![]() ![]() “We really care about how we write and how we do things. “The Wisconsin people are known in Los Angeles for being hard, fast workers while really knowing their stuff,” she told the Badger Herald. entertainment industry appreciates Wisconsin values. She has also written sitcom scripts and is collaborating with a Hollywood producer on a 12-episode series.ĭeSmet says the L.A. She won the Slamdance Film Festival writing contest with her script Chinaware-Fragile, which was optioned by New Line Cinema. “There’s nothing worse than laboring over something that’s floundering for a year and feeling like you’ve wasted your life,” she said.ĭeSmet is a screenwriter herself. ![]() In a Badger Herald profile, DeSmet explained her method of getting students started fast. She offers one-on-one mentoring in story structure, characterization, and dialogue. “You just need to let it out and let it flow.” Christine DeSmet offers one-on-one mentoring in Screenwriting: Write Your First Draft Fast.ĭeSmet gets the ideas flowing for students in Screenwriting: Write Your First Draft Fast, an online course she teaches through the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Division of Continuing Studies. “Everyone has great ideas for a screenplay,” Christine DeSmet says. Center for Research on College to Workforce Transitions.Offices of the Dean, Administration & Finance.Adult Career & Special Student Services.Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills.CNF (judged by Wendy Brown-Baez): Up to 1000 words, please paginate your document and add CNF and word count under the title.Poetry (judged by Katie Vagnino): Submit 1-3 poems of any length slight preference for formal poems although free verse is acceptable.If applicable, please add a content warning (e.g., grief, abusive relationship, etc.) at the top of your submission and/or in your email. Fiction (judged by Jordan Hirsch) : Up to 1,000 words both literary and genre work will be considered, if it relates to the theme.Guidelines/notes for each genre category: In your submission, include your contact information (name, address, phone number, email) and a brief bio.Submissions should be sent via email to In the subject line, please indicate which genre you are entering (flash fiction, flash CNF, or poetry).Contest opens Feb 1 deadline to submit is Feb 28, 11:59pm CT.The contest theme is “break through” - which we invite you to interpret creatively (e.g., new beginnings, breaking out of old patterns, breaking free from whatever is holding you back, etc.) Note: the theme is not in reference to breakthrough infections, but stories/poems about Covid are not off-limits. Winners will have their work published on the Almanac website and receive prizes/cash awards courtesy of contest sponsors (to be announced soon)! We’ll be selecting the top 3 pieces in 3 different genres: Flash fiction, flash creative nonfiction (CNF), and poetry. Saint Paul Almanac invites you to submit your original, unpublished work for our BREAK THROUGH writing contest this February!
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