Final Workshop Meeting of the Term - Room

We'll be meeting Thursday, September 3rd, a 10:00 AM in the Small Screening Room for the final meeting of the term.

August Meeting Date

Workshoppers and Senior Projects - our final meeting of the term will be Thurday, September 3rd @ 10:00AM. I'll announce the space a soon as I have confirmed a room.

Screenwriting Contest of Interest

So, for those of you who constantly claim you write better under pressure, here's your chance--

The Creative Screenwriting Cyberspace Open

A sudden-death scene-writing tournament where you could win $3,000. Entry fee is only $12 and you might get some feedback on one of your scenes.

A Note From Our Sponsors...

Announcements/reminders for the week:

SCRP 380 Workshop/SCRP 495 Sr. Project Summer Term--

• Your first acts are due this week. I'm expecting to see all the pages tomorrow. This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone, since the calendar was clearly laid out in the syllabus.
• I'm sure we've discussed this before, but in case it slipped your mind, you should be writing forward, not revising your openings. For a successful script it's essential that you get a first draft completed early enough to give adequate time to revisions.
• Also on that note, do not wait for my comments before continuing to write. At this point, my feedback is based on the portions of the script you've actually written, which is very little in the total scheme of things. Save my comments for later, when you're actually revising.
• We will be having our final group meeting of the summer sometime over the next two weeks. I'll post the date and time as soon as it's set.

Comic Book Writing Class Information--

• The Comic Book Writing class with John Arcudi, set for the fall term, is filling quickly.
• If you're interested in registering, but were confused about the procedure, this is what you need to know:
• SCRP 270 Screenwriting I is the pre-requisite for the class. You must have screenwriting background before you get into this class.
• You can't register online. You need to go to the office (or e-mail them if you're out of town) and fill out an over-ride form.

As always, please e-mail me with any questions.

SCRP Program News

Faculty member Bruce Graham's play, Something Intangible, received 13 Barrymore Award nominations! Congratulations Prof. Graham! You can read the story online by clicking here.

Lost Joy

Well, we're now in that difficult part of the term where all the fun of the first couple of weeks has disappeared, the workload has increased, and everyone is desperately trying to figure out where they can blow off work so that they can meet other project deadlines and still have enough time to sit at the beach and/or get drunk on a regular basis. Sadly enough, the place everyone always tries to blow off work is Screenwriting Workshop. It doesn't take a crystal ball for me to figure this out, all I have to do is look at my blog reader and see how most everyone has left their blog fall by the wayside.

In a practical sense, this is hurting your grade because regularly maintaining a blog is one of the requirements of the class. In an existential sense, you're hurting yourself, because you're not writing all that you should. You need to keep in practice, and not just by cranking out script pages (although I'm not exactly buried under reading at this point). If you want to be writers, this is what it's all about, doing the writing. I know this part of the term is tough and it doesn't get easier the next couple of weeks, but you've got to keep up with this class. Make me do some work, keep writing.