by BlueCat | Sep 17, 2025 | The BlueCat Screenplay Competition Blog
Almost 20 years ago, I was hired to teach screenwriting at a university. I had been writing screenplays for 10 years, and had some success, and I wrote some articles about the craft, and this institution hired me. I saw myself as a creative, open minded, flexible...
by BlueCat | Aug 5, 2025 | The BlueCat Screenplay Competition Blog
Note: This essay was entirely written by the human writer named Gordy Hoffman. I run and judge a screenplay competition that receives thousands of scripts each year, and we give written notes on every submission to us. For years, we get responses from writers after...
by BlueCat | Jul 16, 2025 | The BlueCat Screenplay Competition Blog
James Cameron recently said Christopher’s Nolan screenplay for OPPENHEIMER was “a bit of a moral copout” and “dodged the effects” of Oppenheimer’s choice to help create the atomic bomb. This made news—–the 2nd highest grossing filmmaker of all-time...
by BlueCat | Apr 8, 2025 | The BlueCat Screenplay Competition Blog
Announcing the 2025 BlueCat WINNERS for features and shorts! We received 1,862 feature submissions and 785 short submissions. Congratulations to our winners and a big thank you to all who submitted! FEATURE How To Have Sex On Antidepressants by Mrittika ‘Mou’...
by BlueCat | Feb 17, 2025 | The BlueCat Screenplay Competition Blog
Worried that your script might be a little dull? Wondering how to give it some more life? In the following video, BlueCat founder Gordy Hoffman recommends one simple and highly effective tip that can give your screenplay some much needed energy!...
by BlueCat | Feb 10, 2025 | The BlueCat Screenplay Competition Blog
Many writers say that you must know exactly how your screenplay is going to end before you can even start writing it, but is it possible to discover your ending in the middle of the writing process instead? In the following video, BlueCat founder Gordy Hoffman weighs...
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