Category: Screenwriting
TOO MUCH AIR and NYC Midnight
My short screenplay TOO MUCH AIR has advanced to the next round of NYC Midnight Short Screenplay Challenge
“TOO MUCH AIR” by Debi Yazbeck
LOGLINE – Live, love, laugh — even laugh last. But always watch your back.
This was really fun to create and write. I’m excited for my next set of prompts Saturday morning.
What craziness can I devise next… hmmm?
~ debi
Long Lost
How did I lose this?!
No matter – Max graciously sent me a new one.
Thank you, Max Adams and the Academy of Film Writing!
Hugs and kisses to you, Max. You laid the foundation and helped me grow as a screenwriter way past anything I ever dreamed.
This certificate means so much to me and will hang on my wall of fame.
~ debi
VOICE OF DISSENT
My newest screenplay makes its contest debut at LA International Screenplay Awards.
Thank you, LAISA!
~ debi
AND p.s.
I completely missed this announcement.
VOICE OF DISSENT was still titled EDDY JEAN when it made Quarter-Finalist…
2020 Winners
Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition
BLIND PURSUIT made the list also! Yay!
OUT OF XATALA and BLUECAT 2020
And the good news from April 14th…
OUT OF XATALA made the 2020 BlueCat Screenplay Competition SEMI-FINALS!
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I received some of the best notes EVER from BlueCat’s script analysis.
I’m excited to be a Quarter-Finalist for BlueCat’s 2020 Screenplay Competition.
Looking forward to April 14th!
~debi
p.s. I loved KNIVES OUT!
SUNDANCE Certificate of Directing
This is just what I needed!
In eight weeks I went from complete ignorance to producing, writing and directing my own short film PRELUDE TO MURDER IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN while being mentored by Julia Solomonoff and Danielle Lessovitz.
Thank you so much to my incredible cast of actors, Perri Reavis and Lon Lawson. And to my DP and editor, Benjamin Ward. Directing is truly a collaborative adventure that unites everyone on set.
And add to all of that… This course has set me on the correct path for directing Della Greenawalt’s award winning script SUNFLOWER CARE in May.
Thank you, SUNDANCE Collab!
~ debi
OUT OF THE WALLS and Goa
BROKERED HEART and SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL
Great news for BROKERED HEART and my Edie as she’s torn between her convictions and reality.
Thank you, Screenplay Festival!
~ debi
BROKERED HEART — Finalist Again
I like Screenplay Festival and they seem to like my writing style and voice.
Brokered Heart is in the MOVIE: Thriller/Horror 2019 Finalists list
~ debi
Las Vegas Next Week!
Tomorrow Shea shines in OUT OF THE WALLS and deserves this so much.
Here’s to a win!
And hopefully a second win for FERAL!
2019 Widescreen Film & Music Video Festival
~ debi