Question

Three questions in this discipline are contracted in the phrase “dancing the Wadoogee,” part of the “Ackerman Way” of it. The .highland (“dot-highland”) file format and the software Celtx (“sell-tex”) facilitate this activity. Gee and Don Nicholl name a selective fellowship for newcomers to this discipline. An approach to this discipline known simply as “the Paradigm” may use the orientation points Pinch 1 and Pinch 2. This craft is taught by Blake Snyder’s (-5[1])book Save (-5[1])the Cat!, (10[3])which stresses (10[1])the value of (10[1])loglines, and in seminars by (10[1])Robert McKee. (10[1]-5[1])Figurative “doctors” (-5[1])who assist in this craft have included Herman Mankiewicz (10[3])(“MANK-uh-witz”), the subject of (10[1])the 2020 film Mank. (10[3])Syd Field’s (10[1])guide to this craft popularized (10[1])a “three-act” structure for it. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this craft whose text outputs often follow a “one-page-per-minute” (10[1])convention and may get “greenlit” by a studio. ■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: screenwriting [or writing screenplays; or writing film scripts; or writing television scripts; or writing spec scripts; or writing teleplays; or being a screenwriter; or writing film treatments; accept script doctoring or script doctors; prompt on creative writing; prompt on fiction writing; prompt on film production; prompt on storytelling] (“Wadoogee” stands for “What does this character WAnt, and what will they DO to GEt it?”)
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y24100%0%21%105.83

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sharath NarayanNorthwesternChicago A70-5
Colin VeeversOttawaBritish Columbia72-5
Jared HeWaterloo AColumbia A7410
Alex AkridgeIndianaNorth Carolina A7410
Annabelle YangWUSTL AUC Berkeley A7410
Ani PerumallaPenn StateArizona State7610
Owen MimnoNYUUC Berkeley B7910
Patrick TorreMarylandWinona State8410
Tim MorrisonStanfordIllinois A8610
Nathan ZhangCornell AToronto B86-5
Todd MaslykMichiganUCF88-5
Athena ShaddenTexasIowa State9710
Olin BoseColumbia BCornell B9710
Joseph ChambersVirginiaNorth Carolina B9710
William OrrYaleWaterloo B10010
Cormac BeirneLSEFlorida10410
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto ARutgers10410
Aditya ShivaswamyJohns HopkinsToronto C10410
Eric ChangVirginia TechMinnesota10610
Alvin GuoChicago BGeorgia Tech11110
Cade ReinbergerRITOhio State116-5
Truman HillVanderbiltIllinois B11610
Joy AnHarvardMIT12910
Russell NipBritish ColumbiaOttawa13810
Thomas TibbettsUCFMichigan13810
Simon ZimmermanOhio StateRIT13810
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateWUSTL B13810
Wenying WuToronto BCornell A13810
Claire JonesChicago ANorthwestern13810