My First Special Offer
The Oscar Project & Special Guests
As part of this week’s launch of The Oscar Project, I’m offering 20% off my subscription price for the next 48 hours. (In screenwriting, we call this a Ticking Clock.)
For the uninitiated, The Oscar Project is my quest to watch and write about every movie - 85 in all - that has ever won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay as I then write an Oscar-winning screenplay (preferably Original but I’ll settle for Adapted).
In each post, I’ll comment on the film with a pragmatic writerly focus intended to satisfy fellow writers as well as lovers of film.
SPECIAL GUESTS TOO!
The Oscar Project is evolving in real time! I’ve realized this is the perfect opportunity to invite members of my community—writers, directors, and producers—as Special Guests to discuss a Best Original Screenplay film of their choice in Video/Audio Chats. These conversations will bring fresh perspectives and add even more value for my Subscribers.
CITIZEN KANE
My next Oscar Project post will be on CITIZEN KANE (1941) written by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles. It’s one of the most famous movies in history despite the likelihood you haven’t seen it all the way through and a decline in viewership from young audiences.
Like many of the older films on this list, this project provides me and my readers with an opportunity to become better acquainted with the most acclaimed American films in history, films that may not be on the fronts of our minds.
For my KANE post, I’ll highlight the narrative importance of Raising Questions and the importance of crafting compelling Opening Scenes.
WHY PAY?
As a writer, I feel a certain allegiance to the truth, and the truth is I’m acutely aware that you are bombarded by requests for your hard earned money. That said, I hope this Special Offer inspires you to become a Paid Subscriber so you can have all the benefits of Screenwriting is Writing (with me, Bill Gullo):
Unique Storytelling Curriculum & Prompts
Access to all content related to The Oscar Project including:
my unique posts found only here (with me, Bill Gullo);
When available, some combination of a pdf of the screenplay, film clips, and excerpts from the Oscar acceptance speeches.
Video/Audio Content with Special Guests
The ability to brag that you were a Paid Subscriber of The Oscar Project while watching me give an incredibly awkward, rushed acceptance speech for the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
Thank you so much for being a reader.
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