Babz Buzz 18.

Each month Literary Agent, Babz Bitela of Silver Bitela Agency talks soup to nuts about screenwriting.

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In this installment Babz talks about…

• Craig Clyde
• A Christmas Wish
• Kids Write Right and Write Right by Jan Venolia
• Inanimate Short winner Pen Pal by Rebeka Hay
• Overthinking
• Writing on Spec
• Adaptations
• Jaws
• Why I stopped reading?
• Subtext
• Godfather II
• Big Bang Theory
• Buffy
• How stories grow

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After a seven-year hiatus, Henrik has brought back Voice Over, the first online scriptwriting magazine directed at the community of hobbyists and aspiring writers.

The magazine is released four times a year and is packed full of interesting articles, interviews, reviews and all kinds of helpful tidbits that will take your writing to the next level.

The magazine is released in PDF, ePub and Plain Text formats, so you can sit back, relax and enjoy the magazine with pretty much any device out there.

• Cautionary Tales from Production
• Interview with Darren Tomalin
• Free Software Alternatives
• Reviews
  • Loserville
  • Anne Goes To Camp

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Fox Searchlight is now posting their scripts for Award Consideration.

Shame – undated, unspecified draft script by Steve McQueen and Abi Morgan – hosted by: Fox Searchlight – in pdf format

In New York City, Brandon’s carefully cultivated private life — which allows him to indulge his sexual addiction — is disrupted when his sister Cissy arrives unannounced for an indefinite stay.

Information courtesy of imdb

Fox Searchlight is now posting their scripts for Award Consideration.

Win Win – may 15, 2010 Full Shooting script by Tom McCarthy (Story by Tom McCarthy and Joe Tiboni) – hosted by: Fox Searchlight – in pdf format

A struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach’s chicanery comes back to haunt him when the teenage grandson of the client he’s double-crossed comes into his life.

Information courtesy of imdb

Fox Searchlight is now posting their scripts for Award Consideration.

Martha Marcy May Marlene – undated, unspecified draft script by Sean Durkin – hosted by: Fox Searchlight – in pdf format

Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.

Information courtesy of imdb

Fox Searchlight is now posting their scripts for Award Consideration.

The Descendants – april 11, 2010 pink shooting draft script by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash – hosted by: GregoryMancuso.com – in pdf format

With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King,takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront the young real estate broker who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.

Information courtesy of imdb

And now Relativity Media has hopped in with a script up for award consideration.

Machine Gun Preacher – september 30, 2010 final shooting draft script by Jason Keller (based on the life of Sam Childers) – hosted by: Machine Gun Preacher – in pdf format

The story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker tough guy who found God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who’ve been forced to become soldiers.

Information courtesy of imdb

Lionsgate has jumped in with a script up for award consideration:

Warrior – undated, unspecified draft script by Gavin O’Connor and Anthony Tambakis & Cliff Dorfman (revisions by Gavin O’Connor and Anthony Tambakis – hosted by: Lionsgate – in pdf format

The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he’s trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament — a path that puts the fighter on a collision corner with his older brother.

Information courtesy of imdb

MoviePoet.com announces the winners of the September 2011 short script contest: “The Undead” – Your story must have at least one character who is a ghost, mummy, vampire, or zombie.

“Cure in Sight” by JeanPierre Chapoteau ~ First Place
A man hunts down notorious monsters to obtain the cure for his sickness.

“Letting Go” by Marnie Mitchell Lister ~ Second Place
After a horrible accident, a young girl’s mother has a very hard time letting go. 

“Zombie Sex and the City” by Basil Sunshine ~ Third Place

A Manhattan zombie fashionista learns a valuable lesson about sex, with a little help from some friends.