Douglas J. Eboch’s first success in Hollywood was the kind every writer dreams of: his master's thesis at USC film school was a screenplay that became his first sale, attracted a major star, got a green light at a studio, and was made into the hit movie "Sweet Home Alabama." It set the record for biggest September opening ever and ended up grossing $128 million domestically. Doug's children’s Christmas play "Sleepover at the Stables" has been performed by hundreds of schools, churches and children’s theaters nationwide. Doug received the Carl Sautter Memorial Screenwriting Award for Best New Voice in Feature Films from Scriptwriters Network for his screenplay, "Overload." He has a BA in Film Production and an MFA in Screenwriting from the University of Southern California. Doug currently teaches screenwriting and pitching at Art Center College of Design and has lectured or taught seminars at USC, UCLA, Chapman University, LMU, Singapore’s MediaCorp, the Scriptwriters’ Network and many more. His popular blog on screenwriting, letsschmooze.blogspot.com, is rerun on the British website "You've Got Red on You" and has been translated into Russian by the Cinemotion Lab in Moscow.