Andrew Jay: Story analyst in New York City, New York.

Hello, everyone! My name is Jerry Robbins and I started in the world of audio drama (back when they would be released on cassette tapes!). My company was called The Colonial Radio Theatre and we produced about 700 productions over 25 years (I wrote 480 of them). We dramatized some of the classics (20,000 LEAGUES, TREASURE ISLAND, CAPTAIN BLOOD, KIDNAPPED) historical dramas (THE ALAMO, LITTLE BIG HORN, OLD IRONSIDES), and some original series (BEACON HILL, YANKEE CLIPPER, TICONDEROGA). Full cast, original music scores, and thousands of sound effects.

I was also fortunate to have worked on four audio dramas with Ray Bradbury. Talk about an amazing experience! In a phone call, I told him I was stuck on a script -- writer's block. He replied "There's no such thing. If you have writer's block, you don't have a story." I don't know if that's a famous quote of his, or if he came up with it on the spot, but I never forgot it.

After a couple of years, we were asked to go on XM Radio with a daily show; we were on for eight years until they sold the channel (things were never the same after they joined with SIRIUS)

Our most popular program was a western drama called POWDER RIVER, which ran for 13 seasons and 178 episodes. From POWDER RIVER sprang a Western script that won Best Screenplay in the WILD BUNCH FILM FESTIVAL and was sold to Lionsgate. The script was based on a three-episode arc from the audio drama.

My second movie, THE LEGEND OF LAKE HOLLOW will be released on Mar. 26th, and it was great news to see that FILM THREAT gave it a good review! The movie was made by Penumbra Entertainment (their first feature), and is being distributed by Vision Films. It's VOD.

Screenwriting is by far the hardest writing I have ever done. When I started my first script I had no clue about formatting or structure (it's not the same as audio drama!). After some brutal coverage notes (and I mean brutal), I picked up some recommended books and buckled down. That's when the audio drama scripts began to take a back seat. After a few years my screenplays were getting better and started to win some contests, and I also received a couple of options (which lapsed, but it was still huge encouragement).

I was able to land a manager who helped a great deal in getting my scripts through doors that I couldn't open myself, but sadly it was on the heels of the COVID shut down, and then we hit the strikes; and now she has decided to retire, so I am once again looking for representation. To date, I've completed 28 screenplays in different genres (I figure SOMETHINGS got to stick!), and I love it.

So, that's my story so far.

One last thing -- I always hated it (and still do) when someone says to me "Follow your dream," or "You're living the dream." I respond with "It's not a dream, it's a mission." I still have a long way to go, and it's not easier even with produced movies under your belt... but the mission is far from over!

Hi everyone my name is Mark Erzuah Siam, I'm 24 years old Ghanaian and I wanted to ask what is the process for selling a script. I have one completed. I would loke a response thank you.

My western screenplay CATCH THE BULLET started filming yesterday in Buffalo, Wyoming. Super excited! The Exec. Producer of the movie found the script on Inktip last August.

Although except for a truck blowing up and the image of a nuclear power plant with smoke rising from it at the series beginning, my Jolt Survival Series is violence free however the logline mentions the meltdown: "After a nuclear meltdown, people living 35 to 200 miles from the power plant hunker down or flee to survive, accommodate forced emigres in a small mountain village, and look to the future use of nuclear fusion." Perhaps the meltdowns mention turns off interest in this family and community?

I just got an email that my screenplay CLIMB advanced to the Quarterfinal Round at Nicholl! Very excited about it - even if it doesn't advance, I'm happy it made it this far!

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