I’ve been fortunate to get kind recognition by others whose opinions I respect and appreciate. Thanks to all who felt I was worth calling attention to… I am humbled.
ScriptChat: February 2010
ScriptChat is a weekly virtual gathering of screenwriting aspirants and pros who meet on Twitter to discuss the challenges of the craft and the business. I was invited to participate on the panel How To Write for Indie Filmmaking: When to Take the Indie Path.
The American Panel includes Hue Rhodes (Saint John of Las Vegas), Jessica King and Julie Keck (Libidoland, Tilt), Phil Holbrook (Tilt), Gary King (New York Lately, What’s Up Lovely), and Chip Street (Rocket Summer, Grampa Was A Superhero, Faeries).
3am Screenwriter: Feb 2011
Justin Hedges is an uber-dedicated scriptsmith who writes the terrific blog The 3am Screenwriter. Justin wrote a great series of articles about screenwriters he’d been recommended to follow on Twitter. Besides myself, he interviewed Gary Sanders and Karen Quah. Here’s mine: The First Three: An Interview with Chip Street.
This the second of my three interviews with The First Three, three fellow screenwriters and BOSI mentoring students Marvin Acuna suggested I start Following on Twitter when I first got started in social media. Chip Street is a great screenwriter, blogger, and filmmaker. I’ve read one of his scripts, Faeries, and will put my reputation on the line in saying his name is gonna be around Hollywood and filmmaking in general for a very long time.
49th Films: May 2011
Matt Shields over at 49th Films interviewed myself and two other script readers in his Script Reader Q&A to get insight into what readers look for, and what makes them crazy. I was humbled to be in such great company as Synthian Sharp and Jeanne Marie Spicuzza.
Last post introduced the “script reader,” who can be an early hurdle on the screenwriter’s journey towards a script sale. Today, we have a Q&A with three of those gatekeepers, who each kindly gave their time to answer a few questions from the reader’s perspective.
Script Magazine: June 16 2011
In Jeanne Veillette Bowman’s article “Balls of Steel: Skin That Spec” she interviewed screenwriting and producing duo King Is A Fink (Julie Keck and Jessica King) about their use of social media to build their careers. The duo was kind enough to mention my influence on their efforts.
Julie and Jessica looked up some of their favorite non-produced screenwriters, starting with Chip Street, and found he had a website where he marketed not only his projects, but also himself as a writer … Screenwriters could actually market themselves? Bingo! And just like that, the girls drove Thelma and Louise-style off the cliff and into the waiting arms of a glorious filmmaking community…
BlueCat Screenplay Competition Newsletter: June 28 2011
Each month the BlueCat Newsletter features a blog posting they feel will be valuable for their wide readership of screenwriters. In 2011 they featured my article “10 Things To Think About When You Option Your Script“.
Today’s featured blog post is from Chip Street … Street has some experience with options … his insight could be of great help down the road, when you become faced with an option situation.
JokeAndBiagio: July 9 2011
Television and film producers Joke and Biagio, of Joke Productions, launched and ran a very successful KickStarter campaign for their film Dying To Do Letterman. Their article “14 Blog Posts That Helped Us Launch Our KickStarter Campaign” referenced my CineSpin.com article Crowdfunding: Think Like A Marketer and Increase Conversions.
…we thought we’d share the blog posts we studied along the way that gave us such a great start. We read and re-read these posts, and it seems that the advice is worth at least five figures.
#7: Chip Street — Crowdfunding — Think Like a Marketer and Increase Conversions
IndieWire: July 11 2011
Indiewire’s article “The 21 Secrets to the Success of the Kickstarter Oscar Campaign” referenced — and extensively quoted — my CineSpin.com article Can KickStarter Take This Doc To The Oscars.
Cinespin (a blog that analyzes emerging funding, marketing and distribution for independent filmmakers — and a new Indiewire must-read) breaks down what they’ve done right…
BlueCat Screenplay Competition Newsletter: January 31 2012
BlueCat Screenwriting Competition’s January newsletter was all about advice for its contestants… focused on how to best leverage reader feedback to build a better screenplay. In it they recommend readers look at my blog posting When To Listen To The Reader: Understanding Screenplay Feedback.
Beyond the shock of feedback, however, there’s immense value, and our friend Chip Street has some recommendations on how to interpret this information over at his screenwriting blog.
