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Screenwriting

The real Academy Award winners vs. my predictions

Producer Christian Colson, center, joined by the film’s cast and crew, celebrates after the film “Slumdog Millionaire” won best motion picture of the year during the 81st Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Last night I made my predictions for some of the most...

My ingenious teleplay: DENIED!

So a couple months back I wrote a teleplay for this screenwriting competition hosted by the New York Television Festival. And today, I got this email: Dear Friend, I regret to inform you that your script was not selected as one of the 25 finalists in the NYTVF-Fox Comedy Script Contest. The decision tasked to...

Screenwriting 101

…it’s a class that I never took. And if I did, I probably wouldn’t have done too great. I have hit my first speed bump with my screenplay – my characters are starting to bore me. It is quite difficult to write one of these. How do my characters think? What would they do in...

Dino-Ray: The Screenwriter?

Yes, you heard that right. I am trying to write a screenplay for a short film. After talking to so many people in “the industry” and doing some light reading on how to write screenplays, I decided to approach the blank page without fear. Okay – with a lot of fear. I’ve never written a...