MovieBytes Interview:
Screenwriter Billy Maddox

An interview with screenwriter Billy Maddox regarding the Slamdance Short Writing Competition.

A: "The Wood" is a horror/love story. I know, redundant, right?

A lonely writer meets a mysterious woman in the woods and discovers eternal love is both a blessing and a curse.

A: I wrote the script to get a woman to sleep with me and didn't know what else to do with it afterwards.

I didn't know what to do with the woman, either.

A: I was satisfied the script was a finalist, but that's about all.

These people are slow as Christmas. Literally. The contest was over in April, and I'm still waiting for the prizes in November.

I could've had a kid by now if I hadn't used a condom.

A: I wrote it in a day. I was horny, what can I say?

A: I have Scriptware, Movie Magic, and Final Draft. I prefer Scriptware, but have resigned myself to the fact Final Draft won the marketing war and now that's all I use.

Speaking of which: HEY SLAMDANCE! How about sending me that copy of Final Draft you promised?!

Don't make me come down there.

A: I turn on my computer every day and look at stuff on the internet.

A: I turn on my computer every day and look at stuff on the interrnet.

A: I've been working as a ghostwriter, mostly memoirs but I'll basically write anything anyone pays me to write. I've written short scripts, features, as well as a few TV pilots and specs.

But I prefer to be paid.

A: I live in LA, but I wouldn't mind living somewhere else.

But I'm not going anywhere until I get those prizes.

ARE YOU LISTENING, SLAMDANCE?

A: I'm working on a sci-fi thriller, a romantic comedy, and the unbelievable-but-true story of the pilots who ran guns to the Contras in Nicaragua during the 80's.

I'm also percolating a script about a writer who goes berzerk when a screenwriting contest fails to send him the prizes they promised, but I haven't decided on an ending yet.

IT'S UP TO YOU, SLAMDANCE!

Posted Wednesday, November 4, 2009