I’m on week two of three at TheFilmSchool screenwriting intensive and I’m having an excellent time in Seattle.  I haven’t found too many adventures outside of class except for my first week here I was stupid enough to loan twenty bucks to a guy off the street.  I don’t think I’ll see the cash again but the karma paid off later when I met a masseuse at a crosswalk.

Class has been illuminating but I’m a little emotionally sapped from all the group therapy it involves.. finding my wound, unique voice and whatnot.  I am warming to the idea of doing some serious screenwriting.  I’ve got some ideas and I’m picking up on the language and pitfalls.

Yesterday we had the opportunity to sit down in a small group for several hours with Jessica Bendinger, screenwriter and director of the recently released gymnastics film Stick It.  If anything describes her personality it’s her first screenplay which was about a hit girl and started with the irreverent line “Fade In, Bitch.”

Jessica really knows the business and was as candid as they come.  She also swears more than anyone I’ve ever met.  It was fucking awesome.  I hope she can break away from being a ho-bag script doctor and really write some more personal films since it appears she’s in a position to really do whatever she wants as a writer.
The picture is of my classmate Scott wearing the shirt he won for asking smart questions and answering First Daughter trivia.

He’ll probably kill me for mentioning it but he was in Cheerleader Ninjas, probably the most painful film I’ve ever stuck in my eye.

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