M in da house!
I have that writing bug again, and have totally dug deep into my third draft of "Great Water". I have changed some key elements and have definately dug deeper into the personalities of the protagonist. I am greatly excited by this.
Also, I just got notice that I will be in a position to volunteer at the Cleveland International Film Festival. K. is also going to do this as well.
I am excited that this is going to happen, because not only are we going to volunteer, but we are going to be at the parties, the screenings and the mini classes that they are going to have.
And we are going to write about it all HERE!
Speaking of Film Festivals, The Cleveland Film Festival is CALLING FOR ENTRIES to its 2008 fest.
The deadline is November 30, 2007 and you can download and entry form here.
The screenwriting course is almost over, and through that class, our professor offered to make us PAs during the production of her television pilot. We're really excited and can't wait to help her out!
We'll post around November when everything gets started.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Reviews of The Good Book
K here.
I've gotten two reviews of The Good Book so far, and they've been really positive. Both reviews told me that I need to focus on the interactions between Dane and Diana, which I figured they would.
I'm going to wait to do a second draft on The Good Book until after NanoWrimo and after I've finished my portfolio for the MA Creative Writing program I'm trying to get into.
Hopefully that won't take too long, but it will be at least a month and a half. Ah, the life of a writer.
I've gotten two reviews of The Good Book so far, and they've been really positive. Both reviews told me that I need to focus on the interactions between Dane and Diana, which I figured they would.
I'm going to wait to do a second draft on The Good Book until after NanoWrimo and after I've finished my portfolio for the MA Creative Writing program I'm trying to get into.
Hopefully that won't take too long, but it will be at least a month and a half. Ah, the life of a writer.
Monday, October 1, 2007
Let the Writing Begin!
K here.
I've convinced Meekie to finish editing her 2nd draft of Sons of Ham--which is an impressive screenplay, BTW--and I'm going to work on Heart of Wolf, which I'm really excited about.
I was supposed to do the outline last Saturday, but, as usual, I procrastinated my way out of that one. Not to worry--I'm pretty sure I can pump out a well-formed outline tonight, and be up and running by tomorrow afternoon.
Such are the joys of being a college student who doesn't go to class.
I've convinced Meekie to finish editing her 2nd draft of Sons of Ham--which is an impressive screenplay, BTW--and I'm going to work on Heart of Wolf, which I'm really excited about.
I was supposed to do the outline last Saturday, but, as usual, I procrastinated my way out of that one. Not to worry--I'm pretty sure I can pump out a well-formed outline tonight, and be up and running by tomorrow afternoon.
Such are the joys of being a college student who doesn't go to class.
Saturday, September 29, 2007
New Screenplay!!!
K here!
After finishing my first draft of my first (solo) screenplay, I've decided to take a break from rewriting, and begin a new screenplay.
I've actually edited my first screenplay before, but I still consider it part of the first draft. I'm not really sure why.
I had ideas (and outlines) for at least 2 more screenplays, but I didn't feel like writing them. I feel like I will write them in the future, just not now. This next screenplay I'm soo ready to write.
Today I'm going to crank out the outline, and perhaps tomorrow or Monday I'll begin writing.
In other news, I finished the first 5 pages of my script for Scriptwriting class. I'm not too happy with it--not because it's "bad" perse, but because I don't feel like there's a point. I basically made the story up as I wrote along, and I hate doing that, because I can get easily distracted. Hopefully I'll get back some good notes from the class.
After finishing my first draft of my first (solo) screenplay, I've decided to take a break from rewriting, and begin a new screenplay.
I've actually edited my first screenplay before, but I still consider it part of the first draft. I'm not really sure why.
I had ideas (and outlines) for at least 2 more screenplays, but I didn't feel like writing them. I feel like I will write them in the future, just not now. This next screenplay I'm soo ready to write.
Today I'm going to crank out the outline, and perhaps tomorrow or Monday I'll begin writing.
In other news, I finished the first 5 pages of my script for Scriptwriting class. I'm not too happy with it--not because it's "bad" perse, but because I don't feel like there's a point. I basically made the story up as I wrote along, and I hate doing that, because I can get easily distracted. Hopefully I'll get back some good notes from the class.
