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Moonshot Initiative Team
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Get your creative juices flowing with our Filmmaker's Advent Calendar
If you’re looking to boost your creativity this December and kick off 2025 with a plethora of ideas, sign up to receive our free Filmmaker’s
Moonshot Initiative Team
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The Trick To Submitting To Screenwriting Contests? Set a Fake Deadline
Are you planning on submitting to the Moonshot Feature Accelerator? Here's how you can make sure your screenplay is ready on time.
Moonshot Initiative Team
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Info Session About the 2025 Moonshot Feature Accelerator: Full Replay
Calling all writers with a feature film screenplay: Watch this Q&A about applying to the Moonshot Feature Accelerator!
Moonshot Initiative Team
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How to Decide Which Screenwriting Contests to Submit To
Ready to submit your screenplay to competitions? Here’s how to determine which labs, fellowships and contests are right for you.
Moonshot Initiative Team
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What Screenwriters Get Out of the Moonshot Accelerators
Here are some of the benefits of being selected as a fellow for the Moonshot Pilot Accelerator or Moonshot Feature Accelerator.
Moonshot Initiative Team
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Cheat Sheet: The Answers We Want To See on Our Moonshot Feature Accelerator Application
Make your Moonshot Feature Accelerator submission as strong as it can be by acing the answers to our application questions.
Moonshot Initiative Team
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Why We Created the Moonshot Feature Accelerator
Introducing Moonshot Initiative's newest program: An accelerator that boosts the careers of screenwriters with feature screenplays.
Katrina Medoff
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How to 'Write What You Know' in Screenplay — Even When Your Experiences Don’t Feel Unique Enough
Screenwriters looking for inspiration are often told to “write what they know" — but how do you ensure your work feels unique?
Moonshot Initiative Team
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Announcing Our 2024 Moonshot Pilot Accelerator Fellows
Moonshot Initiative selected 8 fellows for its 2024 Pilot Accelerator, and those fellows will pitch to HBO, Netflix, Starz, and more.
Moonshot Initiative Team
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Is It Possible To Revise a TV Pilot Script in Just 1 Month?
We just hosted our Revise a Pilot in 30 Days course this May. Here's how it went!
Moonshot Initiative Team
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Announcing Our 2024 Moonshot Pilot Accelerator Finalists
Here are the 15 TV pilot scripts chosen as our finalists, representing the top 3% of all Moonshot Pilot Accelerator submissions!
Moonshot Initiative Team
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Announcing Our 2024 Moonshot Pilot Accelerator Quarter-Finalists
Here are the 50 TV pilot scripts chosen as our quarter-finalists, representing the top 10% of all Moonshot Pilot Accelerator submissions!
Moonshot Initiative Team
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5 Things I Learned From Sitting in on 120 Pitch Meetings
Our co-founder wrote a post for No Film School about her experience setting up 120 pitch meetings for the Moonshot Pilot Accelerator.
Moonshot Initiative Team
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The Genres We Want To See for the Moonshot Pilot Accelerator
There’s still time to submit to the Moonshot Pilot Accelerator. Do you have the TV pilot script we’re looking for?
Moonshot Initiative Team
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Moonshot Pilot Accelerator Featured by Final Draft
Final Draft, a sponsor of the 2024 Moonshot Pilot Accelerator, highlighted our program for emerging TV writers on the blog.
Moonshot Initiative Team
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Meet Our 2023 Moonshot Pilot Accelerator Fellows: Chen Gu
In this Q&A, Chen Gu discusses how the Moonshot Pilot Accelerator helped them step outside their comfort zone.
Moonshot Initiative Team
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Meet Our 2023 Moonshot Pilot Accelerator Fellows: GG Hawkins
In this Q&A, GG Hawkins discusses finding the humanity in pitching — and how authenticity helps her connect with execs.
Moonshot Initiative Team
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Meet Our 2023 Moonshot Pilot Accelerator Fellows: Erin Kathleen
In this Q&A, Erin Kathleen shares how to harness the power of storytelling when pitching to major companies.
Moonshot Initiative Team
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Why We Don’t Care About Accolades in Your Moonshot Pilot Accelerator Application
Don’t worry about how impressive your bio is; focus on your TV script & the answers to your Moonshot Pilot Accelerator application questions
Katrina Medoff
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White Space Is Your Friend: How To Avoid Writing Like a Novelist in Your TV Pilot Script
Paragraph breaks can work wonders for the pacing of your TV pilot script. Here are some examples with and without white space on the page.
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