great, I will definitely be doing that. Thank you for your advice, for the referral for the Treatment.

Brian Flanagan
An Open Road

[Thanks to Karen "Kay" Ross for suggesting I illustrate my story and compare it to other works. In my defense, I really do know better, but you see how that worked out.

Inspired by my own travels, our protagonists' odyssey takes them from coast to coast on the trail of 'On the Road,' with stops alo Expand post

Karen "Kay" Ross

Hey, Brian Flanagan! Thanks for sharing this on the Authoring Lounge - I definitely think you'll find more members who will contribute here.

What other films would you see your book ultimately looking...

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Karen "Kay" Ross

Thanks again for your thoughtful suggestions. As to paying for a review...

Three execs from Disney came to Iowa City to talk about a contest at the Writers Workshop.

Things quickly turne...

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Jeff E. Gregory

Thanks for your gracious offer.

Sara Dee
ACTOR FRIENDLY SCREENPLAYS : We Don't Thump Tables, We Get Angry.

I'm an actor but am popping into your screenwriters lounge because Kyle Little, here on Stage 32 asked a question of how, basically, to create an ‘actors screenplay’.  So I wrote this outpouring of what, for me, constitutes a bad or difficult screenplay to read as an actor.  I have mentored sc...

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Peter Roach

Thank You Sara. Noted/Saved in Action safe.

Sara Dee

Oh Doug, that's so interesting! I've never specifically noticed that but yes, I see it now! So my example would read ". . .she lets the lies tumble from his mouth. Her face speaks volumes as her anger...

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Doug Nelson

Sara - even tighter. She doesn't let the lies tumble from his mouth; he lets the lies tumble from his mouth. I'd probably start with a Mid Shot, his lies would be OC, I'd pull in to a Close Up as her...

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Brian Flanagan
An Open Road

Finishing up a novel I wrote with a film adaptation in mind. 

The golden age of rock is receding. Reagan is on the horizon. All seems lost, but then an epic journey begins.

Youth

On the run from the police in the back streets of Paris last night, holed up in the west of Ireland today, posing as a stude...

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Karen "Kay" Ross

Hey, Brian Flanagan! Good to see you again, sir! I'm sorry to ask, but I'm not entirely sure what I'm reading. Is this an excerpt from your novel? If so, are you looking for feedback? Maybe you could...

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Brian Flanagan

Thanks, Karen "Kay" Ross -- will do!

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