Winner - 8th Place, Writer's Digest 80th Annual Writing Competition (TV & Movie Scripts)

Click here for list of winners. I just got word that I came in 8th place in the Writer`s Digest 80th Annual Writing Competition (TV & movie script category), for my original script, "Spare Change".   It was my first crack at writing a script and, because I only learned about the contest four days before the deadline, I had to work fast.  (These days, that just sounds like a typical week at VFS!)  So this is very cool,...

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Life @ VFS: What I've Learned So Far (Episode 1)

Every day at VFS is an epiphany.  I'm not even kidding.  It's kind of ridiculous. Just when I think I've jotted down that last great tip, morsel of wisdom or industry insight from one of my teachers - boom! - they fire off another one, just to prove they can.  I don`t think the big blue binder can take much more. Don`t get me wrong, I love every minute of it.  I`ve dreamed of this for years and I pinch myself a couple of times...

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My Worst Poem

Because screenplays and poems are close cousins (in terms of both format and economy of language), my first-term style teacher, Adam Warren, asked us to write a god-awful poem en route to coming up with a good one.  For what it's worth: I Flung Myself At Her by Paul Donnett I flung myself at her like a dog in heat, Like some sweet luncheon meat, Like a field full of wheat. And she opened her arms like a bright sunny day, and the horses did bray And the children did play And the farmers made hay And the real men turned gay. And we rolled...

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