FSU Classmate and winner of the 2010 Nicholl Fellowship Micah Ranum very kindly answered some questions I had for him about winning and what his life has been like since. 1. What script did you win with, what’s it about, what do you love about it? My script is entitled “A Good Hunter.” The story …
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Mar 20 2011
Busy!
Have you ever had one of those weeks where there was just too much going on? That’s the sort of week I’ve been having. It’s been good, great even, I’ve just had a lot on my plate. I love the freelance writing I’m doing but, between working full-time and tutoring and trying to attend local …
Oct 20 2010
Nicholl: Congratulations Micah Ranum
One of my FSU Film School classmates, Micah Ranum, won the Nicholl Fellowship this year! I’m super happy for him. The spec is called “A Good Hunter” and the logline is: In an unforgiving wilderness, a reformed hunter tracks a vicious killer who may have kidnapped his daughter years ago. There was only one other …
Jul 22 2010
Nicholl 2010
Didn’t make it to the QFs. I’m bummed, but trying not to be too bummed. I know the script is in much, much better shape than it was when it SFed last year — I’ve got industry reader feedback, so it’s not just my opinion. It comes down to the fact that it’s an incredibly …
May 01 2010
Bible Con Rewrite
Nicholl 2010: Submitted ScriptSavvy April: Submitted Mysterious Director #1: Sent Mysterious Director #2: Sent Mysterious Manager: Sent Family Friend Who Writes on Awesome TV Show: Sent Mom, friends, internets friends: Sent (If I missed you, holler)
Dec 03 2009
3 weeks to Christmas
I wanted to have my rewrite of Bible Con and first draft of Dyke for a Day done by Thanksgiving. I also wanted to have a business plan for the former ready for my trip to SC at Christmas. You know, so I could sort of test the waters for raising the money there. So …
Nov 16 2009
Delinquent
I’m sorry I’ve been so lacking in interesting things to say. At the moment I’m just showing up to work and trying to write a business plan. I’m doing a slight re-write of my Nicholl Script, “Bible Con”. I’m hoping to have it and a new script ready to send to Nicholl this year. So, …
Nov 09 2009
Netiquette
I received an e-mail from a director who is looking for a script and who was told to e-mail the Nicholl Semi-Finalists. He sent a mass e-mail that had all of our e-mail addresses in the TO: field. After replying with my logline and synopsis, I included a PS about how impersonal it is to …
Oct 20 2009
Nicholl: First Phone Call, 17th Contact
I was sitting here in a pleasant reverie, remembering my trip two springs ago to visit New York and the Daily Show, just before I graduated film school. I was trying to figure out where I should live and work and my family friend Gail Lieb has a talented son who works at the Daily …
Oct 18 2009
Nicholl: What I’ve learned so far; 15 and 16
What I’ve learned: You don’t break into the industry with a Mockumentary. People really enjoy reading them, but no one wants to make them or believes you can write based on them. Which is weird because there’s a screenplay sitting there that they really enjoyed, but despite the success of The Office and Best in …
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Ashley's co-blogger is a third year student at Northwestern University who runs on coffee and snark. . At some point, she'd like to make people sit on couches and tell her about their feelings, but right now she writes in different places around the internet and makes silly faces when she doesn't know what to say. She's the president of her local Secular Student Alliance affiliate, and she is on the Secular Woman speakers bureau. Opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Secular Student Alliance
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