[…] One script that received a lot of attention in the 2013 Black List is “Shovel Buddies” by Jason Mark Hellerman (it garnered 22 votes). I was quite struck by the story — “Over 24 hours, four teenage friends try to complete the “Shovel List” (a will/bucket list) left for them by their best friend before he died of Leukemia” — and reached out to talk with Jason about it. We ended up talking for 90 minutes, an excellent conversation covering a lot of territory. I think aspiring screenwriters will find Jason’s insights particularly relevant as we got into quite a …read more […]

As a PSU film and video alum, it is exciting to read all of these segments. There is a lot of great information. Is there a pdf of one of the 65 drafts that can be downloaded? Even if it's just a piece of the story it would be interesting to see how the action is written. Maybe you could post with Jason's permission, the script or some scenes to illustrate what was talked about in this segment.

if you google it I'm sure there's a pdf floating around online. Twitter DM me and I can send it too.