Community Liaison On Duty
Municipal Liaisons (MLs) 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 Community Liaison Lindsey Grant is here 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 everything, 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 2009, we'll also be sending out Script Frenzy posters to all MLs for the cost of shipping alone!
Thanks to everyone who applied to ML for Script Frenzy 2009! The application process is closed until pre-season 2010.
Wondering if your region has an ML? A list of our existing Script Frenzy Municipal Liaisons is below!
Need to contact an ML? Visit the ML Contact Form.
As of March 15, 2009, we have Script Frenzy Municipal Liaisons in...
United States
Alabama
Huntsville: Redd HerringArizona
Queen Creek: amsparkyCalifornia
Antelope Valley: Casdena
East Bay: inacentaur
Long Beach: Omouse
Modesto: themermaidslair
Monterey: Yangnome
North Bay: Scarlettskye
Orange County: TSEdiot
San Diego: LowFuel
Sunnyvale: storyist
Temecula: kalindriaColorado
Denver: shine_on_redConnecticut
Southington: NYKittyFlorida
Gainesville: bankysgirl
Orlando: jonathanwright
Tallahassee: fuzzynerds
Vero Beach: lindahGeorgia
Atlanta: jazzyjinx
Augusta: sandtiger
Kennesaw: redcurlkennesawHawaii
Honolulu: composrIdaho
Boise: Mutt_DawgIllinois
Chicago: TimSimms
DeKalb: Apollo16 and trie_squidIndiana
Terre Haute: carrejo
South Bend: reddrogueIowa
Des Moines: mmccubbKansas
Lawrence: mermaid_radioKentucky
Lexington: renrig210
Louisville: SekitouMaine
Bangor: GoldenmaneMaryland
Gaithersburg: vixMassachusetts
Boston: Mrs. Cianci and marajade329
Pittsfield: Dixieflatliner
Worcester: SariahMichigan
Copper County: KWDragon
Ann Arbor/Detroit: Misty MillsMinnesota
Rochester: improg
Saint Cloud: kritztab
Twin Cities: mykidsmomMissouri
Kansas City: ditty1013Montana
Billings: Kay EricksonNew Jersey
Vineland: Evil ChickenNew York
Buffalo: josephd
Catskill: hmltwin
New York City: revbon22
Poughkeepsie: KingofSlack
Southern Tier: Elisha ColterNorth Carolina
Asheville: bunbury
Chapel Hill: cho12801Ohio
Akron: gothamgal
Cincinnati: bardichaun
Oxford: Manzana Flash
Tiffin:S.S. DaileyOklahoma
Norman: navg8rOregon
Eugene: kyrina
Newport: brightshadowsky
Portland: unchangelingPennsylvania
Williamsport: n3pffSouth Carolina
Spartanburg: General SeiyaryuTennessee
Chattanooga: screenplaygirl
Memphis: eensybeensyspider
Nashville: flyTexas
Austin: helenathemuse
Corpus Christie: Philosopher
El Paso: Devil_Trigger
Dallas/Fort Worth: ReinaCriss and misakyra
Houston: jill.the.thrill
San Antonio: jamileigh17Utah
Salt Lake City: lostfairytalesVirginia
Hampton Roads: ravenwonderingdragon
Midlothian: luckyjean
Newport News: literaryaddict
North Virginia: Bella_Bekett and Kamikaze MissionWashington
Anacortes: Kimby
Centralia: elizabethm
Seattle: faits
Spokane: Pacifika
Tacoma: ramdonomoWest Virginia
Morgantown: Lucretia van SkyhawkAustralia
Adelaide: pikasafire
Darwin: Keldryie
Perth: kartanymSydney: jean_kowalik
Canada
Calgary: Hero
Hamilton: girlwithapearl and chrisk0
New Brunswick: Cass
Newfoundland: angus
Ottawa: wrestlingchick29
Quebec: BeegleQC
Sudbury: rintaran
Toronto: voxel and NataliaLW
Vancouver: belphebeEurope
France: Lylie
Holland: Arike
Luxembourg: tunturista
Wales: JayWalker
England
Derby: Peter Borg and chickenchargrill
Liverpool: thespyglass
Newcastle Upon Tyne: lauren_write and ShadowSaine
Norfolk: hermyam
Nottingham: Kachi and raebleScotland
Dundee: AratosElsewhere
Bahamas: zotzSingapore: sarahcoldheart and Raven Silvers
South Africa
Gauteng: MorcalivanIndia
Bangalore: prashanth
