Welcome! The holidays are almost over and everyone is gearing up for New Years. I had a nice Christmas at home with the family. I hope everyone enjoyed the break as well. Gift wrapping is too much of a nuisance for me so I do very little anymore. The thought for gifts is what really matters. Anyway after Christmas I've received email newsletters for notices about film festivials and competitions. They appear to be abundant all year long, but sometimes in the right time of year a specific type of script gets more recognition and consideration.

Movie producers and filmmakers are looking for new, innovative scripts all the time. The challenge is working with a feasible budget and finding the right components to get a movie produced. These short scripts (screenplay shorts) are used primarily for film festivals and sometimes as work samples. I've written two screenplay shorts, but never entered any script contests. So much editing, formatting, adding/deleting was necessary to repair the scripts. Right now I'm working on an idea for a third script. This is for a feature-length movie.

There are also outlets for theater companies who seek plays. If you want to become a playwright it's essential to learn the craft though the process is quite similar to screenwriting. The following are some places to enter script contests, register scripts for sale, and submit plays:

www.indiefilms.com

www.hollywoodlitsales.com

www.filmmakers.com

www.millmountain.org