#screenwriterslife

The discussions explored the application submission processes for the writing programs, including the importance of submitting the right scripts which best showcase the applicants writing and the selection process.

While preparing for the day, I thought about a blog post about something my writing partner and I have been discussing. We want to write a Feature film about Zombies, incorporating the origins of Zombie-ism via Voodoo as our twist. With this concept, many concerns arise immediately, such as a couple of Caucasian women (one European and one American) writing characters who are people of color (to…

Should it stay or should it go: Changing a good story to be better.

I need help. Years ago, I wrote a short story I’m considering turning into a screenplay and novel. The story was dark and funny about a one-hit-wonder writer slated to be the next great American novelist who has a terrible case of writer’s block and accidentally discovers his cure is to kill his unsuspecting wife—obviously, not a Romance, but a little bit like “Throw Momma from the Train” and…

I’ve always wanted to write something beautiful or say something deep and maybe a little searing, but that resonates. It doesn’t matter the subject, I want my reaction to it, my understanding of it, to mean something, and then I want to pass this small nugget onto everyone else. I want to share a perception or flip it upside down, clip its edges, and make it into something else. This is who I…