Introduction: The Power and Importance of Human Connection -- Preparing to Write the Short Screenplay -- Connecting to Purpose -- Connecting to Self -- Connecting to Process -- Connecting to Screenplays -- Five (Not So) Easy Screenplays -- The Discovery -- The Decision -- The Boxing Match -- The Improbable Connection -- The Long Short Screenplay -- Five Screenplays That Make It Look Easy -- Slow Dancin' Down the Aisles of the Quickcheck / Cool Breeze and Buzz / Tongue / Lena's Spaghetti / The Making of Killer Kite