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Yee haw! It’s our January writer of the month!

“Matt is a currently unproduced screenwriter and COVID nomad, but he's working to change both of those monikers. His writing focuses on contained, tense stories mainly in the thriller and horror genres that he grew up on. His aim is to craft entertaining, memorable projects that are easily producible. To check out more of Matt's work, check out his website at yonguewriter.weebly.com.”

Check out our new episode dropping tomorrow with Matt’s east coast western, Haul! 🤠

Our December writer of the month is playwright Donna Hoke! Check out our new episode tomorrow wherever you get your podcasts!

“Donna’s work has been seen in 47 states and on five continents, including at Barrington Stage, Barrow Group, Celebration Theatre, Gulfshore Theatre, Queens Theatre, The Road, Writers Theatre New Jersey, Phoenix Theatre, Atlantic Stage, Purple Rose, Skylight, Pride Films and Plays, New Jersey Rep, Hens and Chickens (London), The Galway Fringe Festival, and Actors Repertory Theatre of Luxembourg. Plays include BRILLIANT WORKS OF ART (Kilroys List), ELEVATOR GIRL (O’Neill, Princess Grace, and Austin Film Festival finalist), SAFE (winner of the Todd McNerney, Naatak, and Great Gay Play and Musical Contests), and TEACH (Gulfshore New Works, O'Neill semifinalist). She has been nominated for the Primus, Blackburn, and Laura Pels prizes, and is a three-time winner of the Emanuel Fried Award for Outstanding New Play (SEEDS, SONS & LOVERS, ONCE IN MY LIFETIME). She has also received an Individual Artist Award from the New York State Council on the Arts to develop HEARTS OF STONE, and, in its final three years, Artvoice named her Buffalo's Best Writer—the only woman to ever receive the designation.

Donna also been serving the Dramatists Guild in various capacities since 2012, is an ensemble playwright at Road Less Traveled Productions, blogger, moderator of the 13,000+-member Official Playwrights of Facebook, New York Times-published crossword puzzle constructor; children's and trivia book author; and founder/co-curator of BUA Takes 10: GLBT Short Stories. Speaking engagements include Citywrights, Kenyon Playwrights Conference, the Dramatists Guild National Conference, Chicago Dramatists, the Austin Film Festival, and a live Dramatists Guild webinar. Her commentary has been seen on , howlround, The Dramatist, the Official Playwrights of Facebook, Workshopping the New Play (Applause, 2017), and at donnahoke.com.”

Donna Hoke, Playwright As a kid, I was the one who got the weird looks from other kids—and even grownups—when I questioned something too hard, delved too deep, debated too much, tried to figure out the why of it from a deep human place. It wasn’t until I began writing plays that I found a place to put all those thou...

🚨NOVEMBER WRITER OF THE MONTH🚨

It’s Steven Sallie! “I've been writing screenplays for a few years now and love it. I have several shorts in various stages of production. My most recent, First Glance is available on Youtube and also at the Liftoff First-time Filmmaker Festival.”
Meet Steven on our newest episode of The Green Light, available tomorrow wherever you get your podcasts! linktr.ee/thegreenlightpodcast

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🚨OCTOBER WRITER OF THE MONTH!! 🚨

"Konichiwa, fellow humans, my name is Ben Sahle, and when not toiling in the capitalist dystopian future we all live in, I dabble in screenwriting, ikea construction, asking others to call me King Of The North, listening to Carly Rae Jepsen, pretending to read the books I buy, and petting my dog, .von.goosewing “

Ben, like many of our guests, is also a UNC alumnus! Check out our new episode now wherever you get your podcasts! Find him on Instagram:

One of our former writer guests, , just made and posted a short film called Flash! It’s just as chilling as his script Hive that we read on the show— check it out!

FLASH - A Short Film It's closer than you think. 📸A Short Film written and directed by Jaycee Morgan

🚨 WRITER PREVIEW ALERT🚨

“Andrej Kukoljac is a screenwriter and musician born on December 17th, 1987 in Belgrade, Serbia. He moved to Canada when he was four-years-old and grew up in Toronto loving all things film and punk rock. He sang and played guitar in the band No Refund. His first feature film is 2020's Action-Thriller "Miami Heat". He currently resides on the Istrian Coast of Croatia with his Dalmatian, Benji II.”

Listen to our interview of Andrej, as well as our reading of his script “Scout: Veteran of the Psychic War”, on the news episode of The Green Light, dropping tomorrow!

Two movies with a squad standing ominously… which ones are we talking about this week? New episode out now! 👀

On our latest episode, we not only read an excerpt from a fabulous script about a demon below his soul selling quota, we ALSO talk about two new films: Free Guy and Freaky! Check them out now, and check out our new episode wherever you get your podcasts!

If you’re part of our Patreon club (and by extension our favorite people ever), you already know we posted a new episode about The Wild Thornberrys Movie! And what else could we drink to party with the animals besides the frat party classic, jungle juice! 🙈🧃Grab a drink and subscribe to tune in now!

