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What's New, BlueCat? 
                                        
The Official Newsletter of the

BlueCat Screenplay Competition   


October 21st, 2014


TOMORROW - LIVE U-STREAM WITH BLUECAT! 
 
 Ask your burning questions about screenwriting to  BlueCat founder Gordy Hoffman!

 

Wednesday, October 22nd

6:30 - 8:30 PM PST

 

***SPECIAL GUEST***

Werner Herzog's Rogue Film School Participant,

Josh Nathan


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IN THIS WEEK'S NEWSLETTER:

 

  • Live U-Stream with BlueCat - Tomorrow, October 22nd!
  • 3 SCRIPTS: Blue Jasmine, The Artist, and The African Queen
  • Video of last week's U-Stream with BlueCat
  • What the 10 top-earning original screenplays have in common
  • 31 Days Around the World with BlueCat
  • 10 Screenplays to read for inspiration
  • Advice on how often writers should write from BlueCat
  • Good news from a BlueCat Competition entrant
  • Submit yourself to the BlueCat Community Corner!
  • BlueCat Workshop information

 

LAST WEEK'S BLUECAT
U-STREAM!
from BlueCat

 

 

Did you miss last week's U-Stream with BlueCat? Learn important information from Gordy Hoffman about agents and managers, how to avoid screenwriting mistakes, and which BlueCat Competition scripts have been made into produced films.

WHAT DO THE 10 HIGHEST-EARNING ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYS HAVE IN COMMON?
from The BlueCat Blog

 

 


 

Learn ten lessons from the highest-grossing original screenplays of all time that you can apply to your own work. 


 

31 DAYS AROUND THE WORLD WITH BLUECAT!
From BlueCatScreenplay.com
 


 

Every day in October, we'll feature a different screenwriter from the worldwide BlueCat community on our website!


 


BLUECAT ADVICE VIDEO
From Ask BlueCat Videos 


 

"How often should you be writing as a screenwriter?"

 

BlueCat founder Gordy Hoffman discusses how often you should write and how to make it happen despite busy schedules.

 

 

  WATCH THE VIDEO 

 

HEY, WHADDYA SAY?

"I'd like to thank the BlueCat team for suggesting feedback that later allowed my script THE DISTANCE to become a quarter-finalist in the Slamdance Screenplay Competition. As I writer I don't seek commendation as much as an acknowledgement that I have successfully communicated with someone. So after years of silence, it's inspiring to know that someone, somewhere liked my script."

-Neil Kirby
Entrant, BlueCat Screenplay Competition

SELECTED SCRIPTS
Three Screenplay PDFs

BLUE JASMINE
by Woody Allen

THE ARTIST
by Michel Hazanavicius


THE AFRICAN QUEEN
by James Agee, John Huston, and Peter Viertel


10 SCREENPLAYS TO READ FOR INSPIRATION (WHATEVER YOUR GENRE)
from The BlueCat Blog

 

 

No matter which genre(s) you write, here's ten scripts that are sure to provide guidance and motivation.


 

HEY, WHATCHA UP TO? 

The BlueCat
Community Corner

 

BlueCat is continuing our new Community Corner in the newsletter where each week we feature what YOU'RE up to.    

 

Do you play in a band, paint, write books, draw, sculpt, make short films or web series, etc.? Do you participate in an arts organization our community should know about?

 

Share your accomplishments as well as upcoming fairs, shows, screenings, and gatherings by emailing:

info@bluecatscreenplay.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: 

 

  

Online - November 6th - REGISTER  

(Only 5 spots left)

  

Los Angeles - November 8th - REGISTER

 

(Full registration SOLD OUT,  

regular registration still available)

 

 San Francisco - November 15th - REGISTER  

(Full registration SOLD OUT,  

regular registration still available)

 
 

Denver - November 24 -  REGISTER 

(Full registration SOLD OUT,  

regular registration still available)

  

Denver - November 25 - REGISTER  

(only 1 spot left)  

 

Online - December 4th - REGISTER  

 

Jacksonville - December 13th - REGISTER 

 

Los Angeles - February 21st - REGISTER

 

Salt Lake City - March 5th - REGISTER 

(Only 5 spots left)

 

Please let us know if 

 

you'd like the BlueCat Workshop 

 

 to come to your town!

 

See you soon.