Update: Matthew Hickman, Black List/Cassian Elwes Independent Screenwriting Fellowship winner - Film Crush Collective at 2014-09-22 18:09:45:

[…] It’s terrifying how quickly a year can pass–especially the good ones. Last September I submitted a script that I’d been working on for several months to The Black List. I still remember (and …read more […]

mgren at 2014-09-22 20:04:04:

Great success story!

Kalen at 2014-09-22 20:18:33:

Awesome and encouraging article by Matthew. I used to work at UPS too! I was an "industrial athlete," as they like to call them. Good job, in case any aspiring writers are looking for a way to pay the rent. Nice starting salary, exercise on the job, flirting with the customers. Not bad at all.

John Arends at 2014-09-23 14:57:06:

This latest dispatch from Matthew has me smiling from ear to ear. What a great pick to launch this initiative! Head in the clouds, feet on the ground, heart in all the right places. Congrats again, Matthew--and thanks again for the Twitter follow!

Jon at 2014-09-24 00:53:20:

Excellent well written entertaining and encouraging dispatch. Thanks Matthew and Scott. Yes, Black List rocks.