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Screenplays from Estonia

It’s 4 AM. I am not writing. I am waiting. It’s that feeling of nervous energy contrasted with heavy...

posted on: Jul 23, 2010 | author: Elver Loho

You sweated and slogged for months to perfect the script. You’ve fought and bled another few months pitching...

posted on: Jul 16, 2010 | author: Steven Fernandez

Everybody always says it. The one surefire way to break into the industry is to write a great script. “All you...

posted on: Jul 9, 2010 | author: Carson Reeves

As I write this I’m knee-deep in dirty words. No, not the four-letter variety, although I may mouth off a few if I...

posted on: Jul 2, 2010 | author: Phyllis Foundis

Some days, when you’re writing a script, are just downright awful. Right? You sit there staring at the screen or...

posted on: Jun 25, 2010 | author: Karin Altmann

This month, Michael Hauge and Steve Kaplan will be in Australia for two weekends of story classes. Today we continue a...

posted on: Jun 11, 2010 | author: Karel Segers

Let’s start off with a test. A Comedy Perception Test, to see if we’re perceiving comedy with 20-20...

posted on: Jun 4, 2010 | author: Karel Segers

Next month, Michael Hauge and Steve Kaplan will be in Australia for two weekends of story classes. This month we run a...

posted on: May 28, 2010 | author: Michael Hauge