Spoke with Mr. G.

I had a phone conversation with my contact, Mr. G. to go over the screenplay pitches.  He thought my sci-fi horror movie was too out there and not something he thought wouldn't work.  It's a great unique story, with characters you'd actually root for, so I know it would find a market somewhere.  Even if I have to film it myself (which I've always thought about doing, but that's another story).

We went over my pitch for the Broken Down Bus horror movie, and he thought the script was being too clever, and he thought the movie Scream had a known director so they were able to get away with a similar idea.  That wouldn't happen with this one and he didn't think there would be a market for it at this time.  I've put a little work into the outline on this so I'll try and finish the outline and keep it handy so when the time is right it will be ready to go.

He came up with a couple of idea's based on the Bus idea, but that means it would be a completely different story, and nothing would be used from the previous idea.  I'm not sure what to do with his suggestions, so I'll have to mull it over a bit.  It's time to start from scratch.

WWII Novel update

I'm finished . . . with the initial read through of my WWII novel.  I made notes of grammatical errors, parts that I thought didn't make sense, and areas where I contradicted myself.  Reading it all together gave me a much better sense of how it flowed and what details I changed from the beginning to end.  I got through two chapters a day and now it's time to make the changes and see what else doesn't seem right.  I'm not sure how long that will take, but I've given myself until the end of September to have it done.  I'll ask for readers at that point and make any modifications based off of their feedback.  Then it will be time to write a new screenplay.

Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Movie

The initial edits have been completed, but there are a handful of areas I need to revisit to delete and expand on.  So this screenplay is getting close to being done.

Zombies and more

I'm halfway through the Post-Apocalypse Zombie movie re-write.  I'm beginning to wonder if I have too many characters and scenes and need to cut some out.  I guess I'll wait until I'm done with this draft, give it some time, then revisit it again and see what I think.

The script is done for my mystery video project!  Now it's time to get a shot and location list written down so I can begin the process of shooting it.  I also have a couple of props that need to be worked on.

No Joke, the Novel, draft two has started

Happy April fools day!  The second draft of my WWII novel has begun (no, really).  I've started by reading through the whole thing and making comments about what changes I see needs to be done.  Once that's completed I'll actually go through and make the changes and determine what else needs to be added/deleted.  It's hard to believe that it's been almost two months since I've completed it.