jeff oswald • creative director • writer

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Some writing samples from outside the wonderful world of advertising.

Writing Samples From Outside The Wonderful World Of Advertising

This was written for the NYC Midnight screenplay competition. They provide writers with a genre and writing prompts. I had 1 week to write a 12-page screenplay. My prompts were: 

Genre: Fantasy - Character: An Egomaniac - Subject: A coupon

This entry, "Just Kill Me"  finished top 5 in the first round.

This is from the NYC Midnight screenplay competition that I entered. Writers had 8 days to write an original 12 page screenplay based on random prompts. My prompts were: Genre: Fantasy - Subject: A coupon - Character: An egomaniac Results of the first round will be announced in June.

This was my 2nd round entry in the NYC Midnight Screenplay competition. This round I had 72 hours to write an 8 page screenplay.

Genre: Suspense - Character: A youth sports coach - Subject: A home security system.

This entry, "Quarter After Two" received an honorable mention in the second round.

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Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get them in front of Issuu's millions of monthly readers. Title: Birthday Stuff, Author: Jeff Oswald, Name: Birthday Stuff, Length: 6 pages, Page: 1, Published: 2020-02-08

Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get them in front of Issuu's millions of monthly readers. Title: Two Weeks, Author: Jeff Oswald, Name: Two Weeks, Length: 12 pages, Page: 1, Published: 2021-01-20

This monologue, "Christmas Sucks," was written at iO Chicago.

Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get them in front of Issuu's millions of monthly readers. Title: Christmas Sucks, Author: Jeff Oswald, Name: Christmas Sucks, Length: 1 pages, Page: 1, Published: 2017-07-22