Screenwriter Interviews
MovieBytes Interview:
Screenwriter Norman Spagnolly
An interview with screenwriter Norman Spagnolly regarding the Hollywood Scriptwriting Writing Competition.
Q: What's the title of the script you entered in this contest, and what's it about?A: MURDER ON THE LAYAWAY PLAN
An old guy takes revenge on former business associates after his own death by having them murdered, and is able to finance the scheme legally.
Detective Martin Stein, NYPD, needs his twenty-five years experience to trace the hired killer down who may elude justice by the overall scheme with a twist ending to the killer's identity.
A: The short timing, every month is a winner.
I have only entered this script just this one time.
My script placed first in this contest.
A: Yes. Totally satisfied.
Q: Were you given any feedback on your script? If so, did you find the feedback helpful?A: No feedback, since it placed first.
My script is the winner for the month of Sept. Period.
A: I am getting exposure in a very short time. Twenty contacts have been made in checking the script out through Inktip website.
Q: What's your background? Have you written any other screenplays or television scripts?A: I have a degree in drama from Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York.
I have four more scripts in my detective series and six stand-alones proof read. All of my detective stories ends with a twist; you can never guess who is the killer. (so says my proof readers)
I have written television commercials.
I am a pulished short story writer. A short story placed as a finalist with Moondance International.
At this time I am turning my written novels into screenplays. Six scripts for 2 and a 1/2 men in my drawer.
A: I live in San Franciso. I am only 50 minutes away by air travel.
Q: What's next? Are you working on a new script?A: Always working on a script; sometimes two at once.
Anyone knows if Kennett L. Evans , once with Columbia
Pictures is still around?
My name is Norman G. Spagnolly
Posted Wednesday, October 15, 2008