Archive for Archive for July, 2007

Lighthouse Screenplay Competition

Anyone got a finished script ready for a screenplay contest? Not me dammit! But if you do, then you might be interested in a contest that I got an email about today:
Lighthouse Screenplay Competition
Deadline August 1st!
http://www.lighthousescreenplay.com
Submit all genres
Grand Prize - $5,000
1st & 2nd runners-up - $1,500/each
Top two scripts guaranteed to be optioned to be produced!
All [...]

Posted by: the screenwriting mofo on Thursday, July 26th, 2007

Hollywood, where lies are turned into truths

I was looking on Cinematical to see what sorts of things have sold recently as the possibility of an upcoming writer’s strike means that a lot of shit is bound to be selling. Instead I found an article about the upcoming The Bell Jar movie, based of course on the Sylvia Plath work. Anyone even [...]

Posted by: the screenwriting mofo on Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Great resource for screenwriters!

One of my problems as a new screenwriter is formatting. And each book that I read seems to offer up information that contradicts what the one before it told me.
I’ve looked on sites like Drew’s Script-o-rama for sample scripts, but a lot of those some schmuck has transcribed so they cannot be counted on for [...]

Posted by: the screenwriting mofo on Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

Day 65: more formatting lessons learned and another milestone

It’s true. I’ve been neglecting my little tripe of a screenplay, or shall I call it my blockbuster in the making? Anyways, it’s been sitting, not getting touched, kind of like the neglected MILF next door or those leftovers in the back of the fridge that have created their own ecosystem. But not to worry, [...]

Posted by: the screenwriting mofo on Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

Day 61: Lessons learned about screenwriting

Yes, it’s true what you’ve heard about me. I’m writing a kickass shit-of-a-screenplay.
Each day that I work on it I have dreams of Tom Cruise and John Travolta welcoming me to Hollywood once I sell my work of tripe. They take me on Travolta’s plane where we fly out to Roswell. During the flight we [...]

Posted by: the screenwriting mofo on Saturday, July 14th, 2007