Elias Madias's guest appearances

Elias Madias

Creative Writing Career

Creative Writing Life

Amy Duboff

Bob Goodman

Dave Chesson

Rhett Bruno

Joe Solari

Michael Anderle

Chris Fox

Martin Kunert

Evan Currie

Brandon Barr

Esther Goldenberg

George S Mahaffey

Edward Ricourt

Scott Lynch

Jason Pinter

OwlTail

This week, we share an interview with Elias Madias, writer on the awesome video game Shadow of Mordor. He talkings about how he came up in the industry through being a Director’s Assistant, how he found a writing partner and bust down the first door in his way (to get to Disney!), and how he got into games (the secret? Connections. Networking. Duh). This interview first appeared on the Creative Writing Career podcast way back on episode two. Plus, Paul, Justin, and PT talk about adaptations. How do you go about adapting a work into another medium? What do you need to consider when writing in another person’s world? Tune in and find out! Paul's Blog: https://maximumz.blog/ Paul's Creative Writing Career episode: https://creativewritingcareer.simplecast.fm/96e960d3 Justin's Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/Justin-Sloan/e/B00OJPAM0K/ PT's Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/P.T.-Hylton/e/B00J8K7KWY/ Get the Creative Writing Life book: https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Writing-Life-Justin-Sloan-ebook/dp/B07YR2FMYK/

This week, we share an interview with Elias Madias, writer on the awesome video game Shadow of Mordor. He talkings about how he came up in the industry through being a Director’s Assistant, how he found a writing partner and bust down the first door in his way (to get to Disney!), and how he got into games (the secret? Connections. Networking. Duh). This interview first appeared on the Creative Writing Career podcast way back on episode two. Plus, Paul, Justin, and PT talk about adaptations. How do you go about adapting a work into another medium? What do you need to consider when writing in another person’s world? Tune in and find out! Paul's Blog: <a href="https://maximumz.blog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://maximumz.blog/</a> Paul's Creative Writing Career episode: <a href="https://creativewritingcareer.simplecast.fm/96e960d3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://creativewritingcareer.simplecast.fm/96e960d3</a> Justin's Amazon page: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Justin-Sloan/e/B00OJPAM0K/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Justin-Sloan/e/B00OJPAM0K/</a> PT's Amazon page: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/P.T.-Hylton/e/B00J8K7KWY/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/P.T.-Hylton/e/B00J8K7KWY/</a> Get the Creative Writing Life book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Writing-Life-Justin-Sloan-ebook/dp/B07YR2FMYK/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Writing-Life-Justin-Sloan-ebook/dp/B07YR2FMYK/</a>

Bonus: Elias Madias talks Shadow of Mordor and Screenwriting

Join Stephan Bugaj, Justin Sloan, and Kevin Tumlinson as they sit down with Elias Madias to discuss his journey as a screenwriter and video game writer. SHADOW OF MORDOR! That’s right, that’s what we said. But before we get there, we talked with Elias about how he came up in the industry through being a Director’s Assistant, how he found a writing partner and bust down the first door in his way (to get to Disney!), and how he got into games (the secret? Connections. Networking. Duh). He spent a few minutes talking about the Austin Film Festival, since he’ll be on a panel with Justin. The key there is to go and talk to everyone as peers, because everyone’s there to have a good time. And don’t ask – wait for them to offer. And Justin terrified the guest by speculating that the AFF panel may be recorded! Check out the Austin ON STORY podcast to see if their panel makes it. Want to get an intro to Elias, check out this episode! Want to see what’s he is like when spending too many hours at a bar, go to the Austin Film Festival! Other awesomeness brought up in this episode and cool links: •	Shadow of Mordor •	The Austin Film Festival •	Red Dead Redemption And in case you somehow didn’t know, Shadow of Mordor is based on The Lord of the Rings. For more interviews like this, check out the books in the Creative Mentor series:  Creative Writing Career Creative Writing Career 2 Military    Veterans in Creative Careers 

Join Stephan Bugaj, Justin Sloan, and Kevin Tumlinson as they sit down with Elias Madias to discuss his journey as a screenwriter and video game writer. <a href="http://amzn.to/1kPL1XN" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SHADOW OF MORDOR!</a> That’s right, that’s what we said. But before we get there, we talked with Elias about how he came up in the industry through being a Director’s Assistant, how he found a writing partner and bust down the first door in his way (to get to Disney!), and how he got into games (the secret? Connections. Networking. Duh). He spent a few minutes talking about the Austin Film Festival, since he’ll be on a panel with Justin. The key there is to go and talk to everyone as peers, because everyone’s there to have a good time. And don’t ask – wait for them to offer. And Justin terrified the guest by speculating that the AFF panel may be recorded! Check out the Austin ON STORY podcast to see if their panel makes it. Want to get an intro to Elias, check out this episode! Want to see what’s he is like when spending too many hours at a bar, go to the Austin Film Festival! Other awesomeness brought up in this episode and cool links: •	<a href="http://amzn.to/1kPL1XN" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shadow of Mordor</a> •	<a href="https://www.austinfilmfestival.com/aff/live/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Austin Film Festival</a> •	<a href="http://amzn.to/1Smyu9a" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red Dead Redemption</a> And in case you somehow didn’t know, Shadow of Mordor is based on <a href="http://amzn.to/1M9LuNP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Lord of the Rings.</a> For more interviews like this, check out the books in the Creative Mentor series: <ol> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Writing-Career-Becoming-Writer/dp/1503125831/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1445727878&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=creative%20writing%20career" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creative Writing Career</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Writing-Career-Additional-Screenwriters-ebook/dp/B015CD245S/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1445727878&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=creative%20writing%20career" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creative Writing Career 2</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Military-Veterans-Creative-Careers-Interviews-ebook/dp/B00YZ4URQE/ref=sr_1_5_twi_kin_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1447095254&amp;sr=8-5&amp;keywords=justin%20sloan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Military Veterans in Creative Careers</a></li> </ol>

Screenwriting for Disney and the videogame Shadow of Mordor with Elias Madias