Some concepts just don’t cut it, and others are too similar to movies that have come out since. I doubt I’ll ever dust any of the old ones off. Right now I’d say I have 5, maybe 6, scripts that I would feel comfortable sharing with people in the industry that reflect my abilities as a screenwriter. “While I’ve written somewhere between 18-20 feature-length scripts, as well as several original pilots, I would hesitate to share the majority of them. Chris shared how he’s used this body of work to his advantage, even when he hasn’t sold a script.
Writing two or three feature-length screenplays a year is an incredible volume of scripts to create over the course of twelve years. I have no formal training in screenwriting.” Quality over quantity I’ve been a 3-time Launch Pad Finalist and placed highly in several other competitions. Over the years, I’ve submitted a number of my scripts to various competitions. “Though I’ve seen some success in competitions, I’ve yet to sell any of my scripts. “I’m a pretty boring person who lives a thousand incredible lives in my head,” says Chris Dennis. That level of commitment has driven Chris to land multiple placements in several competitions, which eventually helped launch his career. Some years it’s easy, others it feels like a monumental task.” Ever since then I’ve tried to make it a goal to write 2-3 feature-length screenplays a year. I read screenplays on the internet and tools around with for a while, but I didn’t fully commit to writing until around 2008. “For a brief time, I thought I wanted to direct films, but as I became more aware of how movies were made, I was instinctively drawn to understand how movies looked on the page. He then went to college where he minored in Film Theory, which taught him to approach filmmaking from a critical viewpoint. Chris Dennis also signed with Romark Entertainment and Verve off the strength of his projects MAELSTROM and THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER.Ĭhris fell in love with movies, as many of us did, by growing up in the era of Lucas and Spielberg.
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As our interview with professional screenwriter, Chris Dennis shows, if you put in the work then eventually you’ll find your audience.Ĭhris Dennis is the only writer with multiple projects in the 2019 Launch Pad Feature Top 100. It’s an inspiring reminder to anyone who worries they’ve missed their shot at any career. Some of the notable participants included: Dozens of working screenwriters and other entertainment professionals even posted on Twitter the age they were when they finally got their first gig. The one thing most professional screenwriters have in common is that they didn’t get their “big break” until they were well into their 30’s or 40’s.
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