4.success:

4.success:
In September, 2000 -- a workshop participant signed an option deal with an L.A. producer/director.

Several doctored screenplays were quarterfinalists in the Austin Heart of Film Screenplay Competition.

In 2005 -- an 8-week alum garnered an acting gig in “A Scanner Darkly.”

in November, 2005 -- a workshopper made the quarterfinals in the Slamdance Screenplay Competition.

In 2005 -- an 8-week alum landed a WGA agent vis-a-vis the feature script which he’d developed in our workshop.

In the summer of 2008 -- a doctored screenwriter won 2nd place in the Hook contest.

In September, 2001 -- a workshop participant garnered an official entry of his film in the New York Film Festival.

In September, 2004 -- a workshop participant grabbed fifth place in the Filmmakers.com Screenwriting Competition.

In March, 2003 -- a doctored screenplay made the quarterfinals in CineStory.

In September, 2002 -- a workshop participant made the "top ten" in the WriteMovies.com Screenwriting Competition.

In December, 2002 -- a workshop participant won the Austin 48-Hour Film Fest with his short script.

In August, 2001 -- a doctored screenwriter made the quarterfinals in the Scriptapalooza competition.

In August, 2001 -- a doctored screenplay made the quarterfinals in the Moondance International Film Festival Competition.

In September, 2000 -- two workshop participants made the top 10% in the Austin Heart of Film Screenplay Competition.

In September, 2000 -- a doctored screenwriter made the semifinals in the Nicholl Fellowships with a new script.

In February, 2001 -- a doctored screenwriter/workshop participant made the quarterfinals in the Fade In: Screenwriting Awards.

In March, 2002 -- a workshop participant made the quarterfinals in the Fade In: Screenwriting Awards.

In April, 2004 -- a doctored screenplay made the semifinals in the CineStory Competition.

In March, 2002 -- a workshop participant received a Best Musical Score award per a short film which he wrote/directed and entered in the New York International Independent Film Festival.

In April, 2002 -- a workshop participant signed an option deal on a low-budget family dramedy.

In April, 2002 -- a doctored screenplay made the semifinals in the Barrier Magazine competition.

In the spring of 1998 -- a workshop participant won a $2000 production grant from the Austin Film Society.

In November, 1999 -- a screenwriter who was offered advice years ago . . . made the semifinals in the Moondance International Film Festival Competition.

In 1999 -- a workshop participant nailed a producer's credit on a feature film.

In September, 2000 -- a workshop participant won 4th Place in the Austin Chronicle's Short Story Competition.

A workshop participant's screenplay was named "noteworthy" in the 1998 Slamdance competition. This same writer had a script selected for a staged reading via the Austin Film Festival in 1997.

In January, 2000 -- a workshop participant was notified that one of his screenplays made the quarterfinal round in the Empire Screenplay Contest.

In May, 2001 -- a workshop participant's script moved to "Phase Two" in the Carl Sautter Memorial Scriptwriting Competition.

In the spring of 2003 -- a workshop participant landed an internship at Warner Brothers Studio.

A number of doctored screenplays have made the quarterfinal round in the Lone Star Screenwriting Competition. One was a semifinalist.

In September, 1999 -- a doctored screenplay advanced to a second reading in the Austin Heart of Film Screenplay Competition, i.e., it made it to the top 10%. This was the writer's first screenplay.

An ex-student was awarded a contract with Francis Ford Coppola to produce a pasta sauce.

In June, 2003 -- a workshop participant made the QFs in the Texas Film Institute Competition.

Doc's advice -> Click on the "red pop-out" . . . if you wanna know more about screenplay doctoring.

MFA Method:
Aubrey M. Horton uses the MFA Method (tm) to doctor screenplays.

Good writing has an easy flow.

Don't try to impress the reader with $20 words.

Think entertainment.

Tell a wonderful story.

If you would like a screenplay doctored per the MFA Method, click on -> "doc.fees."