Just like Space Jam 2: A New Legacy, WE’RE BACK! But if you can’t wait until Friday for a new episode, check out our main feed for a preview of our Ramble episode about Space Jam 2, and subscribe to our Patreon so we can buy ourselves some Tune Squad jerseys! 🏀🐰

Did you miss us? We just watched a double feature and posted ramble episodes on our Patreon for all members! It’s a wild ride of scissors, subterfuge, spies, and superheroes. Check out a preview on our main feed and subscribe for the full episode! 🔫👩🏻‍💻🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏻💁🏻‍♀️💅🏻✂️

🚨WRITER OF THE MONTH🚨

“Hey, I'm Leopold! Still in search of my filmmaking style, I'm experimenting with different forms of short films - all as practice for a feature I'm looking forward to creating. These short projects vary in tone and theme and can also be found on my YouTube channel "Stargazer Movies" - if you're interested. I currently live in Munich, so if you want to get a beer and talk movies, hit me up!”

We’ll be reading an excerpt of Leopold’s feature length sci-fi mystery, “An Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove” on our new episode (and season 3 finale) coming out TOMORROW!

Came out of the toilet to say you need to listen to our new episode about the 80s cult classic Ghoulies and A Quiet Place: Part II! (If this pic is any indication, you’re in for a wild ride!) 😈🧟‍♂️🤫

An episode? On the 2010 hit ET by Katy Perry? You wish 😉
Instead, our new Green LIT is all about the 1982 Spielberg classic, E.T. the Extra Terrestrial! Subscribe to our Patreon at the Green Candle level or higher to LISTEN NOW! (Link in bio)

🚨WRITER OF THE MONTH🚨

"Jaycee Morgan is a 16 year old aspiring screenwriter from Florida whose love for movies and storytelling began from a young age. He also enjoys sketching, painting, working with clay and designing graphic art. One of his biggest ambitions in life is to write and direct original films.”

Meet and hear his script, Hive, on our new episode out tomorrow!

For the month of May, we watched the OTHER Cruella: Glenn Close in 101 Dalmatians from 1996! Paired with a red and a white, an homage to her iconic hairdo, our newest Green LIT is teeming with Moira Rose vibes (and 230 dogs). Check it out at the Green Candle tier on our Patreon NOW! (Link in bio 👀)

This week, we’re talking about A Week Away, the new Christian/Family musical on Netflix, and Tenet, now streaming on HBO Max! Check them out before our episode drops tomorrow!

🚨WRITER OF THE MONTH!🚨

“Marshall Gibbs is a 20 year old theatre student and aspiring screenwriter from Baltimore, MD. Growing up, he always would watch the behind-the-scenes featurettes BEFORE the movie. His passion for film has only grown since.”

Check out Marshall and his script “Confidence” on our show dropping tomorrow!

Our newest script is about, you guessed it, everyone’s favorite skating shoes! We also double featured the first two Nightmare on Elm Street films. You’ll have to take a listen to figure out where that last picture comes in 😉 Check it out now!

Check out our writer of the week! New episode tomorrow!

John-Michael Powell is an award-winning filmmaker of feature films, television, commercials, and music videos, many of which have played networks, festivals and theaters all over the world. His more notable narrative editorial works include season 3 of the hit Netflix series Dear White People, created by Justin Simien, It Happened in L.A., written and directed by Michelle Morgan, Obselidia, winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Prize at Sundance 2010 and nominee of two Independent Spirit Awards.

What a better way to spend your Tuesday night than trying to figure out our spoilers without context? Some are easy, some are hard, all lead you down the road to our new episode, releasing on Friday!

New season, new episode, new spoilers! Check out our latest episode NOW!
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WE’RE BACK! For our season 3 premiere, here’s our writer of the week!

Zach Freshley is a screenwriter hailing from Atlanta, GA. He started writing in 2017 after taking the totally normal career path of business major turned forklift driver turned screenwriter. He’s working towards bringing his original stories to the screen but if in the meantime, you want to hire him to bring your stories to life, do not hesitate to slide into the DMs.

Our new Ramble episode is about WandaVision, the biggest new show on Disney+! We’re obsessed and think you will be, too. Make sure to get all caught up before tuning in because this is a spoiler-heavy episode! 🦸🏼‍♀️🦸🏼‍♂️🦹🏻‍♀️

We might technically be on a 2 week hiatus right now... but we just couldn’t stay away! There’s a new Ramble episode on our Patreon now for ALL subscribers about the new documentary, Framing Britney Spears, and a much older movie, The Mummy starring Brendan Frasier. If you haven’t already heard about Britney’s conservatorship and the movement, now would be a great time to check it out! 💚

New writer, new episode! Happy Friday!

“Bailey Neve is a 21 year old aspiring screenwriter and director from Salt Lake City, UT. His biggest inspirations are Pedro Almodovar and Wes Anderson. He hasn’t produced anything professionally (mainly due to just kinda being a lazy guy), but that’s gonna change in 2021.”

Check out the link in our bio for our newest episode, out now!!

New episode, who dis?!
Tune in NOW and follow along with these spoilers!

We have some concept art by Marta Dessi for our writer preview this week: Egidio Concas!

“In a small house in a small town on a small Island in Italy, there's Egi writing about a small world and how to save it from small bad guys.”

Tune into our new show tomorrow to meet these awesome characters!

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