205 days until Script Frenzy!
- $10K raised=Free tech and scriptwriting support provided for all participants; regional chapters created and supported; phones answered; bookkeeping done; Come Write In Library Program paid for
- $20K raised=Cameos and interviews solicited and posted; scriptwriting resources updated and expanded; pep talks written and sent to Script Frenzy and Young Writers Program participants
- $30k raised=Server costs covered; SF and SF YWP sites stay up and moderated year-round
- $40K raised=New site features and infrastructural improvements rolled out; bugs squashed
- $50K raised=YWP curriculum, workbooks, and lesson plans overhauled and made available online to 200 classrooms; advice and support from staff and fellow educators provided
- $60K raised=Donor gifts created and shipped; SF merch manufactured and shipped; merchant and bank fees paid
- $70K raised=Free YWP scriptwriting kit created and mailed to 200 classrooms; local chapter goodies created and mailed to 100 cities; Shipper Captain salary covered
- $80K raised=Outreach to foundations, government grantors, corporations, and program partners undertaken
- $90K raised=SF Program Director and YWP Director paid to start planning next year's event!
All donations, along with proceeds from our
great Script
Frenzy merchandise, go directly to our programs.
Please donate today!
2.77% of Frenzy-ers have donated, raising $39,451!
Our new hires have arrived! Chris Angotti, the Young Writers Program Director, and Nancy Smith, Community Liaison, are settled in at their desks and already making some amazing things happen here in the office and out in the OLL-sphere. We’re so thrilled to have their brilliant brains at work on our programs.
You can learn more about Chris and Nancy over on the Cast and Crew page, or send them each a warm welcome via FrenzyMail. There’s also an interview with Chris over on the blog. Stay tuned for Nancy’s interview to come!
I hope you're all enjoying July's end and finding plenty of scripty inspiration wherever you may be.
Lindsey
The Wrap Party here in The Bay Area featured Killing My Lobster, a San Francisco sketch comedy troupe, performing excerpts from local participants' scripts.
We'd love to see pictures from your end-of-event celebrations! Head on over to our Facebook page, see more pictures from the party, and post your own Frenzy-finale photos!
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373,906 pages!
23,146 writers!
Script Frenzy brought out the funny, the dramatic, and the not-so-polished in many of our scripts. And now it's time to make the leap from Draft 1 to Draft 2. There are no hard-and-fast rules on how to approach a rewrite, but here are a few ideas to help get you started.
Sleep. This is #1. You deserve it. Plus, a bit of separation between you and your script is healthy. After a few weeks, you might even forget every word that you wrote. That is a good thing. It’s important to look at your script with fresh eyes, as a new reader would.
Reread all in one sitting. Don’t take notes. Really. Put the pen down. Trust us—you don’t want to waste time correcting punctuation in a scene that may end up being cut. Reread without editing, and just take in your script as a whole.
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The Challenge
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Write 100 pages of original scripted material in the 30 days of April. (Screenplays, stage plays, TV shows, short films, and graphic novels are all welcome.) |
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When
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April 1-30 |
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Cost
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Free. We run on donations. |
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Who
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Everyone (worldwide) is welcome. No experience required. |
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Prizes
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Happiness. Creative juices. Pride. Laughter. Bragging rights. A brand-new script. |
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How
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Sign up! Prepare with our Writer's Resources. Get ready to start writing on April 1. |
