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I’m happy that this was all filmed, so I can remember everyone and what we did. I worked for a paper company all these years and never wrote anything down.
Funny, for such a genius, you’re awfully handcuffed.
BARISTA CARRIE: Rule #1 — No chatter at counter.
BARISTA FRED: Uh, no bathroom use before you order.
BARITSA 1: Don’t even knock on the bathroom door.
BARISTA FRED: Yeah, of course there’s someone in there taking a huge shit… We make COFFEE.
Writers On The Storm Screenwriting Competition FINAL Deadline Is Today!!
****LAST CHANCE, SCREENWRITERS!!****
Yeah, that’s right, I’m talking to you! You know who you are.
You’re probably staring at that feature length screenplay or TV pilot on your shelf right now. Staring and wondering, “If only there were a contest where I could possibly win a $10,000 First Prize as part of over $25,000 in Cash and Prizes.”
Well, today’s your lucky effing day, cupcake, because the…
SUPER SPECIAL EXTENSION FINAL DEADLINE for Writers on The Storm VI is Sunday, February 10 at 12 Midnight PST (technically 12:01 AM Monday… and that’s Los Angeles time, kids!) via Without a Box.
And if the loot isn’t enough of an enticement… WOTS winners signed with United Talent Agency the past two years straight. No, I’m not bullshitting you.
No excuses. No procrastination. No tomorrow. Submit NOW!
WYNN: But even if I were looking for a partner, which I’m not by the way, it would have to be someone I could trust.
BOYD: Well, you can trust me.
WYNN: But I don’t even trust the way you just now said I could trust you.
DESIREE: Is that really what you want to play?
ANTOINE: I’d like to be able to play it.
DESIREE: I like what you play, Antoine.
ANTOINE: You’re not tired of it? I mean, compared to this, my shit is simple.
DESIREE: Go ahead. But I don’t think you’re gonna be happy gettin’ good at sumpin’ you don’t love.
We’re men, Schmidt. The only time a man is allowed to think of another man is when that man is Jay Cutler.
McSweeney's: "How Not To Write A Screenplay"
9. Tell someone else what they need to do to start writing their screenplay
The best advice you can give to someone on any subject is based on your own life experience but is clearly not the kind of advice you are willing to take for yourself. That said, giving advice can occasionally lead to taking it and if this happens you run the risk of beginning to write, which means you will no longer qualify as a tortured artist with unrealized screenplay writing potential. You will now clearly be, just another asshole who happens to be writing a screenplay.
Screenwriters: It’s best not to read this article in the vicinity of a mirror or equally reflective surface, like a MacBook Pro’s Retina Display or a Starbuck’s tabletop.
JACK: Not bad, not bad. Okay, relax. Let’s talk about this.
LOUIE: About what?
JACK: Body, face, beard, hair, clothes — you. Let’s talk about it.
LOUIE: Okay, look—
JACK: I’d rather not. Listen, cracker jack, if you’re gonna be televised, you gotta be easy on the eyes. It’s no good if people hate looking at you. You need a suit, a tie… some Brylcreem.
Writers On The Storm Screenwriting Competition 2012
Hey, Screenwriters!
BATTLESHIP sucked and sank. Think you can do better? Of course you do.
WOTS just announced their Call for Entries for the 2012 go-around. That means dusting off that spec you’ve got wedged under your wobbly coffee table, firing up the screenwriting software (or your trusty word processing app), mainlining caffeine and sugar, and cranking out a solid revision, polish or spellcheck.
Procrastination is a state of denial. Enter now!
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