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Love Screenwriting? Overbrook Entertainment and Will Smith’s America’s Newest Scriptwriter Contest

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The ANA Alliance for Family Entertainment, James Lassiter and Will Smith of Overbrook Entertainment are searching for America’s Newest TV Scriptwriters.

ABOUT THE CONTEST

Will Smith and James Lassiter of Overbrook Entertainmed are working together with the ANA Alliance for Family Entertainment ( a group of national advertisers working on finding great family content) to find the most talented undiscovered TV scriptwriter in the Country.

The Overbrook Entertainment and ANA Alliance are working to produce and support family entertainment. Because family entertainment means different things to different people make sure your script is unique and emotionally relatable to today’s family.

Submit either your 30-minute comedy or one-hour drama by 1pm PST, March 21, 2013.

Script Guidelines and Eligibility

There are a set of rules and guidelines for this contest. Please read through the following Script Guidelines and Eligibility information .

Resources for Scriptwriters

Aspiring Scriptwriter Resources

James Lassiter, who co-founded Overbrook Entertainment with Will Smith, learned to hone his producing skills by reading a collection of books and studying countless scripts. Below are two recommended reading lists to help inspire you to write extraordinary content for the contest and beyond.

A Creative Reading List

Bettelhein, The Uses of Enchantment
Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Campbell and Moyer, The Power of Myth
Hall, Aspire
Hauge, Writing Screenplays that Sell Through the Power of Words
Mckee, Story
Schmidt, 45 Master Characters
Sharp, A Writer’s Workbook: Daily Exercises for the Writing Life
Tobias, 20 Master Plots & How to Build Them
Viders, 10 Steps to Creating Memorable Characters
Vogler, The Writer’s Journey

Teaching a New Generation of Scriptwriting List

For the full list of reading suggested by legendary scriptwriter James Lassiter, .

 


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Megan Dianehttps://www.projectcasting.com
Hi, I'm Megan Browne, the Head of Partnerships at Project Casting - a job board for the entertainment industry. As Head of Partnerships, I help businesses find the best talent for their influencer campaigns, photo shoots, and film productions. Creating these partnerships has enabled me to help businesses scale and reach their true potential. I'm excited to continue driving growth by connecting people with projects they're passionate about.

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