We're pleased as punch to report that noted local filmmaker (and friend of ours) Brian McDonald was just down at the Austin Film Festival becoming an "award-winning screenwriter." Saturday, October 21, he won the Science Fiction category of the AFF 2006 Screenplay Competition with his screenplay "Graverobbers." more ›

This month at the Screenwriters Salon, it's noted local filmmaker Brian McDonald at the mic. Seattlest has this freaking eterna-cold that's going around now, so we're still deciding whether or not to infect the goings on with our presence. It's a tough call, because McDonald's take on story structure in film is particularly insightful and grounded. more ›

Listen, you remember the last time you had a great idea. You sat down and sketched it out, outlined the plot, and wrote treatment after treatment. Then some Bobby-Evans-type said, "Kid, I like your stuff," a year-and-a-half later Tim Allen signed on in the lead, and after the three-day crying jag you nearly drove off the Aurora Bridge. more ›

Seattlest attended SIFF's Screenwriters Salon at Hugo House last night. Seattlest is not a screenwriter, actually, but Lost was a repeat, and we thought perhaps we'd leave our cave for a bit. more ›