Last Thursday three students gave me the second draft of completed feature-length screenplays they began at the start of the term. The first drafts were excellent. I've read two of the three so far and they are even better, as they should be. This is an extraordinary accomplishment for 7 weeks of class.
A few years ago, I was a judge to select ten scriptwriters (playwrights, screenwriters) whose work would earn them a $7000 fellowship. Each of the scripts by the students above would have been on that list.
Juno won Best Original Screenplay. Hear, hear! I teach it in the spring. No End In Sight did not win Best Documentary. However, my joy in Michael Moore's failure to win more than eases my disappointment.
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