Another week in Margaritaville
Hello, my Peeps – hope you all are doing well.
Not much writing accomplished this week – but I did do a rewrite of one of my older scripts. Much improved if I do say so myself. Now, I need to revisit the story line and ensure the story logic is correct, tighten up a few scenes, ratchet up the tension a bit. The script is called DELUDED and the logline runs something like this:
A jilted homicide detective falls for the sister of his high school sweetheart while struggling to solve a series of murders only to discover his new girlfriend’s affections have nothing to do with love.
Deluded is in the vein of Sea of Love meets Basic Instinct.
As for my attempts at landing representation? Sent out an additional thirty-seven queries – two were kicked back for invalid email addresses. I swear this is the most frustrating part of the query process – finding reliable/valid email addys. But, this is where the Three Ps come into play:
Persistence. Persistence. Persistence.
If an address doesn’t work for me – say, first-initial-last-name@yaddayadda.com – I will try: last-name, then first-name, then first and last initials, ad nausea. You get the idea. It takes time – but it mostly works.
Like to point you one or two faithful readers out there in CyberSpace to a new screenwriting message board: The GITS Club Message Board at http://www.gitsclub.proboards.com/ — swing on by and give it a test drive.
Well, that’s a wrap for this week.
Keep Writing
“Deluded” sounds GREAT! Really like the high concept: “Sea of Love” meets “Basic Instinct.”
There’s a time to write and a time to market. BUT right now it’s time to watch some football. What am I doing here when it’s Colts/Jets then Vikings/Saints? (Got the game going on in the b.g., hehe)
Going to try to write a 1st draft of a dark sci-fi script this week. Shouldn’t be too hard to accomplish, as I’ve already got the 1st 29 1/2 pages in, AND I wrote an outline that went on to the tune of 104 pages! YIKES, I know, but a lot of that turned out to be straight scriptage.
Good to hear your posts at the GITS club board, Mike. You always have great, insightfull things to say.
- E.C. Henry from Bonney Lake, WA
E.C.
Yeah, watching some football right now. Rooting for the Vikings — didn’t really care about the AFC game — my Browns weren’t playing
Always appreciate you stopping by and leaving a comment. Good luck with your Sci-Fi script — wouldn’t mind reading it when you’re ready to share.
Keep Writing!