Date: Tuesday, October 28 🎃
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. PT 🍸
Venue: The Godfrey Hotel Rooftop 🌇
Address: 1400 N Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 🎥
Cost: Free! 😎

RSVP here: partiful.com/e/HfZxHcpC6a...

It’s been super exciting to work on a primetime, network show (did mention we’re on right after The Simpsons?!) and I can’t wait for all of you to check it out!

#universalbasicguys #UBG #animationdomination #animation #primetime

I have no idea why the laurels came out so dark and apparently I can’t edit the post but I meant to post this image!

And if you do want to read this almost-award winning script, it's available here on my website: www.alyssafeller.com/tv-writing

These days, I guess you have to take any win, even if it's a second round win.
#AFF #AustinFilmFestival #Script #Scriptwriting #Screenwriting #WhatWeDoInTheShadows

Would it have been cool and validating to actually make it to the semi-finals? Yes. But is this cool too? Yeah, kind of. Will I submit again? Maybe. Did I post this to brag a little since there is very little else to brag about at the moment? Yes.

So I submitted and... I got into the second round. Yay? They say about 20% of scripts make it to this round, so I guess it was better than 80% of the other scripts that were submitted.

But then I found out the Austin Film Festival has a spec script contest, and considering WWDITS's final season was last year, I knew that this spec didn't have much shelf life left.

So what did I do with the script? Mostly, nothing. I think I used it to apply to one fellowship, and then put it up on my website as a sample. What else was I supposed to do with it?

I ended up having a lot of fun writing the script, and between frustrating project after frustrating project, it was a joy to write something as stupid and silly as a bunch of idiotic vampires celebrating a vampire holiday I completely made up, with one overused Christmas trope after another.

However, I had gotten this really crazy idea in my head - I wanted to write a 'What We Do In The Shadows' Christmas episode. Like I said, crazy.

But a couple of years ago I had a whim to write a spec script. Why? I don’t know, because as most people “in the biz” know, they really aren’t a good use of time since no one wants to read them.

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#comedy #film #filmmaking #screenwriting #writing #tvwriting #interview #jobs #tvwriters #filmwriters #writerslife #tvindustry #filmindustry #storytelling #weirdjobs #careerjourney #oddjobs #unusualjobs #writingcommunity #creativejourney #entomology #entomologist #bugs #insects #fredrodgers #pbs

... and the three scariest words Alyssa has ever heard: microscopic parasitic wasps. #podcast #podcasting

Martin tells us about going from a psychology major to an entomologist to a Fred Rogers Productions Writers' Neighborhood fellow, his field research which involved saving California’s avocado and citrus crops from invasive insect species...

Martin Castillo was an Entomologist

Writer MARTIN CASTILLO (Spirit & Friends, Donkey Hodie) joins Alyssa to talk about his time as a entomology research technician, aka a bug scientist.

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