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Reached 100 pages on my newest writing project, Homeland. It’s a feature script set during Japanese American internment during WWII. Took me 17 days to reach 100 pages, which I did as part of the Script Frenzy event. I’ve probably got another 40 to go, which I hope to knock out in the balance of [...]

Have you sent your scripts off to the Nicholl Fellowships for the year? Are you working on your next feature project? Are you trying to learn how the business works from the outside? If you answered yes to any of the questions above, you’re probably still in learning mode. Most screenwriting bloggers recommend moving to [...]

The application for the Jan. 2010 Sundance Screenwriters Lab is now available online. var addthis_pub = ‘vinestress’; var addthis_language = ‘en’;var addthis_options = ‘email, favorites, digg, delicious, twitter, google, facebook, reddit, live, more’;

One of my scripts took “best screenplay” honors at the SF Valley International Film Festival last night. It was a nice cap to my first trip to LA. Writing isn’t exactly lonely work, as much as it is isolating. Even when you’re working in the coffee shops with other presumptuous writers (where I am right [...]

Regular as fireflies on the Fourth, October is the time of year that Nicholl inquiries begin to roll in. I’ve had the good fortune of placing spec scripts high in that contest two years in a row. Once they release the list of quarterfinalists and above, production companies and a few agencies will reach out [...]

A couple years ago when I finished my first script, I had no idea what to do next. Unlike fiction, you can’t just send queries to agents and expect any kind of response, even rejections. Screenwriting contests and script competitions are one avenue to get industry attention. These are the best options based on my [...]