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Category Archives: Canadian Short Screenplay Competition
Final 13 CSSC Scripts to Compete for Top Screenwriting Prize
These 13 lucky finalists will be granted full-accreditation to attend the 2013 Yorkton Film Festival in Saskatchewan, Canada, where they can attend industry panels, screenings and networking events, in addition to attending the Golden Sheaf Awards Gala, where the winner of the 2013 Canadian Short Screenplay will be announced as part of the Television Broadcast awards show May 25th, 2013. Continue reading
Top 50 scripts announced for 2013
Tweet Here, without further adieu, we bring to you the creme de la creme for the 2013 competition year. In no order of importance whatsoever, here are the Top 50 Quarter-Finalists for 2013: Tell-All Companion Robert McElheron The Modern … Continue reading
#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 33rd: Stretching for Writers
Tweet Before I go any further with this post, I would like to acknowledge that my fifth grade history teacher showed the film pictured above – Roger Corman’s Pit and the Pendulum – to our class. I’d like to think … Continue reading
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Tagged free writing, prose, screenwriting, writing exercises
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#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 32nd: Modern Romance – The Sweet Smell of Psychosis
Tweet “You ever heard of a no-win situation?… You know, Vietnam, this.” – Albert Brooks (Modern Romance, from the opening break-up scene depicted above). Piggybacking off of last week’s post on Blue Collar, I decided to go with another “How … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Brooks, Eric Rohmer, long take, Modern Romance, monologue, screenwriting
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#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 31st: Blue Collar – Anger and Clarity
Tweet This past Sunday, I cut into my designated writing time with the very noble cause of venturing out into the melting Brooklyn streets to catch Paul Schrader’s directorial debut, Blue Collar, as part of the current Richard Pryor retrospective … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Collar, Harvey Keitel, Paul Schrader, Richard Pryor, screenwriting, Writing
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Crowd-Funded Passover Prophet Film Premieres At Atlanta Fest
The Canadian Short Screenplay Competition winner, ELIJAH THE PROPHET, to premiere at the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival. Continue reading
Posted in Announcement, Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, david cormican, Elijah the Prophet, Press Release
Tagged AJFF, Alwyn Kumst, Art Hindle, Atlanta, Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, Ceder, crowd-funding, david cormican, elijah the prophet, James Cooper, jewish, kick starter, kickstarter, Melanie Nicholls-King, Pass Over, passover, seder, Tonya Lee Williams
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#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 30th: Fun and Games
Tweet Let’s have some fun. One of my favorite classes in college was my first semester freshman year Intro to Poetry workshop. Lucky duck that I was*, I had placed out of the heinous English 101 requirement, and therefore, was … Continue reading
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Tagged Games, screenwriting, subway, Writing excercises
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#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 29th: On “Deserving” Subjects
Tweet Try as I might to move on from the topic, I keep using this space to come back to the idea of the sympathetic protagonist. This week is no exception. One of the most useful pieces of writing advice … Continue reading
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Tagged Dragonslayer, Nick Schager, Putty Hill, Sandoval, Slant Magazine, subject
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#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 28th: Be Human, Be Merciless
Tweet With foolish prejudice (and no HBO subscription), I had avoided Lena Dunham’s Girls for too long. I wrongfully assumed the series would be irksome, all the more so given my Brooklyn residence. This sort of Brooklyn-based geographical self-inflation mixed … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Ross Perry, Carlen Altman, Girls, Lena Dunham, The Color Wheel
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Wiatrak Announced As 2013 Director Laureate Winner
As part of the new position, Wiatrak as Director Laureate, will be attached to direct one of the top three winning scripts from the CSSC’s 2013 season. Continue reading
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