@AaronBala

✝️|🇱🇰🇺🇸🇨🇦| Screenwriter and Network Exec at TVOkids. Co-winner of the 2020 Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing in a Drama Series.

 Toronto
Joined June 2009
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WE WON!! 🎉🥳🎉 @CTV_PR @TheCdnAcademy #Cardinal #CdnScreenAward #CdnScreenAwardWinner
The Canadian Academy@TheCdnAcademy27 May 2020
Congratulations #PatrickTarr, @noelcarbs & @aaronbala, winners for Best Writing, Drama Series for @CardinalCTV @CTV @BellMediaPR @CTV_PR @sienna_films. #CdnScreenAwards
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EXTERNAL VS INTERNAL GOALS. It’s been a while since I’ve done a long form screenwriting tip, but this is one I see a lot of writers struggle with. Let’s dive in! #writingtips
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Batman is vengeance (INTERNAL) attacking thugs in the night, but when he must outsmart the Riddler’s puzzles (EXTERNAL) and understands how his actions are perceived, he realizes he must also be a symbol of hope and a guiding light to others (INTERNAL).
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Most writers are better at one type of goal over the other, as soon as you find out what kind of writer you are you have to work twice as hard on the other half. So many projects fail because writers only focus on one type of goal and completely ignore the other! Happy writing!
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If you only knew how many terrible scripts were being pitched out there, you would stop holding yourself back! #writingtips
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I am begging you to please stop writing what everyone is wearing into your scripts. This is a story not a fashion show. It's not the shorthand for character you think it is. #writingtips
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Took my kids to The Darkest Dark co-written by @MrIanMacIntyre. It was The Goodest Good! Make sure you check it out!
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Meet @AaronBala in the latest alumni profile of our #MyHumberStory series! As a graduate from the TV Writing and Producing program, he currently works as a Network Executive & Screenwriter at TVOKids. Watch the full video at: bit.ly/aaron-bala-story @HumberMediaArts
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I'm proud to share this interview I did with Humber Alumni charting my career and some keys to success. You'll just have to watch to find out what they are! youtu.be/6zVcavffJ7k

TV Writing and Producing grad living out a dream that started at Humber

Aaron Bala, Television Writing and Producing, 2013, is a Network Ex...

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The only way to improve as a writer is to find the people in your life who will give you the brutally honest feedback you need.
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The first step in every writer’s journey is watching something terrible and saying “I could do better than that!”
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It’s a brand new month, now’s a great time to set your writing goals! I’ve got a pitch deck I want to finish by Friday, and a first draft I’m revising that I want to go out before the end of the month. What’s yours?
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Maybe instead of being on Twitter right now, you should be working on that script that could change your life!
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You don’t get the writing career you WANT, you get the career you WORK FOR!
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Character descriptions should describe their INSIDE not their OUTSIDE. Tell me who she is as a person, not what she’s wearing! #writingadvice
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Don’t be afraid to get rid of things that aren’t working in your first draft. I routinely cut 25-50%(!) of my first draft. That B-story that didn’t come together? Lose it. But the character that’s working surprisingly well? Double down! You have to keep a high bar for yourself.
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I see a lot of emerging writers scared to send their scripts out because it’s not “ready.” The truth is a script is NEVER “finished,” there will ALWAYS be something you can change. All you can do is put out the best draft you can with the knowledge you have now!
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