Say hello to this years judges! All are prolific writers as well as long-time members here at theOffice. The deadline to enter is July 31st, so make sure you get your submission in soon! Elise Loehnen Elise does it all! Writer, editor, blogger, and podcaster. Her 2023 book, On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins … Continue reading Meet Our Judges – 2025 Fellowship
Drum roll please! The winner of our 2024 Fellowship is D'Elia Guarnieri. Congratulations! D'Elia will receive a 6-month Premium Membership to our quiet Santa Monica workspace with 24/7 access to work on her upcoming projects. Her feature, "Fakes," really impressed all of the judges with a well-paced intro that had us begging to read the … Continue reading Our 2024 Fellow
It's that time of year. Back to school, back to work, back to that manuscript/pilot/first draft. And we have the perfect motivation to get you back in the writing groove: our Fellowship! After twenty years of serving Los Angeles writers, we know how important it is to work in an environment that is distraction-free with … Continue reading theOffice Fellowship 2024
Over the early days of December 2023, a tight-knit, online community of authors was thrown into chaos after it was revealed that one among them was sabotaging the others on Goodreads. On December 5th, sci-fi author and member of the aforementioned community, Xiran Jay Zhao, tweeted, “If you as a debut author are going to … Continue reading How Goodreads Lost Community Trust to Review Bombing
This is by no means an exhaustive list of every screenplay competition and fellowship program out there. But these are just a few that are definitely worth checking out. I've already submitted my script to a few of them. Is your script ready to compete? If your script isn't quite ready yet, don't worry! I'll … Continue reading Screenplay Competition and Fellowship Deadlines – Summer 2023
https://youtu.be/s9APLXM9Ei8 Craig Mazin, most well known for The Hangover Part II, and Identity Thief, has made quite a pivot in his career with his most recent release, the HBO mini series, Chernobyl. He went from comedies and spoofs in film straight into a historically accurate TV drama. How do you make that kind of a pivot? … Continue reading Craig Mazin On Writing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzYxJV_rmE8 I grew up in middle-class Malibu. Many people think it's just the rich and the famous living there, but a lot of people that I went to school and grew up with were middle-class. There was a major fascination for me growing up there. I was so close, yet so far from the mega-rich. … Continue reading Jesse Armstrong On Writing
The clock is ticking with the imminent release of John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum. I thought it would be fun to shoot straight back into what made the original so great. The world of this film was so fascinating, and well made, that it has inspired a full trilogy. We're talking about assassin vs. assassin, … Continue reading Derek Kolstad On Writing
I've been absent from posting for a while, admittedly longer than I'd like to have been. I love posting, but an important task was at hand. I was a preliminary judge for our annual Fellowship! I read through a lot of submissions, and there was a lot to like! I'm very excited to see how … Continue reading Using Script Coverage To Become A Better Writer
Why are we posting a pic of a bunch of empty chairs?... It’s because you could be the one chosen to sit in them! You could have any one of them. Win a 6-month FREE membership to theOFFICE - a quiet, dedicated workspace for you to GET. IT. DONE. Submissions for our Fellowship are ending … Continue reading Last Call For Entries! – theOFFICE Fellowship 2019
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