Five Things I Learned After Writing An Award-Winning Short Film

Zach Quiñones
6 min readAug 26, 2021

Winning an award for anything is a pretty damn good feeling. When you’re a screenwriter, it can pack a euphoric feeling because unless you’re directing your own scripts, so much of the process from final draft to final cut is out of your hands. To be melodramatic, it feels like the moment you send off that final draft file, it’s on its way to the slaughterhouse. Every single person…

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