Sorry - my previous post seems to have confused people: this blog is where I will post my personal views on being a screenwriter living in Western Australia... So, it's all about me!
At the moment I'm working on a few projects - small projects which I hope will lead to bigger.
Like all serious writers, I spend a lot of time rattling out scripts which producers ask for but which go no-where! Not because the script is bad - it may not even have been read but because the very subjective nature of our industry means many a script or project gets a lot of time and energy invested by all involved, for absolutely no return - except the experience.
For example, I wrote a couple of shorts scripts for a Wine company in the Eastern States to consider. They needed a short film script to make quickly for a competition which would give them a lot of exposure in the US. In the process I came up with a TV Series Idea which I really like and hope they run with... but we'll see. I'm waiting patiently for them to get back to me...
Meanwhile I'm jotting down a couple of ideas for an award-winning crew I've worked with before to make the next short which hopefully will lead to a feature or an on-going larger project.
(They're also waiting on my script for the next Tropfest which I have open in another screen right now!)
Of course the spector of my unfinished 'No Strings' draft (number - I don't know, I've done so many) stays in the background. I need to get to finish that one because I can't go any further without a producer or director and need to start sending it out to my list of preferables.
So I'm up to page 59 on this rewrite and need a good 2 weeks clearance to get into the last half but just can't find the time!
So - back to it...
At the moment I'm working on a few projects - small projects which I hope will lead to bigger.
Like all serious writers, I spend a lot of time rattling out scripts which producers ask for but which go no-where! Not because the script is bad - it may not even have been read but because the very subjective nature of our industry means many a script or project gets a lot of time and energy invested by all involved, for absolutely no return - except the experience.
For example, I wrote a couple of shorts scripts for a Wine company in the Eastern States to consider. They needed a short film script to make quickly for a competition which would give them a lot of exposure in the US. In the process I came up with a TV Series Idea which I really like and hope they run with... but we'll see. I'm waiting patiently for them to get back to me...
Meanwhile I'm jotting down a couple of ideas for an award-winning crew I've worked with before to make the next short which hopefully will lead to a feature or an on-going larger project.
(They're also waiting on my script for the next Tropfest which I have open in another screen right now!)
Of course the spector of my unfinished 'No Strings' draft (number - I don't know, I've done so many) stays in the background. I need to get to finish that one because I can't go any further without a producer or director and need to start sending it out to my list of preferables.
So I'm up to page 59 on this rewrite and need a good 2 weeks clearance to get into the last half but just can't find the time!
So - back to it...
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