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Interview: Gordy Hoffman, Founder of the BlueCat Screenplay Competition

*Do you get a lot of international submissions?
*How do you manage to give written feedback to all the submissions?
*What genres are accepted?

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Episode 6: BlueCat Screenplay Competition

*Who are the readers?
*What kind of advice for independent writers who don't have an agent would you give?
*When you are reading a competition script, are you looking for story or style or both?

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Episode 5 2008 Interview with Gordy Hoffman

*Your background, How did it all come about?
*What exactly is the BlueCat Screenplay Competition?
*For beginning screenwriters, what tips do you have?

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Episode 10: Gordy Hoffman - Writer, Director, Producer and Founder of the BlueCat Screenplay Competition

*What other skills should a writer have to be successful in the industry?
*Where can producers find good writers?
*How important is it to be in Hollywood for creating a successful career?

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Interview with Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff on the Word Sushi Podcast

*Why do screenplay competitions matter?
*What would you say to someone who is skeptical about entering a screenplay competition?
*What makes a great a screenplay?

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Interview by Tim Coyne on The Hollywood Podcast

*Directing and casting his debut feature, A COAT OF SNOW
*The story of LOVE LIZA
*What have you learned since winning the Waldo Screenwriting Award at Sundance?

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Interview by writer/director Jaz Garewal (ON THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR) on The Skinny Bones On Air Video Podcast

*How many drafts do you usually write?
*Has moving to LA helped your career?
*What is the origin of the BlueCat name?
*What sets the BlueCat competition apart from other screenwriting contests?
*How has the BlueCat competition helped past winners?

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Interview by Aussie Filmmakers Phil Jeng Kane and Edwin James Lynch on the Filmmaking Podcast

*How does Bluecat select readers?
*Has the nature of the screenplay changed over the years?
*Are there many international entries?
*How was the transition from screenwriter to writer/director?

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Interview by Paula B. on The Writing Show Podcast

*What sorts of screenplays have won?
*What type of critique do entrants get?
*Whether a film’s potential budget affects a screenplay’s chances of winning
*How you can insert back story elegantly?
*How to write great loglines

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Movies
A COAT OF SNOW
written and directed by Gordy Hoffman

LOVE LIZA
written by Gordy Hoffman
Television
2005 winners, Rick Stempson and Andy Stock, on set for their movie, Gary the Tennis Coach


2004 winner, Andy Pagana, and 2006 winner, Young Kim, with Heather and Gordy


Gordy and Andy Pagana on a radio show in NYC


2006 Finalist Maureen Tilyou working with the actors on her script at 2006 Screenplay Live


2005 Finalist, Ryan David Jahn, at 2005 Screenplay Live
Books

Screenwriting Articles
written by Gordy Hoffman.

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You're an Idiot: Making Value from Reaction to your Screenwriting If you're like me, if someone doesn't like something about my screenplay, my very first reaction is always the same. You're not as smart as me. If you knew what I knew, you would understand what I wrote. And you don't understand what I wrote, because you don't know as much as I do. About everything, in general. In short, life. You know, people. Planet Earth. (read full article)

The Rogue Knight of Cinema: Why Screenplay Contests Matter Screenplay contests are changing cinema. Coming from a person who runs one, your first reaction to this statement is most likely, "The only reason you're saying that is you want me to enter yours." (read full article)

YOU ARE THE BOX OFFICE SMASH: The Personal Screenplay
Right this very second, in the heart of every struggling, undiscovered screenwriter, in the dark, hidden corner deep within, there is a voice, a clear whisper, saying one thing: You're never gonna figure this out. And this is not referring to the story with its gaping hole, the finale missing a payoff, the hit and miss humor, the flat title. I'm talking about freedom. The freedom to work as a screenwriter.
(read full article)

Naming Your Baby: How to Find a Great Title to your Screenplay
How exactly does one work on the title of their screenplay? I recently came up with such a wonderful idea for a movie, one of those miraculous moments, like finding money on the sidewalk. I told somebody, and they said, "Great. What's the title?" Suddenly, and rather horrifyingly, my beauty of an idea is crippled.
(read full article)

Screenwriting Tips from a Screenplay Contest Judge
After cracking hundreds of screenplays sent into the BlueCat Screenplay Competition, the same problems in the execution of the story and script continue to emerge. Here is a general overview of these persistent issues.
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Discovering the Great Movie Idea for Your Next Screenplay
I am lucky. I have no problems coming up with very good ideas for movies. If I never had another idea for the rest of my life, I would not make a sizable dent in the ones I already have.
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How to Start a Screenplay: Treatment or Free Fall?
Starting a screenplay can sometimes be as hard as finishing one. Impatient to pull up to the front door of a classic motion picture, I want to get everything right so quickly. This impatience challenges my trust in the work, the creative process of screenwriting.
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Writing the Classic Movie Ending (How to Finish your Screenplay!)
I’ve only finished so many screenplays in my life. Writing a script all the way to the very last page is always an extremely significant, personal achievement for me. A large part of its significance is the reality that I actually wrote an ending, or, at the very least, typed “THE END.”
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Rewriting your Screenplay: The Road to your Audience
The promise of the rewrite is very sweet. I have collected evidence that the more authentic the labor put into rewriting your screenplay, the greater the reward, and the reward is high, for whatever lovely, wonderful moments you might have discovered in the frightening process of plowing through the first draft.
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The Heart and Soul of Screenwriting: Writing good dialogue and description
Writing dialogue and description is writing a screenplay. You can argue about format and tab margins and what to capitalize and what not. I won't. Dialogue and description is where the experience of screenplay for your reader lives. We write screenplays to make movies. They are not literature.
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THE 2008 BLUECAT SCREENPLAY COMPETITION

