Five Things To Nail Down Before You Write
Updated: 01/26/2012
In a period of declining WGA employment, movies are still being made. Lots of them. In this environment, though, you need to be sure what you're going for when you start a project. Here are five things to nail down before you start your next script.
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Philadelphia ScreenplayFEST Announces Contest Winners
Robert Cahill's Lookout Lou has been name the winner of the Philadelphia ScreenplayFEST Screenwriting contest. [Updated: 01/27/2012]
FilmMakers.com Announces Quarterfinalists
The FilmMakers.com Screenwriting Competition has announced their quarterfinalists. [Updated: 01/25/2012]
Scriptapalooza Fields More Scripts Requests
Intrigue Entertainment, Foremost Films, The Bauer Company and more have requested scripts from Scriptapalooza. [Updated: 01/25/2012]
Search for America's Newest Comedy Writer Announces Winner
Megan Angelo has been named the winner of the Search for America's Newest Comedy Writer for her script, O'Connell for Congress. [Updated: 01/25/2012]
Fresh Voices Announces Quarterfinalists
The Fresh Voices Screenwriting Competition has announced their quarterfinalists for 2011. [Updated: 01/24/2012]
Screenplay Festival Announces Semifinalists
Screenplay Festival has announced their 2011 semifinalists. [Updated: 01/17/2012]
ScriptVamp Announces Latest Dream Quest Attention Grabber Results
Justin Sloan's Back by Sunrise has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the December, 2011 Dream Quest Attention Grabber Competition. [Updated: 01/10/2012]
Screenplay Search Announces Semifinalists
The Screenplay Search Screenplay Contest has announced their semifinalists. [Updated: 01/10/2012]
Requests from Producers Flood Scriptapalooza
Foremost Films, Katz Films, Abrams Artists and others have frequested scripts from Scriptapalooza this year. [Updated: 01/07/2012]
FilmMakers.com Announces 2nd Round Qualifiers
Second round qualifiers have been announced for 2011 FilmMakers.com Screenwriting Competition. [Updated: 01/06/2012]
Who Will be the Contest Judge of the Year?
Lounging around in my luscious silk pajamas, my thoughts begin to drift. Perhaps I'm just restless, but I find myself thinking about scoring. One by one, almost unbidden, sultry Contest Judges of the Month from 2011 traipse through my mind. I can't help but wonder who out of our thirteen mysterious, mesmerizing, and sometimes merciless judges - don't forget our set of scintillating twins - is worthy of the honor of Contest Judge of the Year? Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the highest scorer of all? [Updated: 01/05/2012]
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WinningScripts: ScriptLinks
Justice Is Mine
Incited and inspired by her elderly,socialite Aunt with a deadly sinister, hidden agenda, a nurse pursues a unique form of vengeance against the men who raped and facially disfigured her.
Author: John J. Maffucci
Genre: Drama,Thriller,Romance
When Memories Die
This true story is a family drama about a suicidal widower-centenarian war hero suffering from grief, dementia and PTSD, his two caregiving sons, and local VA Hospital's agenda to turn his 100th birthday into a media circus event.
Author: Joachim Hagopian
Genre: Drama,Historical,Biography
Make Up Test
A holiday-themed romantic screwball comedy with a decidedly modern twist in which a young woman who hates Christmas, and who wants to be noticed by an office hunk, makes a holiday wish comes true in the most literal way possible, complicating both office politics and romance.
Author: John Adcox
Genre: Comedy,Romantic Comedy,Fantasy
The Star In The East
After his wife's sudden death, a baseball star races to uncover a priceless treasure and a 2,000 year-old mystery dating back to the first Christmas--that is, if deadly agents of a desperate European nobel don't catch him first.
Author: John Adcox
Genre: Thriller,Action-Adventure
Challengers
Following in the footsteps of their famous pulp-era ancestors, a team of young adventurers uncovers the secret history of the world and races against time to stop a global conspiracy — or the planet will end in five years.
Author: John Adcox
Genre: Drama,Thriller,Action-Adventure
Sabertooth
A mouthy female writer participates in deer hunting to research an article on outdoorsmen but is is drawn into the hunt for a sabertooth tiger stalking human prey.
Author: Douglas Strait
Genre: Action-Adventure,Sci-Fi,Horror
Through Enemy Lines
Based on the true account of an American Officer's harrowing existence working his way through the retreating German Army in order to get home.
Author: Douglas Strait
Genre: Drama,Action-Adventure,Historical
Enter, Raven
A widowed store detective hires an unassuming Vietnamese girl that turns out to be a partner in a Ninja-for-hire team who helps him unravel an insidious plot to steal the store's jewels.
Author: Douglas Strait
Genre: Drama,Thriller,Action-Adventure
Laugh Through Tears
Mary’s wish to become a fashion designer interferes with her typical Chinese mother’s desire for her to be successful in academic achievement and become a lawyer.
Author: LiLi Chang
Genre: Drama,Comedy,Family
The Deer And The Dolphin
NOTE: THE EXCERPT ABOVE IS THE THIRD SECTION OF THE DEER AND THE DOLPHIN.
Author: J.F. DaVanzo
Genre: Drama,Sci-Fi,Family
