“[It's]a question I’m obsessed with: Why don’t people work hard when it’s in their best interest to do so? The (short) answer is that it’s really risky to work hard, because then if you fail you can no longer say that you failed because you didn’t work hard. It’s a form of self-protection…" via Malcolm … Continue reading QOTD
Too Sick to Write?
Last week I was pretty sick. Sick enough that I skipped work and stared at the TV all day long without a shred of guilt. Sick enough that I tried to do some stretches on my living room floor and woke up down there two hours later from a very nice nap. Sick enough that … Continue reading Too Sick to Write?
8 At The Zoo, a Fundraising Play for theOffice
Every Monday night, theOffice closes its doors so that the writers and actors of Safehouse can take over. Safehouse consists of about 20 working Hollywood writers, including founding members Jim Uhls and Blake Herron. They workshop new material with actors in front of the group. It's been a "safe house" for screenwriters and playwrights for over 10 … Continue reading 8 At The Zoo, a Fundraising Play for theOffice
QOTD
"The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. Not by any other person, and not even by yourself at some later date. Otherwise you begin excusing yourself. You must see the writing as emerging like a long scroll of ink from the index … Continue reading QOTD
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“Can You Read My Script?”
I’ve been on both sides of this question. It seems pretty harmless, doesn’t it? When someone asks me to read their script, I always say yes. As a writer myself, I know it is not always an easy thing to ask. From there, it goes down like this: They send over the script. And it’s never … Continue reading “Can You Read My Script?”
And the winner is…
After reading through every submission, we have chosen Mia Resella as the recipient of a six month fellowship here at theOffice. Mia is a screenwriter, an artist, and a host of the popular Youtube series "2 Broke Geeks". Her ten page submission was funny and original, with a fabulously unique voice behind it all. Each judge … Continue reading And the winner is…
Reading Your Submissions
Just a quick update on the fellowship. We have received your submissions. Close to 100 of them. We've got a lot of reading to do! Thanks to all of you for submitting and for spreading the word. Myself, Emily and our amazing judges will be poring through each and every entry and choosing one lucky … Continue reading Reading Your Submissions
Judges Announced for theOffice’s 2014 Fellowship
We’ve got some exciting news about our Fellowship this year. For the first time, we’ve asked some of our rockstar members to judge the finalists, and help us pick one lucky writer to work alongside them at theOffice. Here they are... Jennifer Celotta is best known for her work on the TV show The Office. … Continue reading Judges Announced for theOffice’s 2014 Fellowship
QOTD
"The odds of making it as a screenwriter always seem daunting… If you took every single person that said, “I want to be a writer,” in Hollywood, everybody who ever said that, then the percentage of people who actually make it in terms of actually being a working writer would be extraordinarily small. But then, … Continue reading QOTD
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