Voice and Perseverance

Had an unproductive week – no screenwriting as such.  Been spending time completing my treatments (see last post) and working on my ‘voice’.  I’m working with an ex-development exec and script reader who likes my writing, I guess, but found my voice anonymous.  Consequently, he offered to mentor me.

When I asked for clarification about the voice thing, he stated that when reading my scripts there was nothing on the page telling him that this is a ‘Mike Scherer’ script.  My writing doesn’t have attitude unlike, say, Shane Black.  I must agree.  And, I discovered this for myself a few weeks back (see post: Liked it, didn’t love it).  So, for now, I am working to put my voice on the page.

Back on the query front… I’ve been having limited success.  Getting plenty of reads and plenty of PASSES, but, with encouraging words. For example, Would love to read something else; or, Keep my in mind for future projects.  So, I decided to try something new and different.  I put together a document listing all of my completed and polished scripts along with the genre, and a logline.  Included in this document are projects in various stages of completion – my future projects.

I then sent this document to those producers who responded favorably – two, to be exact. After all, this was an experiment – and both responded with script requests.  So….. I would highly recommend that you, my faithful two or three readers, do the same.  When a producer and/or manager asks: What else you got?  Send them the list.

Guess that’s a wrap for now.  Back to my coffee and Bear Claw and my voice.

Keep Writing!