Alison Ross

London

Editor at Global Arbitration Review (GAR)

Editor, Global Arbitration Review

Articles

Setting Up To Write: Part One

1 week ago | medium.com | Alison Ross

Let’s transfer the treatment to the script. This step is one I wish I had committed to earlier in my writing. By breaking down the treatment and filling our script doc with our cues is like taking a map on a hike. You’ll get lost without it. I’m all about streamlining the process. Sure, we could go back and forth between treatment and script as we write, but think about all the wasted brain energy from doing that. When you enter flow, you want to protect it.
The Night Before Filming

2 weeks ago | medium.com | Alison Ross

Member-only storyAlison Rocket Ross·Subscribe3 min read·--And why I won’t sleep tonight. Filmmaking is an adventure. That’s what I’ve been told. That’s what I know to be true. It’s not pretty or romantic or any of the things Hollywood will tell you it is. What it really is dirty, messy, stressful, chaotic……in the best way possible, I swear. Tomorrow I’m doing something that scares me down to every last cell. I’m going out into the woods to film without a script. WITHOUT A SCRIPT YOU SAY??? Yes. I know.
Convincing My Friends To Go Into The Woods With Me

2 weeks ago | medium.com | Alison Ross

Member-only storyAlison Rocket Ross·Follow4 min read·--And what it’s really like being a creative surrounded by “normal” people. One thing that keeps me up at night is knowing that I had every opportunity in the world to do anything else. I didn’t have to be a writer or a musician or a filmmaker and I shouldn’t have been. When money is tight and everyone around me has a steady, high paying job, these thoughts of shame get the best of me.
Act Two: The Outline Phase

2 weeks ago | medium.com | Alison Ross

Member-only storyAlison Rocket Ross·Follow5 min read·--Aaron (35) Landscaper needs some action in his life. Ah, yes. The treacherous Act Two. This is often where I get tripped up. No worries though, I’ve been doing a little studying, trying to master it. I’d like to try separating it into two parts. What do we need to happen in Act Two as a whole? Battle Royale!In all seriousness, we need the murder victim’s mother to come in and shake things up.
My “Fun”-Employment Period and Why It Nearly Broke Me.

3 weeks ago | medium.com | Alison Ross

Member-only storyAlison Rocket Ross·Follow5 min read·--Why finally having time was a blessing and a curse. My adult life has consisted mostly of me trying creative pursuits, not being happy, then changing my mind. I’ve had multiple careers, none ever fully coming to fruition. Lots of turmoil and financial insecurity. But I was always working. Always. I mean non-stop.
Walter Benjamin and the Idea of Natural History. by Eli Friendlander Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2024, ISBN: 9781503636552

3 weeks ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Alison Ross

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No Pictures Please

3 weeks ago | medium.com | Alison Ross

Member-only storyAlison Rocket Ross·Follow4 min read·--A Short StoryI didn’t think much of Maurice or his mud-caked Chucks or his fighter pilot shades. Men like him always walk around like that. They assume everyone wants to fight them. You’re not special, I thought after his monologue about modern society and freedom of speech and wardrobe. Poor guy thought he was making a statement with his ripped Levi 501s. I poured him a cup of coffee to which he replied he’d rather have tea.
Three Reasons Writers Should Watch Baseball

4 weeks ago | medium.com | Alison Ross

Member-only storyAlison Rocket Ross·Follow4 min read·--We’ve all heard that it’s easier to get drafted into the MLB than it is to become a WGA screenwriter. Since we’re comparing writing and baseball, let’s really do it. Ah, baseball. You might be thinking hotdogs, beer, getting sunburn only on the tops of your legs and one side of your face. Or, like many folks in this fast-paced world, you may scoff. Roll your eyes. Say something like “nothing happens in baseball”. I understand the grumbles, I do.
Bahraini launch event looks at investor-state mediation

1 month ago | globalarbitrationreview.com | Alison Ross

Martina Polasek and Marieke Paulsson Amid efforts to modernise ISDS, and with investors and states often settling disputes before an arbitration award, the launch event of the Council of International Dispute Resolution of the Kingdom of Bahrain in Riyadh explored way to promote more amicable resolution of disputes through negotiation or mediation.
Consistency Killed the Cat

1 month ago | medium.com | Alison Ross

Alison Rocket Ross·Follow2 min read·--I don’t want to do this. Not this morning. And yet, here we are. Most of the things I do are a struggle to start. They’re tedious, time consuming, mindless… and yet, it’s often easier to do the dishes or the laundry than it is to write. Why? You can finish the dishes. You can fold the laundry, put your clothes away, and walk away with a feeling of accomplishment. You’re done. You did it. That’s not how it works for writing. You’re never really done with a project.