I've written two feature length screenplays and now I'm working on my third. I wouldn't say I'm completely blocked right now, but I've been preoccupied with production of my first short film. I entered a local screenwriting contest recently and was one of the 10 chosen winners to make a short film....
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I work two jobs and I write. For awhile I considered it kind of a hobby. I wrote a short screenplay for a local contest and won. We made it into a short and it premiered in a local theater; red carpet and all that. It was so exciting. I won two more times. Now I feel that with two completed full-len...
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Wow, Donna! Congrats! Since you're into screenwriting, DEFINITELY check out the Happy Writers. With coverage services, classes and labs, and online pitching, there is basically everything you could need to help yourself further your screenwriting efforts. Best of luck! :)
Hi Donna, Welcome to the stage! Congrats on your red carpet event its not to many of us that gets to see that. Good Job!
One small step for screenwriting, a giant leap for for Donna:-). Congratulations and keep up the good work !
Someone told me that if I'm planning on making my book into a movie, that I should write the screenplay first. I'm probably 2/3 through my novel and began writing a screenplay based on it. What happened was pretty interesting...they became two very different things. Has that happened to anyone else?
Until I find the link, which is written down on endless pile of papers take a look at this site. There are many others with similar topic. http://www.fixyourbook.com You should also look at this site,...
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IM just saying, Making a book from a MOVIE will not work nearly as well as the other way around ---- you would have to add quite a lot to make a 400 page book from a 100 page script even IF "A picture is worth 1000 words"
I wrote three books that were published by the Random House Group (Mainstream) and Strand, UK. I have since adapted them to screenplays and one has been optioned and another earmarked for the sequel....
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Hi Donna! Thanks so much for the connect.
It's great to connect, Donna! Thanks for the network request.
I'm a screenwriter who just volunteered to be producer on a (thankfully) zero budget short film production. Any gems of advice? So far, my biggest challenge has been to find a shooting location :D
Hi Doug - looking for a house. Have reached out to people (either the floor plan is wrong or people don't want a film crew in their house LOL). I do have a real estate agent scouting for me in trade for "advertising". Thanks!
I just completed my first short film. I wrote the screenplay and produced it with some volunteer help. I too had a zero budget. My screenplay was a winner in the NCTV Foothill Films contest. Winners m...
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Congratulations Donna. I look forward to being able to view your film. Having completed your first moves you way up the learning curve.
One of the winning screenplays in the 2014 NCTV Foothill Films Screenplay Contest. My story is semi-autobiographical and features one woman's struggle to lea...
Hi, Donna, thanks for the connection from not too far in Roseville! I was just up in Grass Valley Friday, Saw Annabelle at the theater there. I know another another screenwriter in Grass Valley, too. He comes down to Sac for our Advanced Screenwriter Lab. Love to meet you if you'd be interested in c...
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Could you let me know their name?
Glad to connect with you, Donna. Thanks for the network request. Please check out a short film & music video I directed/wrote/produced on my vimeo account http://vimeo.com/ironstand
One of the winning screenplays in the 2014 NCTV Foothill Films Screenplay Contest. My story is semi-autobiographical and features one woman's struggle to lea...
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Congrats on the short film! You live in a beautiful part of the world (I was lucky enough to live near Nevada City for six months many years ago). Will we be able to view it online later?
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Matt, thanks for the nice words. I will be posting the movie today now that it has premiered. I'll put a link here. I'm already planning next year's submission into the contest.