Workin' it.

I'm working out all the kinks in every area of my school life right now.
I'm almost finished with this semester. I'm looking up classes for spring and fall. I'm considering graduating with no minor. I think I want to do an intership to have better job options without a minor. I don't think I need a minor to graduate. If this is true, I only need like 15 more classes to graduate which can be done in a year. How awesome would that be? However, I would feel like a slacker. People would say "Congrats! But what the hell are you going to with an English degree and NO MINOR?" My brother graduated with a degree in chemistry and no minor. Or was it biology? Anywho, he didn't have a minor and still found a job. But chemistry is little better than English.
I need to speak with a couselor.
Next week, I'm submitting the screenplay!

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Most awkward day of class ever.
Watched a movie with a pretty explicit sex scene involving two women. Yikes.
I mean wow. The teacher couldn't remember if there was a sex scene or not, but she did give us a little warning. I'm really happy that the old lady (like 70-75 years old) dropped the class.  She used to sit right next to me.

This is getting a little old.

I keep reading my screenplay over and over again. I keep finding mistakes and making new ones because I keep adding stuff. Hopefully in about two weeks I will be finished with this and ready to send it away!

Other than that, life is good. School is getting more and more hectic as the semester comes to an end. I should be finished April 27th, with a paper due on May 1st by noon on CTOOLS. On April 28th I will be traveling to Atlanta Georgia for my cousin's high school graduation party. She will be attending Brown on a tennis scholoarship. Lucky girl has a full ride at an awesome college.

Anyway, that's all for now. I'm beat. Happy Easter.

A little worried

I'm having some concerns over Life rights, I think that's the correct term. Since the story is about my life and some of the characters share similarities with people I know that could present a problem. I've changed all the names and some of their physical features. Many parts of the movie are also untrue in order to make it more interesting. I submitted a question to Final Draft asking about my problem, but they couldn't provide me with any advice because they were unsure of  my situation and I should ask an attorney. I don't think it's a problem since I'm not going to place  "based on a true story" on the title page since everything is not completely true.
I need to figure all this out, hopefully without having to consult legal help.

Almost there.....

Today I submitted the screenplay for the copyright at wgawregistry.org (Writers Guild of America West). It was actually quite simple actually. There was a button that said REGISTER ONLINE and I clicked it. Paid 20 bucks for it and it lasts for five years, but it was the cheapest and easiest way. Now, all I need to do is start submitting the screenplay to the contests.After Eric reads over it to catch any mistakes I missed.
I have made a top 4 list of the competitions I want to enter. I'm going to pick 2, most likely to the 2 cheapest.
Here is my top 4:

Script P.I.M.P
Deadline May 1st.
Four Grand Prizes $3,500 each plus $250 airfare voucher and 3 night hotel stay in LA for an awards ceremony and script circulation to 200+ companies.
20 finalist $200 each plus $250 airfare voucher and 3 night hotel stay in LA for an awards ceremony and script circulation to 200+ companies.
Plus a ton of door prizes (weird)
$50 entry fee

American Screenwriting Competition
Deadline April 30th
Grand Prize $11,000 plus $1,000 in software. Second prize $2,000. Third prize $1,000. Cash prizes up to 10th place!
$65 entry fee

Creative World Awards (CWA)
Deadline May 31st
Grand Prize $5,000 plus prize package
$60 entry fee

Big Break (A Final Draft, Inc. contest)
Deadline June 1st
Grand Prize $15,000 plus prizes and 3 night hotel stay to meet with producer Marvin V. Acuna and others. Second place is same as first except $4,000 prize money.
$50 entry fee

So, after writing this and reading over the websites I'm pretty sure I will be entering Script P.I.M.P and Big Break, Final Draft Inc, contest.

Finished!

I finished editing my script! It's now 104 pages long and that's plenty long for me. Maybe I will add more to it later, but for now, I think it's pretty good. I'm happy Eric doesn't mind sitting around all day, both on our laptops typing away. I think it's our favorite past time.
I also mailed in my tax stuff today, but it won't be here in time to help with entry fees. I have enough in the bank to afford at least two fees. I'm not saying all I have in the bank is a 100 bones, just 100 dollars worth of extra spending money after bills and such.
Now, I just need to send it away for the copyright. Since I have the best boyfriend in the world, he's looking up how to do that tonight. We might be able to do it electronically. I believe there's also a fee for that. That's why I have credit cards!! All college students are in debt.
If I put as much time in my school work as I have on this screenplay I would have a 4.0. I think have like a 3.3 (math classes) which is fine with me.
By the way the title is The Jawbreaker Story.

This is tedious......

I'm trying to correct all the grammar and puncutation mistakes of my screenplay. When I say or type "my screenplay" I feel like a douche. Please keep in mind that I don't feel like I'm the best thing since sliced bread because of what I've written. I don't think I'm the best and I feel like it's not the best. It's a first.
Anyway, I'm on page 16 of 100 pages of corrections. Gross. I don't want it to feel like homework because I set a deadline. I want to get this done.

By the way, Kevin Smith was amazing.....again.