Next Monday, March 8th we will be back in action and will review Bill Holland's latest feature Mowglis Magic. As usual, we will meet from 7:00 - 9:00 PM EST via Zoom. GENRE: Coming-of-age LOG-LINE: Angry and depressed after learning while at summer camp of his older brother’s death, a fatherless 14-year-old boy experiences renewed love of life through the mentoring of an empathetic counselor and his intense fondness for a girl at the camp next door. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Bill Holland started writing screenplays back in 1978, and life has never been quite the same. After seeing Breaking Away,
On March 29th we're excited to present a workshop with Pilar Allesandra, noted host of ON THE PAGE. Pilar will be sharing her thoughts on how to make your mark in the industry by following essential script-writing principles. About the Presenter: Pilar Alessandra is the director of the instructional writing program On The Page,® host of the On the Page Podcast and a highly sought-after speaker and script consultant who’s trained writers at Disney, DreamWorks, ABC, the AFM and around the world. She is also the author of The Coffee Break Screenwriter and The Coffee Break Screenwriter Breaks the Rules.
Harvard Square Script Writers wraps up our virtual season with Dave Lynch's feature Retrieval. So please consider joining us via Zoom. LOGLINE: When two time traveling refugees from the future are separated in the present day by fearful government agents, a man will stop at nothing to reunite with his pregnant wife before time runs out. GENRE(S): Sci-fi Action Thriller ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Writing professionally as D.W., Dave is an illustrator by vocation, a designer by trade, and a writer by unrelenting compulsion. The love of cinema and visual storytelling sunk its teeth into this one at an early age
Welcome to All Old and New Members of HSSW: We have a full roster of scripts and some exciting workshops/presentations scheduled for this fall and we think it's going to be a great semester - starting with this feature. As of now, HSSW is still meeting virtually so you can participate from the comfort of your home, as we wait for our vaccination rate to rise and hopefully beat back this virus. For those unfamiliar with our process, you attend as many meetings as you want and the dues per meeting is $10.00, half the price it was when we
Next Monday, 9/20 we'll take a look at the re-write of Steve Polakiewicz's screenplay Dark Magic Kingdom. Should this be a feature or be converted into something longer? The author wants your input. HSSW is continuing to our hold meetings virtually so you can attend from the comfort of your home. Monday, September 20th from 7:00 - 9:00 PM EST. DUES: $10.00 GENRE: Action & Adventure LOGLINE: After the loss of her father, a retrophile stumbles into the haunted memory of an amusement park; seduced by nostalgia, she has to reconcile the uncertainty of today with the allure of yesterday.
Bill Holland has teamed up with best-selling author, Daniel Hecht to adapt this drama into a limited series. LOGLINE: Fleeing a string of personal disasters, ANN TURNER, a 35-year-old schoolteacher from Boston, seeks refuge and renewal on land she buys in the woods above a Vermont dairy farm. Two years of character strength-building hardship culminate in finding the love of her life and a true sense of home. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Bill Holland started writing screenplays back in 1978, and life has never been quite the same. After seeing Breaking Away, he became obsessed with getting a similar movie made,
We are sponsoring a fantastic event featuring award-winning writer/actor/director Jim Picariello and you're invited. This is our first workshop/screening of the fall 2021 schedule. And it's Thursday evening, September 30th from 7:00 - 9:00 PM EST. On that night you'll be introduced to Jim who will discuss three of his projects with us. This will be a virtual event and anyone who signs up will be given links to watch three of Jim's amazing shorts: THIS TIME IT'S SHOPPING Comedy Jim's first short film, made for $100 in a single day and was selected by 18 festivals, won 5 top
We'll take a look at Joe McIsaac's significantly altered re-think of the 1970s sci-fi movie classic, Silent Running. C'mon out sci-fi buffs and others! LOGLINE: When the space station carrying the final forests of a barren Earth calls for help, a reluctant, self-hating pilot leads a rescue mission to deepest space and finds unexpected purpose and self-fulfillment defending it from enemies set on its destruction. GENRE: Science Fiction. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Joe has a long career in software development and publishing. He's created many products for multiple industries including bio-tech, healthcare, finance and digital security. Joe has been granted multiple
Next Monday, we take a new look at Andrew Lemelman's re-write of his TV pilot Iron Walkers. Andrew has been refining this intriguing tale of ambition and family dysfunction for over a year. LOGLINES: Series Logline: An overextended, family-led construction company battles jealous rivals, public officials, and uninspired, greedy and distracted relatives to stave off collapse. Season 1 Logline: After her unlikely election, the company’s epileptic president confronts an overzealous, revenge-driven investigator determined to prove a workplace accident was no accident. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Andrew Lemelman has been an attorney in Boston for over 30 years and became interested in
It's tough writing as a team, but when Genine first read Bob Tremblay's heartfelt comedy about a couple who unexpectedly die and are then reborn as an unlikely pair - exotic Siberian tiger wife and mangy mutt husband, she wanted to collaborate. Bob had pitched this animated feature to a high school pal who used to work at CAA and she'd cautioned, "You need to make it kid-centered if it's being pitched as animation." Genine took a crack at the script after Bob did a first extensive revision in which the couple's 9 year old grandson was given a
Andrea Squires worked for years as a Colonial re-enactor. When she was asked to play the part of Mary Douthwaite Wall, she began to imagine the role expanded into a series. Proposed alternate titles - The Company of Players or The Company. Logline (series and pilot): A young man discovers his identity with a touring theatrical company in the time of the American Revolution. Target Audience: Young Adults–Seniors (history and costume-drama lovers, PBS lovers.) About the Author: Andrea Squires has a B.A. in Theatre from Bard College, and an M.Ed. in Instructional Design from UMass-Boston. She works as an Instructional
On Thursday October 28th from 8:00 - 10:00 EST/5:00 -7:00 PT, join us for a virtual webinar, featuring the vice president of film and television for John Goldwyn Productions, Mike Blutstein. During this two-hour webinar Mike will discuss how writers need respond to producers if they hope to sell their scripts and see their projects underwritten. Don't miss this opportunity to get inside the mind of a key executive from the renowned John Goldwyn company. You'll also learn about Mike's master class IDEA, SCRIPT, SALE: A HOLLYWOOD GUIDE AND have the opportunity to send loglines to Mike. If interested in
