I go to this party. I am talking to my friends Richard and Patrick. My essay contest for a Nicholl date comes up. They think it is funny as hell. Later Richard is talking. [Richard and Patrick are both also Nicholl fellows.] He says, You know, if I heard just that a Nicholl fellow […]
On this day of — October 1st, on or about the strike of Cinderella midnight, I hereby unveil the winners of the great date essay competition. Yay! :::the winners::: where the art work comes from : that is from john carroll doyle
The — “WHY I WOULD BE YOUR BEST DATE FOR THE 2010 NICHOLL FELLOWSHIPS IN SCREENWRITING AWARDS AND BANQUET” essay contest is closed. Stay tuned to meet the winners. where the art work comes from : that is from black math
Submissions continue to— Pour in to the Best Date Competition as the September 29th deadline approaches. What lucky bastard will win a chance to accompany the accomplished Ms. Adams to the Academy’s Nicholl extravaganza? Will any lucky bastard win a chance to accompany the accomplished Ms. Adams to the Academy’s Nicholl extravaganza? As the […]
Okay, the Essay Date Contest. I am not sure whether this is the result of the writing community being one of the most bloodless passionless communities in the Stripes [holy fuck are you people even related to me?] or there just being way too many wannabe writers out there who should cast their nets […]
Ooh la la — It is a competition of another kind. It is the Plus One Competition. Yay! This is not my fault. It was Donna’s idea. Really. I was saying on FB that it is tragic I have this plus one to the Nicholl Fellowships Awards Banquet and all my single guy friends […]
I read — A lot of scripts. Not as many scripts as industry suits read. Those poor bastards read scripts year in, year out, 24/7. I just read a lot of scripts over the summer. Reading scripts over the summer though, I see mistakes continually in genre writing. It kind of makes me crazy. […]
I am — Doing :::script consults::: now through March. After March, things get spotty because I will be reading for Nicholl. That does not leave a lot of free time for individual consults. :::script consults::: where the art work comes from : that is from sherry
November 7 — November 7 SeeMaxRun Structure Workshop : Beating the Second Act Slump : 6 Week Workshop begins Saturday November 7th. This is an online 6 week advanced course on screenplay structure taught by yours truly Max Adams. Subjects include breaking the first 30 pages into two acts; Understanding set up; The 15 […]
greg: i guess you got on those max me: sometimes i am the ninja, sometimes i am the goat greg: to me you are always the ninja max