FrankenScript :: Lee Gabel's Screenwriting Journal/Blog

Well, not surprisingly, I didn’t make the cut of this year’s Cyberspace Open. Now that’s not because I think my script is bad. Quite the contrary. I thought it was quite good for what it was, but I think I likely lost points for not adhering 100% to the premise. Still I’m glad I did [...]

Well, I’ve submitted my little five page script. I could have tinkered with it for the next 16 more hours, but I don’t think it would have changed much. I’m happy with it, and hope I advance to the next round, if only to just compete again. If I don’t advance, I just might do [...]

Apart for any last minute tweaks, I think I’m done. I got some great feedback from a few people I trust. This was a lot of fun to write, although I have to admit finding the right idea took some work, and did get frustrating after a while. One thing I found interesting with this [...]

Well, I brainstormed ideas, got stuck in a rut for a while on an idea I really liked but could not for the life of me make it work the premise. I had to file that one away, but in the process a single image of something popped into my head and spawned a whole [...]

Ok. The premise dropped at 5pm today. Here it is: Premise: Your PROTAGONIST and his or her LOVE INTEREST are at odds. One of the protagonist’s schemes has gone terribly awry, and the love interest has had it. Write a scene in which they have it out – but in an unconventional way. Their words [...]

Okay, I got the email for this the other day, the Creative Screenwriting Cyberspace Open. I began to seriously think about it and I was surprised how nervous I felt committing to it. A project with a hard deadline is not something I am unaccustomed to coming from the visual effects world. However, as a [...]