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Life to a good buddy of mine today. He's worked with several of the majors out in LA
and I really appreciate his opinion. Looking forward to hearing his notes. Island Life is a screenplay that I worked on for nearly a year. I haven't shown it to anyone in the industry, so this is the toes in the water. Been waiting around by the phone ever since. Island Life is a quick read. It's only at 92 pages since I hacked about everything I possibly could out of the script that didn't move the story forward. It has some problems in the first few pages, but nothing that I can not remedy with another re-write. It took me years to learn how to re-write. I always thought that my first drafts were my final drafts. Wrong! I didn't look at the work objectively. I used to think that the works of Hemingway were perfect. Now I see ways that I would have gone in a different direction. It takes a little away from the book reading and movie going experience, but it's rare that I don't see the writer at work. The great ones rewrite and rewrite and rewrite. Kind of like polishing stones. I love re-writing now. Strange how things change with time. When I emailed the screenplay, my buddies final draft program couldn't pull it up. Anyone else have a problem like that with different versions of Final Draft? He uses 5 something and I use Final Draft 4 something. I added more screenwriting links to the site today. I hope they are useful to the pros and amateur screenwriters alike. I read my Screenplay Island Life out loud today. I found a couple of boo-boos and fixed them. It's amazing how I always find mistakes when I take the time to read the screenplay out loud. It really gives you a feel for the pacing and the true length of the film. Saw Space Cowboys the other day. I fell asleep. Was it that I was just tired or was it really just that boring? I like all of the actors in the movie. And I'm a NASA junkie. All the best on your pages today! Writers Write Quit reading this and go write! |
