The Screenwriters Network Podcast: A Screenwriting Podcast for Emerging Writers! - Interview with Viral NoSleep Screenwriter Chris Hicks (writechriswrite)

Interview with Viral NoSleep Screenwriter Chris Hicks (writechriswrite)

01/17/20 • 47 min

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The Screenwriters Network Podcast: A Screenwriting Podcast for Emerging Writers!

This month Smish meets screenwriter Chris Hicks - - @WriteChrisWrite -- who coined the phrase “you can’t polish a turd until you shit it out”. Words to live by! Chris talks about everything from optioning over a dozen short scripts to going viral on the nosleep subreddit. He is an Austin Film Festival semi-finalist and is featured on the 2018 SMISH LIST.

Smish and Chris discuss:

Titlepalooza - (4:02)
Optioning Shorts - (6:45)
Nosleep subreddit (11:47)
Austin Film Festival (27:57)
AFF server meetup (36:27)
Picking a Genre (41:37)

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Website: http://writechriswrite.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/WriteChrisWrite

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Smish and Chris discuss:

Titlepalooza - (4:02)
Optioning Shorts - (6:45)
Nosleep subreddit (11:47)
Austin Film Festival (27:57)
AFF server meetup (36:27)
Picking a Genre (41:37)

Join the Discord Server
Interact with over 5000 screenwriters around the world, including Chris!
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To become a VIP on Patreon and get ad-free episodes 2 weeks before everyone else plus exclusive bonus audio content: http://www.patreon.com/screenwritersnetwork

Want Titlepalooza? Check out Smish’s very own book here .

More about Chris:

Website: http://writechriswrite.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/WriteChrisWrite

Ask Smish!

Did you enjoy the podcast? Let us know by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/screenwriters-network-podcast-screenwriting-podcast/id1488865880

Previous Episode

Interview with AFF Horror Winning Screenwriter Alex Reid (Grachamoncha / Goat)

This month Smish meets screenwriter Alex Reid - @Alex (Grachamoncha) - who recently won at the Austin Film Festival. Alex talks about his approach to writing, winning at the AFF and what’s next for him. And the one piece of advice Smish gave him in his winning script!

Smish and Alex discuss:

How to conduct yourself professionally online (3:15)
How Alex wrote his AFF-winning script (7:57)
Alex’s approach to writing consistently (8:40)
Snagging a manager (17:57)
What general meetings are and what he’s doing to prep for them (23:03)
Screenwriters Network Discord Server Meetup at AFF (30:23)

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VIP members get a bonus 15 minutes of questions where Smish and Alex discuss video games, his deep connection to Phillip the Goat, Wikipedia, and more. Alex even brings Smish to tears. Don’t miss it!

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Website http://www.alexdreid.com Twitter http://www.twitter.com/alexdreid

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Next Episode

Interview with Black List Screenwriter Logan Martin aka The Meat Guy (@KingDefault)

This month our host Smish meets Screenwriter Logan Martin -- @KingDefault -- the writer of the polarizing script MEAT. Logan talks about getting the coveted impressive rating on review blog site Scriptshadow and how it led to him getting signed by Good Fear and having his script optioned by Assemble Media. He has been featured on the Black List, The Blood List, and his first feature finished in the top 20% of the Nicholl fellowship.

Logan gives great insight on how to block out the haters and to be fearless when sharing your writing! MEAT was a polarizing script, and Logan goes deep into the story and the opportunities it created for him. Then we get his views on breaking the rules of screenwriting and utilizing structure!

Smish and Logan discuss:

The Scriptshadow Review (1:37)
Dealing with Negative Feedback (7:14)
MEAT (17:48)
Breaking Rules in Screenwriting (28:55)
Approach to Structure (34:50)

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