Back and Forth

Two weeks without blogging but I'm still here! What an amazing Christmas break back home, I didn't want to leave but there are still things for me to do back in Texas and I'm ready to see what God has in store. Christmas was fantastic, especially getting to see everyone again. We had an unofficial get together with my classmates from NCCS. Everyone seems to be having a fun time but Christmas break is never long enough. Visiting my home church at OCEC, spending time with the besties before everyone dispersed, and seeing The Hobbit were all great ways to spend the last few days before I left. Cherish those that you hold close to you because you never know when you're going to have to leave or how long you'll be gone. I'm excited to continue my work here at CCM but I'm also looking forward to the day when I can come back home and spend a much longer amount of time with my family and friends. Til next time!


Lauren

Proverbs 16:3 
"Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
    and he will establish your plans."

Back to Texas

Just making a few days stop back in Texas before coming home for Christmas. Can't wait to see everyone for the holiday's! So many changes happening in the coming months. The L.A. trip was fantastic and I loved getting to join the actors in their workshop with Naima Lett. She was such a fantastic teacher, there are so many things that I learned from her. I love seeing that Christians are actually in Hollywood making a difference. I'll be home in 2 days!

Paramount Pictures? Yes!

Can't believe I'm here and have been seeing all of the places I dream of coming too! Spent all afternoon Friday at Paramount, touring their facilities and learning some more in's and out's of the film industry. 

L.A. Pictures

Here are some more pictures from our L.A. Professional Encounter so far.

My friend Joseph pretending to be gangster in front of the Roscoe's Chicken and Waffle House. 

Late night walks on the Huntington Beach Pier

Writing class with Jeff Holders

Beautiful L.A. flowers.

Night at the marina.

Our group outside of Roscoe's. 

Just in case you hadn't seen it....the Roscoe's sign.

Despite the lack of snow in Texas or L.A. it is Christmas time!

I've missed this.

Always Learning

Yesterday and Tuesday our group attended several workshops, one of which was a writing workshop. It was great getting Jeff Holders to guide us along the different roads of writing and see what it takes to be a writer for this industry. He has so much knowledge, it was great to just sit there and take notes on everything he was saying. I feel like he's reaffirmed everything I knew about writing before, and shown me so many new tricks to the trade, as well as techniques that I'm going to need to learn in order to become a good writer. After our workshops we went to Roscoe's, definitely a first time experience for me. Who knew you could mix fried chicken and waffles? It actually tasted pretty good, not my favorite but it still tasted pretty good. To top off the evening we spent several hours at Yogurtland meeting interns that had graduated from CCM and are now working in the industry. After hearing them talk about the difficulties and rewards I know that this is going to be a hard industry to break into but I also know it's going to be so worth it. I can't wait to come back!

Professional Encounter

Getting ready for our first professional encounter with all of the girls from CCM! We're splitting up and some are going to a writing seminar with Jeff Holder while others go to an editing seminar. Ready to go and learn how to write scripts for Hollywood. God's got some big plans today!