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2011 Thornton Wilder Playwriting Contest from Playscripts, Inc

Sick of your Screnzy script? Need some extra pages because you came up short of 100 pages? Consider entering Playscripts' Thornton Wilder Playwriting Contest.

One of the cool things about this contest is that it's free to enter and the prize is the publication of your play. And if you're lacking for inspiration, Thornton Wilder has already provided the foundation. I'll let Playscripts explain:

Thornton Wilder Playwriting Contest

Attention playwrights!

Playscripts, Inc. is...

Your very last chance to get a copy of the original version of The Love of Three Oranges

As you know, The Love of Three Oranges is moving to Playscripts, Inc and a part of that move is a brand new edition that has some changes from the original version available in stores now. I don't have an exact release date for the new edition but the current edition is going out of print very soon to make way for it.

If you want a copy of The Love of Three Oranges that looks like the one pictured in this post either for collectible or sentimental reasons, it's now or never...

GalleyCat's 15 Tips for Script Frenzy success

The valuable publishing resource GalleyCat is doing a feature throughout the month of April. Every day of the month they'll be posting articles and tips for Screnzy success. As we just passed the halfway point, I thought I'd share their first 15 tips with you below. (Click through to read more about any tip on the GalleyCat site.)

1. Make an Outline First
2. Plotbot Streamlines Scriptwriting
3. Use a Screenwriting Glossary
4. Find the Scripwriters in Your Neighborhood
5. Watch a...

Script Frenzy Recommended Reading: The Best Screnzy Links for the week of 04-09-2011 to 04-15-2011

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"Who wants to spend the next thirty days writing a script?" This is the question that led my sixth grade…" http://tumblr.com/xsv21w5e6w ->Script Frenzy Recommended Reading: The Best Screnzy Links for the week of 04-02-2011 to 04-08-2011 http://goo.gl/fb/xwpXk #ScriptFrenzy ->FIVE MISTAKES A BEGINNING WRITER SHOULD AVOID (and will probably fall prey to) http://tumblr.com/xsv22colyg ->lettersandlight: http://tumblr.com/xsv22ubck6 ->The Office of Letters and Light: Cheers to the...

My new favorite thing: Aspiring Author Owl Meme (@authorowl)

I'm not really one for memes but I love this one. You can follow on Twitter at authorowl or just follow the hashtag #AspiringAuthorOwl. You can see the whole list here but I have to share some of my favorites below:

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The story of my life!!

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Always…

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I'm a total comma junkie!

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Love this one.

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God, yes! Always!

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I don't actually do this but you gotta love any gratuitous Sims reference!

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Mistress Novel is done!* (also Script Frenzy / Write Goal update)

*= For the moment.

I didn't get a chance to blog about it because of various Script Frenzy and Three Oranges related deadlines, but I managed to finish my edits/rewrites of Mistress Novel before April 1st. For the sake of argument, I'm calling this the second draft which is funny because it's actually more like the 9000th draft. But, as it's only the second time I felt that "Whew! I'm finished" feeling, the term second draft feels appropriate.

I'm extremely fortunate that I...

Seattle Script Frenzy's Twitter Chat is every Monday from 8 to 9 PM PST until Screnzy is over

The Seattle chapter of Script Frenzy is hosting weekly Twitter chats throughout the month of April all about script writing for the benefit of anyone doing Script Frenzy. The chats are every Monday from 8 PM to 9 PM PST (which is 11 PM to midnight EST) and will run until the end of Screnzy.

To join the chat, simply log into TweetChat and follow the hashtag "seafrenzy." (If you want to just watch, you can do so from there but if you want to participate you need to login with...

Script Frenzy Recommended Reading: The Best Screnzy Links for the week of 04-02-2011 to 04-08-2011

Script Frenzy Recommended Reading: The Best Screnzy Links for the week of 03-26-2011 to 04-01-2011 http://goo.gl/fb/UUkWq #ScriptFrenzy ->Doing #scriptfrenzy in or near New Jersey? Our Kick-Off Party is tomorrow (4/3) from 1 PM to 4 PM. Don't forget to RSVP! http://j.mp/gUG8op ->Why not use Script Frenzy as an excuse to write 100 pages of something else or make it a second NaNoWriMo? http://tumblr.com/xsv1zlueep ->#ScriptFrenzy HQ: This week's secret for Frenzy victory: Ah...

When the crabs hit the fan. Or something like that.

Husband is reading Mistress Novel in the same room where I am working. He asks me a question and I pause the dictation program. However, when the dictation program is paused, it has a verbal cue to restart it and I must have said something similar enough that it turned back on at some point while I was asking him what he thought of it so far.

So I look back at the screen and it's written his thoughts as,

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