FINAL DEADLINE: APRIL 1st

• Winner receives $10,000
• Four finalists receive $1500
• Every writer receives a written script analysis of their screenplay

Now in its 10th year, the BlueCat Screenplay Competition has discovered more successful writers and provided more support through our analysis and feedback to more writers than any screenplay competition in the world.

We are the leading voice for the development and inspiration of the undiscovered screenwriter, and our community welcomes you to challenge yourself by entering your screenplay in the 2008 competition!

Who is BlueCat?

We are a writing competition founded in 1998 by a writer and judged by the same writer for its entire history.

We’re not a film festival, an agency or media corporation, or the arm of a corporate studio.

We are for screenwriters only!

Who are the writers BlueCat discovers?

Andy Stock and Rick Steadman (2005 Winners) has a second script in production: THE GOODS: THE DON READY STORY, produced by Will Farrell and starring Jeremy Piven and Ving Rhames

Lance Hammer (2004 Finalist) recently won the 2008 Sundance Directing Award for BALLAST---on to Berlin!

Andy Pagana (2004 Winner) is directing for DIE HARD producer, BlueCat winner under second option after winning 2006 Austin

Young Kim’s (2006 Winner) script HYUNG’S OVERTURE attached to HITCH producer Teddy Zee after development in Pusan

Ana Lily Amirpour’s (2007 Winner) THE STONES slated for production this year

How does every writer who enters BlueCat actively change as a writer?

We provide over 600 words of analysis on every script we receive, carefully written by readers handpicked by our judge, giving the beginning writer and the seasoned pro an objective opinion on their work.

Over the course of our history, we have given over 7000 writers feedback on their screenplay for simply entering, at no additional cost.

Would you like an honest, unguarded reaction to your screenplay?

Does BlueCat have the largest award in the world?

We offer the largest cash prize ($16,000) for a screenplay contest that provides written analysis to every entrant than any other competition. There are no additional fees to get our feedback on your script.

We take pride in rewarding all writers for their commitment to their goal and their dream!

SUBMIT YOUR SCREENPLAY

FINAL DEADLINE: APRIL 1st ($60 entry fee)


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Keebs(J7)





May 18 2008 6:18 PM

D Lee





May 26 2008 3:45 PM

Hey BlueCat!!..how's it going with the screenplays??
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Jun 5 2008 7:19 PM

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Jun 10 2008 8:04 AM

I see the 10-page workshop's coming to Wash., DC next week... Can't wait to attend!

Go BlueCat!
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Apr 1 2008 4:54 AM

Thanks for the add, BlueCat--I think we've got several playwrights who want to experiment with cross over to other media.
Have you connected with our screenwriting program?
Muse Sick: The Script Junkie





Apr 1 2008 12:37 PM

Blue Cat rocks! Thanks for all you do.
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Apr 13 2008 4:37 AM

Thanks for adding me! "The pen is mightier than the sword!" Unless your outnumbered =:0
ScriptGirl





Apr 27 2008 3:21 PM

Howza BlueCat?
Script sales for the week of 4.25.08
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Apr 29 2008 4:24 PM

Sending some good wishes your way.
Break a leg!

Comedian LC Monty Jr.





Mar 28 2008 2:35 AM

Just passin thru to thank you for the add

Have a real good weekend
JEROD HOWARD





Mar 27 2008 11:13 AM

All the best.

Jerod
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Mar 25 2008 5:12 PM

great work. cheers on finding us.
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Mar 22 2008 11:34 AM

Hey, yo! Thanx for the add!
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Mar 22 2008 12:23 PM

Blessing your page with our presence.


Happy Easter,
E.A.R.T.H.
D Lee





Mar 21 2008 9:25 AM

Thanks BlueCat!
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Mar 20 2008 9:08 PM

Thanks for the add from your new friends @ IMTAgency in Century City.
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Mar 19 2008 8:50 PM

Thanks much for the request. I wish I wrote screenplays. As an author, I appreciate the invitation.
Have a great Easter weekend.
Linda
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Mar 19 2008 9:02 PM

hey, thanks so much for the request, hope you get a chance to check out my music.
take care - Armand
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