by BlueCat | Jun 3, 2019 | The BlueCat Screenplay Competition Blog
Writers want success, but how do you define it? Is it writing enough to pay your bills? Is it writing to find an audience, regardless if you make enough money or not? Maybe you want to be famous or win an Emmy or Oscar. Any writer would probably welcome all of these...
by BlueCat | May 21, 2019 | The BlueCat Screenplay Competition Blog
Successfully constructed drama delivers emotion. When a story delivers emotion, people watch it. Watching great television shows and movies helps writers learn how to write an emotionally engaging story. The emotional impact of Game of Thrones on its audience made it...
by BlueCat | May 9, 2019 | The BlueCat Screenplay Competition Blog
On Tuesday, April 30th, BlueCat held its Short Film Festival at the Landmark Theatre in Los Angeles, California for the second year in a row. A total of 13 short films were selected for screening. The 13 selected short films spanned multiple genres ranging from horror...
by BlueCat | Jan 19, 2019 | The BlueCat Screenplay Competition Blog
Writers often feel powerless in the face of pursuing their goals. They feel helpless in the face of a business they perceive to be difficult to enter and succeed. We fight off overwhelming feelings of confusion when developing our stories. It becomes frustrating to...
by BlueCat | Jan 17, 2019 | The BlueCat Screenplay Competition Blog
Rewriting is the difference between your dreams and where you sit today. Over the years, I have employed different approaches to successfully rewriting my script. Here are 13 tips to get your project into the shape you need to receive financing to produce, attract...
by BlueCat | Jan 12, 2019 | The BlueCat Screenplay Competition Blog
Professionals are teachable. They do not lock into patterns and habits and methods. We need to always look to see where we fall short, and we must remind ourselves over and over what served us in the past. After two decades of writing scripts, I have now come to a...
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