Municipal Liaisons are local volunteers who help organize Script Frenzy groups in their hometowns. Being an ML can be serious work, but it's also a lot of fun. What could be more rewarding than the undying love, devotion, and gratitude of your fellow writers? (Besides finishing a script in 30 days, of course.) If you'd like to become an ML for your area, read on...
Here’s who we're looking for:
- Over 18 years old. We know our younger crew is full of boundless energy and great ideas; we just don’t want to be the reason you don’t get into college.
- Warm, can-do personality. You don't need to know how to write a play or screenplay (we'll all learn that together in April ). But we do need MLs to have heaps of people skills. It requires a certain dexterity to convince those notoriously shy writer types to come out to public write-ins and events, and it takes someone who is already comfortable in group situations to help keep everyone encouraged and motivated on their way to their 100 pages.
Here’s what you’ll need to do:
- Commit to the whole 30 days. If you sign up, we need you to show up. And not just for the kick-off party. We need people who aren’t going to fade into the background as soon as the word count gets tough. Your fellow writers are depending on you.
- Coordinate meetings and events. Kick-offs, wrap parties, weekly write-ins. Whatever, wherever, and how often works for you.
- Answer every email you get about local activities. We'll create an email alias for you, and place it on the site. You'll get emails from local folks wanting to know about the next write-in, and members of the press wanting to set up an interview. We need you to write back to everyone. If you get any questions you can't answer, the Municipal Liaison program head Heather Golder is there to help.
- Moderate your regional forum. Regions have special local forums where folks from your area will gather for chats and encouragement. We'll need you to keep an eye on everyhing, and make sure everyone is playing nice. And if they don’t, you'll need to gently remind them of the rules of conversation. Not familiar with forum moderation? We'll show you how.
- Reach 100 pages. It’s much easier to be a role model to your troops when you're giving it your all as well.
- Whatever else floats your boat. Hound local press for coverage, work with local schools taking part through our Young Writers Program, etc.
Here’s what you’ll get:
- A fantastic experience helping those in your area reach their creative potential. Script Frenzy is designed as a month-long creative epiphany packed with discoveries, disasters, and breakthroughs. The energy is amazing, and the friendships formed in local chapters last a long, long time.
- Terrifying pressure to help you get your own script completed. You can't drop out in Week Two when 20 other people are looking to you for inspiration.
- A few tokens of our esteem. Heaps of Script Frenzy stickers to give away at write-ins. In 2008, we'll also be sending out Script Frenzy posters to all MLs.
Wondering if your region already has an ML? A list of our existing Script Frenzy Municipal Liaisons is below!
Interested? Get in touch with us!
As of April 10th, 2008, we have Script Frenzy Municipal Liaisons in...
United States
Alabama
birmingham_al@ (Elisa)
huntsville_al@ (Amy)Alaska
fairbanks_ak@ (Jean)Arizona
prescott_az@ (Andrew)
queen_creek_az@ (Alana)California
anaheim_ca@ (Brittanie)
irvine_ca@ (Brittanie)
long_beach_ca@ (Jenny)
los_angeles_ca@ (Najaa)
monterey_ca@ (Al)
oakland_ca@ (Tavia)
palmdale_ca@ (Kristina)
rohnert_park_ca@ (Lily)
san_bernadino_ca@ (Kim)
san_diego_ca@ (Jason)
san_francisco_ca@ (Richard)
san_jose_ca@ (Jonathon)
santa_monica_ca@ (Andrea)
sunnyvale_ca@ (Steve)
temecula_ca@ (Diann)Colorado
denver_co@ (Angela)
fort_collins_co@ (Christopher)
greeley_co@ (Skye)Connecticut
southington_ct@ (Kat)Florida
vero_beach_fl@ (Linda)Georgia
atlanta_ga@ (Shawn)Hawaii
hawaii@ (Jonathon)Idaho
boise_id@ (Terry)Illinois
chicago_il@ (Tim)
kewanee_il@ (Alice and Margi)Iowa
des_moines_ia@ (Mary)Kansas
chanute_ks@ (Diane)Kentucky
lexington_ky@ (Renee)
louisville_ky@ (Angela and Teresita)Louisiana
baton_rouge_la@ (Christee)Maine
bangor_me@ (Rebecca)Maryland
baltimore_md@ (April)Massachusetts
boston_ma@ (Travis)
lowell_ma@ (Andrew)Michigan
ann_arbor_mi@ (Misty)
flint_mi@ (Cyli)Minnesota
minneapolis_mn@ (Emily)
rochester_mn@ (Tom)Missouri
kansas_city_mo@ (Sarah)
st_louis_mo@ (Teresa)Montana
billings_mt@ (Kim)New York
albany_ny@ (Marcia)
buffalo_ny@ (Joseph)
long_island_ny@ (Maris)
nyc_ny@ (Erin and Sean)North Carolina
chapel_hill_nc@ (Karen)Ohio
cincinnati_oh@ (Sherry and Timothy)
oxford_oh@ (Emily)Oregon
eugene_or@ (G.L.)
newport_or@ (Nikki)
portland_or@ (Amber)Pennsylvania
williamsport_pa@ (John)Rhode Island
providence_ri@ (Rob)Tennessee
memphis_tn@ (Jenny)
nashville_tn@ (Mandi)Texas
austin_tx@ (Jimmy)Utah
salt_lake_city_ut@ (Holly)Virginia
hampton_roads_va@ (Shells)
newport_news_va@ (Glenn)
north_virginia@ (Kristin)Washington
seattle_wa@ (Jeremy)
spokane_wa@ (Patti)
tacoma_wa@ (Mary)
vancouver_wa@ (Dana)Australia
darwin_australia@ (Katharine)
melbourne_australia@ (Catherine and Loki)
sydney_australia@ (Jean)Canada
calgary_ab@ (Janna)
edmonton_ab@ (Sarah)
hamilton_on@ (Chris and Rhonda)
ottawa_on@ (Krystal)
st_catharines_on@ (Liv)
toronto_on@ (D.J.)
vancouver_bc@ (Inez)
waterloo_on@ (Scott)Europe
Czech Republic
czech_republic@ (Sarah)England
derby_england@ (Vicky)
newcastle_upon_tyne_england@ (Lauren)
nottingham_england@ (Hannah-Beth and Sarah)France
france@ (Lylie)Luxembourg
luxembourg@ (Cecile)Netherlands
Scotland
scotland@ (Stephen)Sweden
Switzerland
switzerland@ (Sarah)Wales
chepstow_wales@ (Meg)Everywhere Else
Bahamas
bahamas@ (Drew)Mexico
mexico@ (Carlos)New Zealand
Singapore
singapore@ (Maisarah)South Africa
south_africa@ (Cali)St. Kitts/Caribbean