Date:         Tue, 22 Sep 1998 17:18:48 -0400 
From: Deborah Courtney-Bertha <dbertha@BRILL.ACOMP.USF.EDU> 
Subject:      [WRITERS] TECH:  Screenwriting question (and re-intro) 

Hi.

I've changed email accounts, and changed mail programs as well, so this
message will be a test, a real question, and a re-intro.

I've been mostly lurking lately, and I've noticed a bunch of new names, so
this is my way of saying hi to everyone all at once.

My name is Deborah Courtney-Bertha, though I am known also by Deb, Courtney,
Deb Courtney, Debbie, and, my mother's all time favorite, Deborah Jean :)

I am a student at the University of South Florida, studying creative
writing.  I expect my Bachelors in December, this year.

I am currently working as a stringer for several local publications -- it
doesn't pay much, but I get to by-line stories on a regular basis, and,
well, eat.

I am working on a novel (international law enforcement), about a billion
short stories, and occasionally I try my hand at poetry.  Right now, I am
putting together a collection of short children's stories, the ideas for
which I credit my son -- he and I are having a great time writing about
sharks and stars and baby bears and a gorilla named Squad who protects
children from bad dreams.


Oh yeah...on to the question.  IN the past, I have only received SUB, TECH,
and CRIT.  Under those three topics, I have never seen much about
screenplays or teleplays (or plays for that matter).  I am working on a
treatment for a one-hour television drama, and will start work on a
made-for-TV style movie within the next few weeks...I would love input, but
don't want to post them here if it's out of the normal scope.  If anyone
else writes this stuff, and is interested in workshopping together off-list,
I'd love to hear from you...or, if it's okay to post here, I will.

Ta-TA.

Deb Courtney-Bertha