Hey everyone,
It’s Tavia! For the past three years, I’ve had the pleasure of serving as your Young Writers Program Director. I’ve seen the YWP grow from thousands of participants to tens of thousands. I’ve witnessed the launch of two YWP websites, have penned three not-so-bad scripts, and written four fairly awful novels. Most importantly, I’ve spent endless hours hanging out watching all you creative writers grow into scriptwriters.
Though I will miss the days spent as the YWP Director, the time has come for me to move into the Operations Manager position here at OLL.
Here to fill my shoes as Young Writers Program Director is the talented Chris Angotti. Chris has spent last three years teaching middle and high school students in New York City before moving out to the Bay Area.
And we’re so happy he did!
Chris will be introducing himself next week, but in the meantime, check out his interview on the OLL blog.
Please free to stay in touch! FrenzyMail me anytime.
Tavia
Giving Feedback by Julie Gray
We’ve all been burned by bad feedback. Rude, insensitive, bossy, arrogant, wrong-headed, cruel even. Oh, I have some bad memories of that. I gave my very, very first script to a demi-friend and he said he thought it was “pablum”. I’ll save you the Google look up: Trite, insipid, or simplistic writing, speech, or conceptualization.
He was probably right – it was my first script – ever. I was lucky to have slug lines and page numbers, actually. But he went straight for the jugular. That comment hurt me deeply and really took the wind out of my sails for some time. That hasn’t been my only bad experience but obviously the story has stuck with me.
You wrote a script! Congrats and high fives from everyone here at Script Frenzy HQ. Now that you've spent a month pounding out a blockbuster script, it's time to return to the proverbial "real world." This is a place without acts, scenes, special effects, or carefully crafted dialogue; one where you can no longer use the excuse, "Dude, I’m writing my script."
You may not know what to do with yourself when you reenter this world, but pretty soon you’ll be back in the swing of things. And after you’ve learned to refrain from blurting out scene directions in the cafeteria, you'll be well on your way to a full and healthy Frenzy recovery.
But Script Frenzy doesn't have to be totally over! Especially, if you like the script you wrote during the event. Click the "Now What?" link below to find what you could and should do now that you're a scriptwriter. This page includes contests, writing camps, revision advice, and more!
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