Introduce Yourself : Screenwriter by Barry Hollywood

Barry Hollywood

Screenwriter

Hi All,

I'm Barry, an Irish screenwriter with a passion for horror. I'm new to Stage32.

I've written two features so far and they've placed in a few competitions which is encouraging.

I'm writing a short screenplay at the moment and outlining feature three. I'm looking forward to making new connections here.

Geoff Hall

Barry Hollywood Greetings, Barry! Welcome to Stage32. It’s a great place to network and share your work with fellow writers. You can do that by connecting through the Screenwriting Lounge.

Here’s wishing you a fruitful journey towards realising your goals?

Barry Hollywood

Thanks Geoff Hall, appreciate the wishes.

Maurice Vaughan

Welcome to the community, Barry Hollywood. Horror is one of my top genres to write. Congratulations on all your success in the contests!

Trish Persen

You had me at "Irish Screenwriter.' How amazing to have pride in your heritage and craft. Beautiful.

Barry Hollywood

Thanks, Maurice Vaughan!

Barry Hollywood

Thanks, Trish Persen. :)

Maurice Vaughan

You're welcome, Barry Hollywood. Congratulations on placing in the competitions! How far along are you with your short script?

Barry Hollywood

Maurice Vaughan It's outlined with the first couple of scenes written. A week or so for the first draft, I'd say.

Toby James

This sounds fun, Barry! I’ve just finished scoring some horror/thriller shorts - SO much to get your teeth into!

Barry Hollywood

That's cool, Toby James.

Maurice Vaughan

Cool, Barry. I'm in a similar boat as you. I'm writing a feature script about invisible zombies. I have some of the script written, and I should be done with the first draft in a week or so. The feature script started as a short script.

Debbie Elicksen

Welcome aboard, Barry. You will find a lot of horror industry connections here.

Barry Hollywood

Maurice Vaughan Nice! Gotta be careful of that scope creep though ;)

Barry Hollywood

Thanks, Debbie Elicksen. Here's hoping :)

Maurice Vaughan

What do you mean "Gotta be careful of that scope creep though," Barry Hollywood?

Barry Hollywood

Maurice Vaughan Only that you said the feature script started as a short script. The scope of that one crept up a bit. I once started a short story and ended up with a 40k novel draft so I'm extra careful now.

Maurice Vaughan

Oh ok, Barry Hollywood. All of my feature spec scripts end up being around 90 pages, so I'm not worried. Thanks for the warning though.

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