I stumbled across this video years ago on Medicine Films. It was created by a man who found the raw footage on a blank VHS at a thrift store.

There is something strangely haunting about this glimpse into the lives of bored, confused, sexually frustrated teenagers in Fairmont, West Virginia, circa 1993.

Late last night, it finally happened. Nathan and I finished Lost Case. Or, at least we are finished writing it… For now.

This is the part where a whole new set of challenges present themselves – namely, how to properly market the script without representation.

We are caught in the “Catch-22″ that afflicts most every unrepresented screenwriter: producers (for the most part) don’t want scripts from unrepresented writers, and agents/managers (for the most part) don’t want writers without a few credits. So what’s a struggling writer to do?

Keep working. That’s what we’re gonna do, at least.

We’ve been lucky enough to make a few industry contacts, and we will be courting them all as best as we can in the coming months.

We are also going to enter a few contests. Having a ‘contest winning screenplay’ surely couldn’t hurt…

And, of course, we are also going to start up the next project!

It’s the start of a new year. And it’s going to be a good one.

Happy New Year everybody!

I found a really cool video today. It is a song and music video constructed entirely by splicing together sounds from the movie Terminator 2. For those who don’t know, T2 is probably my favourite movie of all time.

Well happy holidays everyone. I caught this sweet video on YouTube from Sesame Street. Sesame street was certainly not this cool when I was a kid…

Or maybe it was, and I was just too young to know it.

This is another gem that I found while browsing Alex Epstein’s excellent blog.

Hollywood University is a blog run by TV writer Jessica Butler. As she puts it on her site, “Hollywood University was launched to provide aspiring scriptwriters with the practical information and resources needed to successfully pursue a career in television. Posts include interviews with and recommendations from industry professionals and address the FAQs of novice scriptwriters.”

I spent a couple of hours last night pouring over the site, and wow. There are some great bits of information and resources to be found on there! She covers a ton of stuff — from sharing some of her own experiences in the industry, basics like formatting scripts and writing query letters, to ideas on breaking into the industry and networking. She even has resources for writers thinking about relocating to LA or New York.

I definitely recommend spending some time perusing the site.