BlueCat Writers Blog

Random Acts of Violence: BlueCat Alum's Latest Feature Optioned by NZFCScreenwriter Guy McDouall, winner of BlueCat's Joplin Award during our 2012 competition, has been making waves in the world of New Zealand cinema. His award-winning feature, Random Acts...

How to Format Your Screenplay Title Page In the treacherous world of screenwriting, many authors concern themselves with the occasionally obscure, often arcane practice of formatting and presenting their scripts. Industry professionals agree that the body of the...

The Social Network - Blue's Beats #9Blue’s Beats is a new blog series where we break down various nominated feature screenplays by identifying and discussing their important beats. Today we’ll be taking a look at the 2010 American drama The Social Network,...

BEST MOVIE TITLE  CONTEST- DEADLINE: AUGUST 1ST Every year, we choose to highlight a small, but significant, part of your screenplays: the title.  A lot of thought goes into the perfect few words and we choose to honor that creativity and effort through...

The Hurt Locker - Blue's Beats #8Blue’s Beats is a new blog series where we break down various nominated feature screenplays by identifying and discussing their important beats. Today we’ll be taking a look at the 2008 American war drama The Hurt Locker, written...

The King's Speech - Blue's Beats #7Blue’s Beats is a new blog series where we break down various nominated feature screenplays by identifying and discussing their important beats. Today we’ll be taking a look at the 2010 British historical drama The King's...

Best Movie Title Deadline: August 1stEvery year, we choose to highlight a small, but significant, part of your screenplays: the title.  A lot of thought goes into the perfect few words and we choose to honor that creativity and effort through our annual Movie...

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Blue's Beats #6Blue’s Beats is a new blog series where we break down various nominated feature screenplays by identifying and discussing their important beats. Today we’ll be taking a look at the 2004 romantic...

Chicago Screenwriting Workshop August 2015To register for this workshop:Chicago Screenwriting Workshop - August 9th THE FULL SCRIPT WORKSHOP (Limit 7 Writers) $225Participants read seven screenplays in advance of the workshop. During the workshop, Gordy provides...

Vancouver Screenwriting Workshop August 2015To register for this workshop or to find out more details: Vancouver Screenwriting Workshop - August 29 THE FULL SCRIPT WORKSHOP (Limit 7 Writers) $225Participants read seven screenplays in advance of the workshop....

For screenwriters on the move, creativity just became even more portable. The makers of Final Draft® – the number one-selling screenwriting software in the world – today released Final Draft Writer® for iPhone, an update to the already popular Writer app for iPad.With...

Script Consultant Ryan Roy Ustreams with BlueCatRyan is a WGA member, is represented by WME and Anonymous Content, his work has been made into a major motion picture, and he has sold both film and TV projects. After years as a working writer in Hollywood he has a...

No Country for Old Men - Blue's Beat #5Blue’s Beats is a new blog series where we break down various nominated feature screenplays by identifying and discussing their important beats. Today we'll be taking a look at the 2007 neo-noir Western thriller No...

BlueCat Joplin Award Winner Featured on Manhattan ConnecttionLeonardo Noboru de Lima, the 16 year old Brazilian winner of BlueCat's International Screenwriting Prize, The Joplin Award, was featured on Brazilian talk show, Manhattan Connecttion last Sunday, June...

2015 Feature Winner Table Read in HollywoodAt the BlueCat Offices in Hollywood this past Sunday, we held a table read with professional actors of the 2015 Feature Screenplay Winner, Mouth, written by Kimi Howl Lee.When a broke Fem-studies major with an unwanted...

12 Years a Slave - Blue's Beats #4Blue’s Beats is a new blog series where we break down various nominated feature screenplays by identifying and discussing their important beats. Today we’ll be taking a look at the 2013 biographical drama 12 Years a Slave,...

One Day to 2015 Early DeadlineNow accepting Feature length and Short screenplays EARLY DEADLINE: JUNE 15TH *All submissions received by Midnight PDT will receive one page script analysis by July 1st.SUBMIT YOUR SCREENPLAY  Every year,...

"Orange is the New Black" Actress Rachel Resheff Talks BlueCat STRUGGLES AND DREAMS OF A YOUNG TEEN WRITERHi! I'm Rachel, a 14 year old actress, singer, dancer in NYC, and I’m a writer. I am currently playing Jessica Drexel in Larry David's new play, "Fish in The...

Nightcrawler - Blue's Beats #3Blue’s Beats is a new blog series where we break down various nominated feature screenplays by identifying and discussing their important beats. Today we’ll be taking a look at the 2014 neo-noir crime thriller Nightcrawler, written...

Five Reasons I Ran To See SPYWritten by Ryan RoyRyan Roy is a produced screenwriter, 70's movie lover, owner of a crazy Jack Russell, and the newest Bluecat script consultant.At 9:10 pm last Friday night I finished vegan food in Los Feliz with three lovable jackass...