About Forris Day Jr.

Forris Day Jr. has acted on stage for over ten years. He has acted in and edited several films including Geno McGahee’s Family Secret, Scary Tales, and Sickle. He has worked on many other independent films as crew. He has voiced hundreds of radio commercials for dozens of stations throughout New England. Forris has been married to his wife Renee since 1995. They have three grown children. If you have products you'd like Forris to review, please email him at forrisday@yahoo.com.

Screenwriting Product Review: MasterWriter 2.0 Software Review

By: Forris Day Jr. | August 20, 2013 | Comments 2

By Forris Day Jr. Watch MasterWriter 2.0 Overview from Writers Store on Vimeo. Writing is an art form. It truly is. Sure, anyone can write, but not everyone can write compelling sentences and form interesting stories. Most people can get by with minimal writing skills, and many more have a mastery of...

Screenwriting Product Review: Movie Magic Screenwriter 6

By: Forris Day Jr. | August 13, 2013 | Comments 2

Forris Day Jr. It never ceases to amaze me how incredible some of the software programs I get to check out are. I remember my first job in radio. I had to write commercials on an old school typewriter. If I misspelled a word, out came the White Out to paint...

Screenwriting Product Review: Jim Mercurio’s Complete Screenwriting From A to Z to A-List

By: Forris Day Jr. | August 6, 2013 | Comments 0

Having never gone to film school, I’ve always thought it must be pretty cool to sit in a class listening to a professor talk about film stuff. You know, things like the structure of a movie, breaking apart scenes and designing your characters. It’s just that when I graduated high school...

Screenwriting Product Review: Chimpanzee Software Review

By: Forris Day Jr. | July 23, 2013 | Comments 0

This review really should be titled “What I Just Learned About Scheduling and Budgeting My Film.” I say this because I’ve been involved in several no-budget films as an actor, camera man, assistant director, lighting guy… well you get the idea. If you make your own independent films you almost always...

Screenwriting Product Review: StoryO Software

By: Forris Day Jr. | July 16, 2013 | Comments 1

I’ve been able to check out lots of software products for writing in the past year and they have all been really cool. StoryO by Jungle Software is no exception. StoryO is a software designed for scriptwriters, novelists, playwrights and anyone else who needs to create and organize their writing. The...

Screenwriting Product Review: Storyboard Quick Software

By: Forris Day Jr. | June 18, 2013 | Comments 0

You’ve just written a killer script and want to produce it, but now what? One of the first steps in shooting a movie, documentary, commercial or just about any other video project is creating a good story board. What’s a storyboard? The best example I can give you is a comic...

Screenwriting Product Review: 2013 Hollywood Screenwriting Directory (Spring Edition)

By: Forris Day Jr. | June 3, 2013 | Comments 1

The 2013 Hollywood Screenwriting Directory – Spring Edition – written and edited by Jesse Douma is now available and much bigger than the 2012 Winter Edition. This bi-annual resource is essential to own if you are a screenwriter. It has an entire section devoted to proper formating of your script, how...

Screenwriting Product Review: Outlining Software

By: Forris Day Jr. | May 27, 2013 | Comments 0

Organization is one of the most necessary traits to have as a writer. Many writers struggle with this important skill, including myself. I’ve talked in the past about my endeavor to put things in order when I write, and I’ve reviewed several softwares that help me organize. Outline 4D software for...

Screenwriting Product Review: Contour Story Development Software

By: Forris Day Jr. | May 21, 2013 | Comments 1

We live in a extraordinary age where most people in the world can gain access to knowledge and information easily. You no longer have to necessarily take classes, or go to night courses, to get training for many skills, including writing. Writing classes never hurt and I still recommend them, but...

Screenwriting Product Review: Writer’s Blocks 4 Software

By: Forris Day Jr. | May 6, 2013 | Comments 0

Writer’s Blocks 4 is a really cool program designed for all writers that need help shaping their ideas into a coherent structure. If you’re a writer whose organizational style involves the use of index cards, sticky notes or jotting your ideas randomly in a notepad, then read on. Whether you write...

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