Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Why enter the BlueCat Screenplay Competition?
*EVERY screenwriter receives written analysis on their entry
*Winner awarded $10,000 cash, finalists $1500 each
*2005 Winner signed by United Talent Agency (UTA)!
*Entry fee $35
*One finalist receives a staged reading at the High Falls Film Festival in New York
*Founded by produced writer-director Gordy Hoffman, Sundance winning screenwriter for LOVE LIZA
*Recommended by Creative Screenwriting Magazine
*Since 1998
DEADLINE: March 1st
Submit Your Script
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Read Gordy Hoffman's screenwriting articles:
Discovering the Great Movie Idea for Your Next Screenplay
I am lucky. I have no problems coming up with very good ideas for movies. If I never had another idea for the rest of my life, I would not make a sizable dent in the ones I already have. Screenwriters who struggle with coming up with an idea tend to be visibly annoyed when I tell them this.
Screenwriting Tips from a Screenplay Contest Judge
After cracking hundreds of screenplays sent into the BlueCat Screenplay Competition, the same problems in the execution of the story and script continue to emerge. Here is a general overview of these persistent issues.
How to Start a Screenplay: Treatment or Free Fall?
Starting a screenplay can sometimes be as hard as finishing one. Impatient to pull up to the front door of a classic motion picture, I want to get everything right so quickly. This impatience challenges my trust in the work, the creative process of screenwriting.
Writing the Classic Movie Ending (How to Finish your Screenplay!)
I've only finished so many screenplays in my life. Writing a script all the way to the very last page is always an extremely significant, personal achievement for me. A large part of its significance is the reality that I actually wrote an ending, or, at the very least, typed "THE END."
Rewriting your Screenplay: The Road to your Audience
The promise of the rewrite is very sweet. I have collected evidence that the more authentic the labor put into rewriting your screenplay, the greater the reward, and the reward is high, for whatever lovely, wonderful moments you might have discovered in the frightening process of plowing through the first draft...
BlueCat Screenplay Competition
www.bluecatscreenplay.com
info@bluecatscreenplay.com
*EVERY screenwriter receives written analysis on their entry
*Winner awarded $10,000 cash, finalists $1500 each
*2005 Winner signed by United Talent Agency (UTA)!
*Entry fee $35
*One finalist receives a staged reading at the High Falls Film Festival in New York
*Founded by produced writer-director Gordy Hoffman, Sundance winning screenwriter for LOVE LIZA
*Recommended by Creative Screenwriting Magazine
*Since 1998
DEADLINE: March 1st
Submit Your Script
Join Newsletter
Read Gordy Hoffman's screenwriting articles:
Discovering the Great Movie Idea for Your Next Screenplay
I am lucky. I have no problems coming up with very good ideas for movies. If I never had another idea for the rest of my life, I would not make a sizable dent in the ones I already have. Screenwriters who struggle with coming up with an idea tend to be visibly annoyed when I tell them this.
Screenwriting Tips from a Screenplay Contest Judge
After cracking hundreds of screenplays sent into the BlueCat Screenplay Competition, the same problems in the execution of the story and script continue to emerge. Here is a general overview of these persistent issues.
How to Start a Screenplay: Treatment or Free Fall?
Starting a screenplay can sometimes be as hard as finishing one. Impatient to pull up to the front door of a classic motion picture, I want to get everything right so quickly. This impatience challenges my trust in the work, the creative process of screenwriting.
Writing the Classic Movie Ending (How to Finish your Screenplay!)
I've only finished so many screenplays in my life. Writing a script all the way to the very last page is always an extremely significant, personal achievement for me. A large part of its significance is the reality that I actually wrote an ending, or, at the very least, typed "THE END."
Rewriting your Screenplay: The Road to your Audience
The promise of the rewrite is very sweet. I have collected evidence that the more authentic the labor put into rewriting your screenplay, the greater the reward, and the reward is high, for whatever lovely, wonderful moments you might have discovered in the frightening process of plowing through the first draft...
BlueCat Screenplay Competition
www.bluecatscreenplay.com
info@bluecatscreenplay.com