Coppola got robbed!
K here.
Zoetrope founder and filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola got his computer stolen a few days ago while working at Zoetrope Argentina. His latest script "Tetro" was on the computer, as well as other files, including pictures of his family. All of this leaves me with just one question:
There's a Zoetrope Argentina...?!
Zoetrope founder and filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola got his computer stolen a few days ago while working at Zoetrope Argentina. His latest script "Tetro" was on the computer, as well as other files, including pictures of his family. All of this leaves me with just one question:
There's a Zoetrope Argentina...?!
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Writing a Screenplay that we can READ
K here.
We received a packet of short scripts, for which we need to review and make notes. Tuesday, we're going to go over them in class, but I need to get a few frustrations off of my chest.
1. If students turn in another script in anything other than 12-point Courier, I will not read it. I used to laugh when people said it was hard to read a script in anything other than the normal, but really--not only is it hard--it's annoying. It's not hard, if you do your script in MS Word, to scroll up to the fonts and click on "Courier New", and set the size at "12". I read a script where it was obvious that the guy had fiddled with the font size. I never thought it would be easy to see--but it's glaringly obvious. I'm not trying to be a jerk--but in other classes, when you turn in a paper, it has to be Times New Roman, 12. I would never turn in a paper in Comic Sans MS font 20. That's insulting.
2. Parenthetical should never be used--I really don't care who you are. And if you need to use a parenthetical, please keep it to one or two. One script I read had parenthetical as a replacement for action. I mean, it literally read like:
DAVE
(picking up paper)
What's this?
SUSAN
(leaning over to Dave)
Oh, that's just my report.
DAVE
(turning back to Susan)
You always do so well.
No!
3. Talking Heads. Enough said.
4. The scene never ended: I'm glad I've gotten to see what unended scenes look like, because I really never understood the concept before. We were supposed to write 5 pages (some people wrote less, others wrote more) of a scene or series of scenes...and some people just didn't get that just because you make a new slugline, your previous scene is ended. It's kind of frustrating, because you know exactly what they were trying to do...
5. Lack of voice. I have no idea how to explain this, but you could tell who did and who didn't have a voice--and a "voice" is necessary for the story we're all trying to tell.
I know I'm just venting now, but it almost feels like they just don't care because most of them are going to end up working on other people's films, or in editing, or they thought it would just be "a fun class". Eugh!
We received a packet of short scripts, for which we need to review and make notes. Tuesday, we're going to go over them in class, but I need to get a few frustrations off of my chest.
1. If students turn in another script in anything other than 12-point Courier, I will not read it. I used to laugh when people said it was hard to read a script in anything other than the normal, but really--not only is it hard--it's annoying. It's not hard, if you do your script in MS Word, to scroll up to the fonts and click on "Courier New", and set the size at "12". I read a script where it was obvious that the guy had fiddled with the font size. I never thought it would be easy to see--but it's glaringly obvious. I'm not trying to be a jerk--but in other classes, when you turn in a paper, it has to be Times New Roman, 12. I would never turn in a paper in Comic Sans MS font 20. That's insulting.
2. Parenthetical should never be used--I really don't care who you are. And if you need to use a parenthetical, please keep it to one or two. One script I read had parenthetical as a replacement for action. I mean, it literally read like:
DAVE
(picking up paper)
What's this?
SUSAN
(leaning over to Dave)
Oh, that's just my report.
DAVE
(turning back to Susan)
You always do so well.
No!
3. Talking Heads. Enough said.
4. The scene never ended: I'm glad I've gotten to see what unended scenes look like, because I really never understood the concept before. We were supposed to write 5 pages (some people wrote less, others wrote more) of a scene or series of scenes...and some people just didn't get that just because you make a new slugline, your previous scene is ended. It's kind of frustrating, because you know exactly what they were trying to do...
5. Lack of voice. I have no idea how to explain this, but you could tell who did and who didn't have a voice--and a "voice" is necessary for the story we're all trying to tell.
I know I'm just venting now, but it almost feels like they just don't care because most of them are going to end up working on other people's films, or in editing, or they thought it would just be "a fun class". Eugh!
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