This article originally appeared on LA Screenwriter. It is reposted here with permission by the author. by Angela Bourassa, co-founder of Write LA I had the good fortune in 2019 to win the Gold Prize in the sci-fi category at PAGE and to be a finalist with a different script at Austin. The year before,…
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The Write LA Regular Deadline is fast approaching on Monday (5/25)! Use this long weekend (of sorts) to polish up your latest screenplay or pilot and send it in via Coverfly or FilmFreeway before the fee goes up! We’re also going to have another giveaway this weekend, so keep an eye out for an email…
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Here’s this week’s set of writing prompts for you! We also have another giveaway underway! This one is a simple one — share a CHARACTER DESCRIPTION on Twitter and tag @Write_LA in your post. You can share up to three character descriptions (let’s keep them to one tweet per character) by midnight tonight (5/15). We’ll pick our favorite…
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Happy Friday! Remember that if you haven’t submitted your pilot and/or feature yet, you can still enter at the Early rate until May 15 simply by signing up for our mailing list. The Early Deadline passed on May 5, but when you sign up for the mailing list, you instantly get a $10 off coupon…
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It’s Friday, which means a new set of writing prompts. But it’s also the Friday before our Early Deadline on May 5, so to celebrate, we’ve also got another giveaway! Thanks to our sponsors Michael Wiese Productions (mwp.com), we are giving a free copy of Your Screenplay Sucks by William M. Akers to one lucky…
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by Angela Bourassa, co-founder of Write LA With the major screenplay competition deadlines coming up, some aspiring screenwriters may be wondering how much of the judging process is really about skill and how much is about luck. The same question can be asked of the people who break through, find representation, and have successful careers…
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You’ve still got some time until our Early Deadline on May 5 — and you have even MORE time if you sign up for our mailing list. When you sign up (at the bottom of this post), you’ll get sent a link that extends the Early Deadline until May 15. So keep working on those…
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A new season of Write LA means we’re back to our old ways of posting writing prompts every week day. Here’s our first set — you can find new ones throughout the week on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. And speaking of Twitter, this morning we’re launching our first giveaway! One lucky winner is going to…
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by Angela Bourassa, Co-Founder I was fortunate in 2019 to have a very good contest year. A feature of mine won the Gold Prize in the sci-fi category of the PAGE International Screenplay Awards, another feature made the semifinals at the Austin Film Festival in two categories, and a pilot made the finals at AFF…
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by Tim Schildberger, Head Judge In 2019, I read over 400 scripts. Which means I read over 400 opening pages. The vast majority fell somewhere in the categories of “underwhelming” or “downright dull.” Not because the writing was poor or the story made no sense. It was because the opening pages revealed the writer was…
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