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The Official Newsletter of the

BlueCat Screenplay Competition   


September 16th, 2014

BIG ALUMNI NEWS!

2014 BLUECAT FEATURE WINNER 

HF CRUM 


 
CHOSEN FOR FILM INDEPENDENT LAB

 

HF Crum's winning script Three Faces of Thirst & Hunger was chosen as one of only 9 projects for Film Independent's prestigious Screenwriting Lab. 

 

READ ABOUT IT

  

IN THIS WEEK'S NEWSLETTER:
  • Feature Winner HF Crum selected to Film Independent Lab
  • 10 Essential Screenwriting Tip Videos and more on the way
  • Vote for the winners of the Movie Title Contest!
  • 3 SCRIPTS: The 
    Manchurian Candidate, Dave, & Mr. Smith...
  • Chat with BlueCat LIVE on UStream on October 1st!
  • 6 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters
  • BlueCat on ScriptChat! Join in on September 21st!
  • Writing tips from author Ray Bradbury
  • BlueCat Community Corner: writing coach Lauren Sapala
  • Regular Deadline: October 15
  • BlueCat Workshop information (new DENVER dates added!)
BLUECAT ADVICE VIDEO
From Ask BlueCat Videos 


 

Ten Essential Screenwriting Tip Videos from BlueCat

 

Founder Gordy Hoffman gives helpful advice on everything from formatting to writing in the active voice to securing representation.

 

  WATCH THE VIDEOS

 

 

PICK THE WINNERS OF THE MOVIE TITLE CONTEST!
Voting Open Through September 19 @11:59 PM PST
 


 

You've chosen the semi-finalists, and now's your chance to pick one of the three winners! 


VOTE NOW

CHAT WITH BLUECAT ON USTREAM!
 

 
Don't miss out on the chance to have your pressing screenwriting questions answered live by BlueCat founder Gordy Hoffman on UStream!  

The 'Screenwriting Sitdown' will be LIVE on October 1st at 5pm PST. Mark your calendars!
 

BLUECAT ON SCRIPTCHAT!

 

 

BlueCat founder Gordy Hoffman will be the featured guest on #ScriptChat on September 21st at 5 PM PST, moderated by Script Magazine Editor, Jeanne Veillette Bowerman.  

You can participate in the conversation!


 JOIN THE CHAT   

 
HEY, WHADDYA SAY?

 

 

 

"Just write every day of your life. Read intensely. Then see what happens. Some of my friends who are put on that diet have very pleasant careers."

    

-Ray Bradbury

 

SELECTED SCRIPTS
Three Screenplay PDFs

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
by Dean Georgaris

DAVE
by Gary Ross

MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
by Sidney Buchman


6 ESSENTIAL HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL SCREENWRITERS
From The Writers Store
 

 
Screenwriter, author, and UCLA Extension instructor Karl Iglesias lays out what it takes to be a successful working screenwriter and how you can make it happen for yourself.
 

Just so you know...

BLUECAT'S REGULAR DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 15
($65 features, $50 shorts)


 
 
If you submit your script by the regular deadline, you'll receive your analysis by November 10th!



HEY, WHATCHA UP TO? 

The BlueCat
Community Corner

This week:
Lauren Sapala

 

Lauren Sapala is a fiction writer, writing coach, and blogger.  She coaches all levels of writers, helping them to discover their voices and realize their goals and dreams. If you're interested in dusting off your half-finished novel, or starting the book you've always wanted to write, you can contact her at www.laurensapala.com

 

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BlueCat Screenwriting Workshops
 
BlueCat Screenplay Workshops are an intensive opportunity to certifiably improve your script in a small group environment, led by award winning screenwriter and BlueCat founder Gordy Hoffman.

Your script will be read in advance both by Gordy as well as the other workshop participants; everyone receives in-depth feedback on their script from a number of different perspectives.

Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival for LOVE LIZA, Gordy Hoffman has taught screenwriting at the USC School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles, as well as led workshops all over North America, Poland, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. He has served as a panelist for the IFP Script to Screen Conference in NYC, Women in Film's Script DC Conference in Washington, DC, and the George Eastman House Film Festival, as well as a judge for the McKnight Screenwriting Fellowships in Minnesota. Gordy Hoffman founded the BlueCat Screenplay Competition in 1998 and remains its judge.

  

THE FULL SCRIPT WORKSHOP

Participants read all screenplays in advance of the workshop. During the workshop, Gordy provides direct and in-depth feedback on each screenplay, with everyone encouraged to contribute his or her own thoughts and concerns.

  

Each writer will leave with a great sense of what they can do specifically to improve their screenplay, as well as a better awareness of where they might properly develop as a professional screenwriter as a whole. Writers benefit from the direct focus placed on their screenplays by the workshop, along with the analysis of the other scripts.

  

Screenplays can be first drafts or rewrites, incomplete or partial, with first time writers and veterans all welcome. Scripts are due 10-14 days prior to the date of the workshop.

  

Note: Screenplays submitted to the workshop are not eligible to be entered into the BlueCat Screenplay Competition.

  

  

Regular Registration Option

Do you want to participate, but do not have a script to submit at this time? Regular registration for the workshop allows you to attend without submitting written material, read the scripts in advance and still participate in the discussion.

  

  


UPCOMING WORKSHOPS: 
  

Honolulu - September 20th - REGISTER 

(only 2 spots left)

 

Online - September 25th - REGISTER  

(Full registration SOLD OUT,  
regular registration still available)

   

New York - October 4th - REGISTER
(only 2 spots left)

  

 San Francisco - October 25th - REGISTER  

 (only 4 spots left)

 

Online - November 6th - REGISTER 

 

Los Angeles - November 8th - REGISTER

(Full registration SOLD OUT,  

regular registration still available)

 

Denver - November 24 -  REGISTER   

 

Denver - November 25 - REGISTER  

 

Online - December 4th - REGISTER  

 

Charlotte - December 13th - REGISTER 

(only 6 spots left) 

 

Please let us know if 

 

you'd like the BlueCat Workshop 

 

 to come to your town!

 

See you soon.