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Tag Archive: Progress Report
Dec 21 2009
ScriptShadow: Top 25 First 10 pages
You may remember that I was in the top 100 loglines at a contest over at ScriptShadow. I am now in the top 25! Now to finish this rewrite by January 11th!
Dec 17 2009
Weekend Recap: Nominate me for Awards!
I am still sick, I have been sick for so so long. I mean, I’m 87% better. Which is to say I’m not totally exhausted but I’m still coughing and my nose is still icky. I finished my course of antibiotics, so I’m guessing there’s nothing to do now but hope. My posting is probably …
Nov 23 2009
Back to our Regularly Scheduled Programming: Pitching, Zombies, Glee and Otters
So, I have actually had a good couple of days. I had a pitch with PitchQ. They’re a service that records your pitch and posts it online. I submitted a pitch to a specific call and got to go in and record it without paying the usual fee on the website. It was a really …
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, …
Oct 26 2009
Lost Weekend
I had a weekend that was no good for writing. I’ve set myself a deadline of end of Thanksgiving holiday for a rewrite of Bible Con and a Polished first draft of Dyke for a Day. I had time to work on it this weekend because all of my editing projects are floating in nebulous …
Oct 22 2009
Segment Producer: Ups and Downs
I got a segment producer credit instead of story assistant because of the sheer amount of work I’ve done on the show I’ve been working on. This is super exciting, it’s a great credit. Of course, I’m still making less than a living wage. But there’s some hope that that will change by the end …
Oct 02 2009
Nicholl: Another Apology for the False Congrats
Hi Ashley, As many of you already are well aware, we sent two e-mails to you this morning. The first was a regret e-mail telling you that you did not advance to the Nicholl finals. Sadly, that was the correct e-mail. We’re not sure why our e-mail data base system decided to add your group …
Oct 02 2009
Nicholl: The Email I Received In Error
Hi Ashley, Congratulations again on reaching the Nicholl finals. IAll of you have now been contacted, and regret letter e-mails have been sent to the semifinalists. Sorry that went a little slower than I had hoped. So you are free to tell anyone and everyone about your Nicholl finalist status. The Academy Press Release announcing …
Oct 02 2009
Nicholl: Not a Finalist
Dear Ashley, With the judging complete, sadly, I must report some bad news: Bible Con did not advance into the Final Round of the 2009 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition. Having read a number of the semifinal scripts, I know that some outstanding work has not progressed. Throughout this industry, at studios, production companies and …
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Kate Donovan
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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