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Writers Wanted: MovieBytes.com
MovieBytes.com is looking for articles about the craft and business of screenwriting, with a particular emphasis on screenwriting competitions. Sample topics:
- Which contests have the most industry credibility? Interview studio execs, agents and managers to learn which contests, if any, they trust for screenplay referrals.
- Does size matter? Interview the winners of small screenwriting competitions to determine if any of them have sold or optioned their screenplays. What benefits did they derive from their win?
- Query letter strategies. Do query letters work? Is email better than postal mail? What about cold calls? Interview writers and execs to determine successful query-letter strategies.
- First-Round Pitfalls. Interview contest coordinators and contest readers to determine the most common reasons screenplays fail to advance.
- Feedback. Interview screenwriters to determine which contests offer the best feedback for the money, and that how that feedback compares to feedback available from professional screenwriting consultants.
If interested, send relevant experience, contacts, clippings and ideas to webmaster@moviebytes.com. No pay, but great exposure.
Updated: 06/03/2010
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Unknown Black Assailant
As the crack epidemic erupts across 1980s small-city America, a Black rookie detective investigating a string of gang murders in Little Rock, Arkansas uncovers a CIA-backed arms-for-drugs conspiracy—forcing him to choose between protecting his family and exposing a truth that could destroy him.
Eternal Blessings
A dying woman enters a time portal to confront her criminal past, only to realize that what she seeks is in the present--but getting back is proving harder than she thought.
SETTLING THE BOOKS
A cautious investigator is none the less drawn in, along with four other heirs, by the reading of a billionaire rare book dealer’s will, they’re sealed in an airtight panic room, and with only four hours air, must solve the centuries-old mystery contained in the book ‘The Castilian Cypher’ in order to escape.
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
A former preacher, haunted by the tragic rape/murder of his twin sister, spirals into darkness as supernatural forces, both angelic and demonic, wage war for his soul.
Lab Rats
An anonymous organization uses an ***AI Bot*** to moderate a Focus Group on the topic of ***Fake***.
She Curses Like a Sailor
A thought-provoking view of women and cursing is entertained at this art opening in New York.
Lady Diogenes of the Shadow
Three retired ladies candidly discuss their bizarre neighbor over morning coffee.
Perfect Beau
A Brainiac Plain Jane clones her ideal boyfriend out of her gorgeous girlfriends' boyfriends' DNA for her university's senior class science project.
Cold Pepper
A law-abiding, church-going court stenographer becomes a one-woman vigilante 'offing' violent domestic abusers (and other pathetic souls) after their third offense.
Psychotic USA
A dramedy. A razor-sharp satiric view of the laughable state of modern psychiatric treatment as seen through the lens of four patients in an asylum.
