Screenwriter Interviews
MovieBytes Interview:
Screenwriter Billy Maddox
An interview with screenwriter Billy Maddox regarding the Slamdance Short Writing Competition.
Q: What's the title of the script you entered in this contest, and what's it about?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?
Q: What kind of software did you use to write the script, if any? What other kinds of writing software do you use?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.
Q: Do you ever get writer's block? If so, how do you deal with that?A: I turn on my computer every day and look at stuff on the interrnet.
Q: What's your background? Have you written any other screenplays or television scripts?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