[Guest Post] Double Challenge

This year I decided to try my hand in the Script Frenzy “script writing competition”. Granted, all you need to do is to write 100 pages to win, so everyone can potentially win. Now, I have won writing competitions in the past that actually required “content” to win, so this is a no brainer, right?Continue reading “[Guest Post] Double Challenge”

[Script Frenzy] Plot Bunny

Script Frenzy has begun, and you may already be stuck.  I’m going to share a few plot outlining tips and familiarize you with my SF project, which I’ll be discussing quite a bit this month. The first is the logline, one of the first things your Frenzy profile asks you for after title and genre. Continue reading “[Script Frenzy] Plot Bunny”

Script Frenzy 2012 Launches!

Dear Readers, Welcome to Script Frenzy 2012!  Script Frenzy is an annual challenge held by the Office of Letters and Light in April to write a 100-page script in the month of April. This year, I’m participating in Script Frenzy for the first time in several years – and this time, I have an edge:Continue reading “Script Frenzy 2012 Launches!”

31 October: Current Progress

Happy Halloween! As I gear up for NaNoWriMo with the rest of the UT Writer’s Guild, I’m wrapping up a few of my long-term projects before November.  Most of them will start over again in December. I’ve decided to work on a new, as-of-now untitled screenplay project.  All I can really tell you is thatContinue reading “31 October: Current Progress”

Workshopping: Scripts

Fourth in a series about writing workshops.  The first article was about general workshop guidelines, the second about short fiction, and the third about poetry.  The fifth will focus on workshopping and editing long fiction. Scripts, including stage plays and screenplays, are quite a different genre to work on in a workshop, particularly if itContinue reading “Workshopping: Scripts”