it can be done

A baby writer (not a huge fan of the term -- but that seems to be the one Hollywood has coined for new writers) and former assistant at Will Farrell and Adam McKay's Gary Sanchez Productions sold her first script (He's Fuckin' Perfect) for, like, a million dollars. BTW, this script was on The Black List (2011). We want to do that. Real bad. Check out the article here.

and the oscar goes to...

 

Get reading people. Check out this great resource by Simply Scripts with the 2011 Best Screenplay nominations.