Scriptwriting

I spent months writing my first dramatic film script a few months ago. It is a black widow story, set in the USA and Australia with some inspiration from the Ashley Judd film Double Jeopardy. It was very enjoyable putting it together. I got some great feedback from a close friends and colleagues. I started the story using Word however I found a nice free script writing website called Zhura, which helped getting the story into the right format. After a lot of editing I realised that I couldn't resolve the story in what is regarded as standard film time-frame - about 120 pages or so. I made the decision to turn the story into a two parts with a cliff-hangar ending in the first part.

I've only finished the first part so far however I submitted this to the 2009 PAGE scriptwriting competition, which is in the process of being judged. A few days ago I was excited to be advised that I'd got through to the 2nd round, the top 25%. Unfortunately I've heard today that I didn't progress any further. A lot of quality competition however I'm quite pleased I got so far with my first proper attempt. I'll keep on trying!