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Randall
@createdbyrcw.bsky.social
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Storyteller, photographer, science nerd, Marlies fan Story analyst, coach & mentor @ So, What's Your Story?
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · Sep 4
You have a superpower.

Simply put, you are you. Only you have lived your life.

And that you-niqueness means you can tell stories no one else can. So, tap into that superpower & tell your stories.

Please subscribe to, like & share this video, & comment a you-niqueness below.

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Tap Your Superpower
YouTube video by Randall Willis
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 9h
Considering legislation?

Good news! It was already written until you cancelled it, you moron.

#NoMonopolies #PriceGouging #FairPricing #OkayBlueJaysLetsScalpTix #OntarioYoursToAcquire #onpoli
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 10h
In one week, LISTEN TO THIS idiot share horrifying tales of cranial bloodletting in the mean streets of Toronto!

Plus tales of personal carnage from other amazing storytellers!

Thursday, October 30

For tickets, if you dare, visit: www.nowlistentothis.ca

#storytelling #standup #comedy #ShowUp
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 11h
Congratulations to Thursday’s FINALISTS in the TORONTO CHINESE CANADIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2025 SHORT FILM COMPETITION

The Soul of Heritage / Fly with You / Til Sunset Again / The Canvas of Life

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE at tonight’s festivities! Tickets at: TCCFF.CA

#shortfilm #shortdocs #TCCFF2025
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 11h
Struggling to find your character? Indulge in a little dream-casting.

Who might be amazing in this role? Write for them until your #character reveals him or herself.

sowhatsyourstory.ca

#storytelling #writing #screenwriting #publishing #theatre #filmmaking
(Top) Stephnie Weir and Danny Kaye (Bottom) Alec Guinness and Don Cheadle
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 23h
Literally finished the book tonight in time for tomorrow's event at TIFF Lightbox

A beautiful celebration of a beautiful man living an incredibly full, if at times, troubled life. So much love from all who knew him. Well done, @pulmyears.bsky.social
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 1d
#STORYTELLING SUNDAY DOUBLE-HEADER!

HUTCH’S SPOOKY STORYTIME w/ Paul Hutcheson, Christel Bartelse & friends

www.eventbrite.ca/e/hutchs-spooky-storytime-tickets-1770851798399

James Gangl’s PAGE TO STAGE SHOWCASE

www.eventbrite.ca/e/page-to-stage-showcase-oct-26-2025-tickets-1787213506709

#ShowUp
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 1d
Unless you are literally dead & buried, it is never too late to tackle any #passion project.

One of your greatest #storytelling assets & the source of your unique voice is your life #experience.

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#writing #screenwriting #creativity #filmmaking #publishing #theatre
A decaying mummy at the Royal Ontario Museum. (Photo by @createdbyrcw) CAPTION: I’m too old. I missed my opportunity.
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 1d
Congrats to Wednesday’s FINALISTS in the TORONTO CHINESE CANADIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2025 SHORT FILM COMPETITION

Is Toronto Sustainable? / Leon Gets Lost / Because One Day
Pool of Plenty / BTS of The Undefined No. 7 / JueMeili’s Journey

VOTE FOR YOUR FAV at tonight’s festivities! Tickets at: TCCFF.CA
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 2d
THEM: Are you playing to win or playing not to lose?

ME: Maybe I am playing just to play.

When/if you play, why do you play?

#selfcare #selflove #relaxation #recharge #mentalhealth #play #passion
(Top) Documents sitting on a notebook with pen, memory stick & recording device. (Bottom) Dolphin leaps through calm blue water. (Photos by @createdbyrcw)
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 2d
Congratulations to Tuesday’s FINALISTS in the TORONTO CHINESE CANADIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2025 SHORT FILM COMPETITION

Top of My School / Eat Up / Winner / Diary of a Survivor

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE at tonight’s festivities! Tickets at: TCCFF.CA

#shortfilm #filmmaking #studentfilms #TCCFF2025 #tccff25
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 2d
Struggling to find the time or energy to tell your #stories?

Treat it like a job with weekly hours. Take a #class with weekly deliverables. Find a #mentor or hire a #coach.

The time & energy arrive when you are truly ready to do the work.

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#storytelling #writing #screenwriting
Yoda rides the back of Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill). CAPTION: Write you must, if stories you wish to tell.
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 3d
What better for Hallowe’en than broken limbs, bloodletting & body horror!

