My writing partner and I just finished the fourth (and I hope) final draft
of our screenplay, Happy Accident. We’ve been working on this for a long time,
having lived through our brutal page-one rewrite (our main character’s name
changed!), a significantly revamped third draft, and a polished fourth draft.
It’s out to our proofreaders to make sure we haven’t dangled any participles
or committed gerundic atrocities.
There’s nothing like finishing a screenplay, right?
Whether anybody likes it, options it, produces it, or uses it for toilet paper
(card stock title pages hurt), it’s an accomplishment in its own right. I applaude
anyone who has finished a screenplay, whether it be a short, a TV teleplay,
or feature.
On a related note, now that it’s (nearly) done, we can apply to some upcoming
screenplay competitions, along with the rest of you. Good luck.
Based on the screenplays I’ve read recently from some of our members,
I think those judges will be pleasantly suprised by those scripts coming
from Washington State.
- April 1 – BlueCat
- April 11/May 1/May 8 – WA State Screenplay Competition
- Apr 15 – Scriptapalooza
- Mar 15/Apr 15 – PAGE
- May 1 – Script PIMP
- May 1 – Nicholl Fellowship
