Listen to Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) explain how she turned her one-woman play into a highest-grossing independent feature and made Vardalos an overnight success, earning her nominations for Best Original Screenplay WGA and Academy Awards®
Interview from The Dialogue series, TheDialoguesSeries.com
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Listen to Sheldon Turner (The Longest Yard) talk about how he went from law school to successful screenwriter and what he attributes that success to.
Sheldon Turner Interview from the YouTube series The Dialouge
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The Big Break is an annual, global screenwriting contest designed to launch the careers of aspiring writers. The Big Break Contest rewards screenwriters with cash, prizes, and A-list executive meetings. Winners and finalists alike have had their screenplays optioned and produced and have secured high-profile representation as well as lucrative writing deals.
Since its inception in 1999, the Big Break Contest has awarded screenwriters with over $200,000 in cash and prizes and invaluable industry exposure. A panel of notable industry professionals conducts the final judging.
For complete details on this year’s contest and to listen to last year’s winner, Wyatt Wakeman, go here: Final Draft Big Break Contest.
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This is the story of how one aspiring screenwriter used unconventional methods to get his query read, then ultimately the script read and sold for $250,000.00 in just seven days. How much of this is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? You’ll have to be the judge of that. After all, he is trying to sell a subscription. But if you can get past that, it does shine a different light upon other doors that just might lead to different avenues of insights. So if you’ve been querying the same old people at the same old same old, it just might be time for a change.
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AOL has a qui
ck little way to keep you writing. This is how it works: They post about four or five pages of topics, you choose what your knowledgeable about and write it up. Most stories are between 200 and 300 words and pay anywhere between $10 to $40 but they currently have a 700 word request for “Mean Girls: Bullying Among Girls” that pays $200. There are a variety of topics to choose from that include “Man Caves” and “Travel Tips”.
So if you’ve got a few spare moments, put the fingers to the board and get to getting! AOL usually responds back to you within 20 to 30 days. Sign up for here: AOL SEED it’s FREE!
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