On October 30, LISTEN TO THIS motley crew of cut-ups & #storytellers, who will leave you in stitches.

For tickets, while they last, www.nowlistentothis.ca

#standup #comedy #storytelling #truetales #spokenword #ShowUp
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 3d
ONE WEEK until Ken Hall’s ADVANCED #STORYTELLING SHOWCASE

11 #storytellers (including me) slash thru personal histories, spilling their guts to slake the thirsts of an unquenchable audience, all to please our gleeful puppet master!

Mon, Oct 27 @ 8:30pm. Tickets at: comedybar.ca/events/2

#ShowUp
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 3d
Congratulations to Monday’s FINALISTS in the TORONTO CHINESE CANADIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2025 SHORT FILM COMPETITION

What the Heaven / See You 13:14 / Over the Time / As I Wish

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE at tonight’s festivities! Tickets at: TCCFF.CA

#shortfilm #filmmaking #filmmakers #TCCFF2025 #tccff25
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 3d
A great challenge in #storytelling is making sure my #characters can’t foresee what happens next.

My greatest joy, however, occurs when my characters surprise me.

sowhatsyourstory.ca

#screenwriting #writing #plotting #theatre #publishing #filmmaking
Sculpture of an angelic child reflects the light in a window. CAPTION: The Children of San Miani. Screenplay by Randall C Willis. Screenplay Competition Finalist. Nashville Film Festival 2017
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 4d
Congrats to Sunday’s FINALISTS in the TORONTO CHINESE CANADIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2025 SHORT FILM COMPETITION

Finding Shelter / Spaceman / It’s a Green Light / The Calling

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE at tonight’s festivities! Tickets at: TCCFF.CA

#shortfilm #filmmaking #filmmakers #TCCFF2025 #tccff25
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 4d
As I get older, my senses are becoming more muted. What were once sharp lines are now blurred gradients.

And yet, my universe is in no way diminished.

Creators don’t sense more than most; rather, we are more open to & accepting of what we sense.

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#storytelling #writing
A sparrow nestles in the underbrush of a large shrub. (Photo by @createdbyrcw)
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 5d
You are unlikely to become a great #storyteller simply because of a #socialmedia post.

You might discover a #perspective or #experience that taps deep into your #process or opens a door to #creativity or #craft.

Use what helps. Ignore what doesn’t. The #journey is yours.

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Inquisitive Coraline and her cat peer into the glow of a small doorway in this moment from the animated film Coraline.
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 6d
Perhaps I am oversimplifying, my friends, but I feel that we can never find peace until we find away to acknowledge the emotions behind and within our thoughts.

There can be no authenticity, we cannot be whole, until we embrace our emotional selves.
Black-and-white photo of a statue in Washington, DC of a serious man. (Photo by @createdbyrcw) CAPTION At its heart, most rational thought is little more than emotional impulse that we cleverly disguise with unquestioned & therefore immediately questionable truths. Rather than serve as a symbol of enlightenment, “I think, therefore I am” has been made a brutish cudgel to beat down & diminish or belittle those who would dare proclaim: “I feel”. — Randall C Willis
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 6d
Good luck!

I am just at "keep moving" as I have lost all sense of direction
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 6d
I seize what you did there
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 6d
What’s the good word, my friends? What’s the sufficient word? The incredible word?

#Language is such a great tool for #communicating or #obfuscating information. I try to use it every day.

What’s your favourite word? What’s the most interesting or unusual word you know?

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Word up
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 6d
Words are the tools we use to convey meaning & drama.

They help #storytellers add #subtext & #nuance to the mundane.

Yet #words can also cripple a #story when they demand a #dictionary to be understood, when it feels like the #writer is posturing.

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#storytelling #writing
Undercover CIA operative Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) walks among a market crowd in 1979 Tehran, Iran in this moment from the historical thriller Argo. (Inset) Pretentious description in a faux screenplay that reads: EXT. CITY STREET – DAY The crowd ebbed and flowed like some great murmuration, blotting the horizon with wave upon wave of activity, gentle susurrations self-piquing to white noise. Amid the maelstrom, Daniel floated without purpose.
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 7d
I applaud your effort.

I started to develop a book last summer to encourage people to live a creatively fulfilling life by letting go of expectations and just living in the joy of doing.

Working title:
"Tomorrow, I'll be inspired. Reflections on muse-free creativity."
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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · 7d
Thanks so much for sharing!

Excited to learn more about the book
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