by Shanee Edwards | Apr 16, 2016 | Big Break
It’s a well-known struggle: finding a way to pursue your dreams while still managing to pay the rent. Writer Andrew Lee, winner of the Big Break Half-Hour Comedy category for his Brooklyn Nine-Nine spec, knows this tension too. Though he always wanted to be a writer,...
by Shanee Edwards | Apr 12, 2016 | Interviews
With the sale of his spec script, Bravado, screenwriter BenDavid Grabinski has become an overnight success…after 10 years. Here’s his story. Growing up in the Midwest, Grabinski knew he wanted to be a film director at 10-years old. “I was really obsessed with movies,...
by Shanee Edwards | Apr 1, 2016 | Big Break
Meet Eric Buchman. By day, he’s the Script Coordinator for the hit NBC show Blindspot. By night, Buchman writes his own spec scripts, and dreams of one day hiring his own Script Coordinator to run a show he has created. Now that Buchman is the TV Grand Prize Winner of...
by Shanee Edwards | Mar 31, 2016 | Big Break
Adi Blotman, whose script, Realty Check, won the Final Draft Big Break Comedy/Romantic Comedy category, gets real about writing flawed characters and combining genres. Adi Blotman is no newcomer to comedy. Originally from Israel, she spent the last decade performing...
by Shanee Edwards | Mar 15, 2016 | Writing
Writing a television spec script is demanding, but winning a major writing competition with one is far more difficult. We sat down with Meghan Fitzmartin, winner of the Big Break Hour-Long category for her spec of Arrow to uncover the secrets behind her winning...
