A Week of Progress
Been a nice week of progress for me. Pretty much a week of Log Line and Synopsis writing. Finished the Brainstorm, Main Characters, Logline, and Synopsis for Amachi’s first book and a short film script. I discovered a lot about my two main antagonists, for Amachi, that I didn’t know/realize before. They’ve become a lot … Read more
My First Read Through and Other Things!
I’ve written and plan to direct a short film titled “A Moment In Love” and, last weekend, I had a read through with the lead actor and actress, mainly to scrutinize the dialog. Everything went well and was a great first time experience for me. It was fun, a lot of laughing. It was definitely … Read more
When Predator Becomes Prey
With “Things People Do” making its rounds in three Screenplay Competitions, I’ve been focusing most of my creative energies on my second Feature Spec. “Sylvia”. It’s a Sci-Fi/Psychological Thriller where “A Serial-Killing Pedophile abducts a little girl, with dark powers, who becomes his worst nightmare.” It’s a dark tale of wolves in sheep’s clothing. Things … Read more
A Small Step But A Step Nonetheless
Well, it’s done. Well, almost done. I’ve submitted Things People Do into two of three screenwriting competitions I’m taking a swing at before year’s end. It’s a small step, but a step nonetheless. At least the script is out there now, in some way, and I feel like I’m doing something with the material even … Read more
Students of the Craft: Kelly Anelons
In this Podcast, I interview Screenwriter Kelly Anelons. We had a lot of fun and laughed a lot as you’ll hear. Take a listen to find out about Kelly’s ongoing journey as a Screenwriter, her thoughts on the Craft, and why her sympathy goes out to the poor little creature in the first Alien film, … Read more
EFF THAT! I’m Jumping in!
Well, after much debate and mulling over of “issues”, I’ve finally made the serious decision to take the path of the Indie Book Author for my novels. For the most part, I’m a “Do it myself” kind of guy. Ever since the early years of the my creative life, I’ve always wanted and had total … Read more
NEVER FORGET: You SUCK and you ALWAYS will!
Yeah, that’s right, I said it! You suck, and you always will! And so will I! That is, to somebody in the world. Actually, we’ll suck to hundreds, if not thousands, of people. Why?, because we can’t please everybody. Guess what? Nobody can. You know, the one thing that gets me is when I don’t … Read more
TPD Project Journal: Wrap Up – Start Up
SHOTGUN: Wrap Up Okay, so my month of Shotgunning has come to an end. It was a good run, a good month. I achieved all my goals save one. I wasn’t able to layout all the scenes for the entire film. I did about half the script and that while battling off and on sickness, … Read more
