Hell, I didn’t know that Either!

 

LESSSDOLUNCH. . . . . Bill it to my agent!!

Running Head-Start. . . . . A Screenwriting Contest

    

Nothing quite gives you “a kick-in-the-pants” like an actual deadline. So it is– asides from endlessly jotting down script-notes AND ACTUALLY WORKING ON THE SCRIPT. It had to happen sooner or later. Without further delay, handed the opportunity of the season.

The contest was perfect– bootleg “your take” on an actual franchise or character universe, coming up with a cogent story that might get turned into an actual short film if you didn’t swamp the budget with too many special effects.

Read about the contest here: https://screencraft.org/bootleguniverse/

I had about a week to halfway overall all my notes and come up with a serviceable number of pages. Like, the sheer logistics of it. I geared-up preparation about a week before the October 1st deadline and ended up dumping all writing duties on the very last possible day.

But hark!!– I was prepared and uploaded before midnight, Pacific time with about half an hour to spare. Beyond “just conceptualizing” but actually getting it down.

Personally, I use the “Final Draft” program– and recently upgraded to the newest version– and the interesting thing about that is that it helps you keep up the strict formatting standards that Hollywood must see “if you play in the game”. It takes a little learning, a bit of getting used to– but you’re glad that you followed-through.

This project is finally looking a bit more confident beyond blustering slices of blog-post previews and I can actually see light at the end of the tunnel, on this one. I understand why a script can take a passionate, neurotic, procrastinating “creative-type”, like maybe seven part-time years to get something nailed down, from start to finish.

If you actually complete your screenplay consider yourself a hero in the pantheon of greatness– all most people have is “20 pages”, or so with no idea how to carry the story forward after the first act. They say if you can lay down 2 pages of script a day, “you’re good”. I must have laid-out 12 solid pages for what we will call “The Beetlejuice 2 Teaser” or first part of the movie that can stand alone.

There’s still a lot of surprises up my sleeve. . . . . and I must thank you, the readers for encouraging my thematic boldness. A crowd is wonderful– and you’ve been here the whole time. So it’s “back to the front” and stay tuned for more speculative fiction on all things “Beetlejuice”.

Many are called– fewer are chosen. WE WILL HAVE A FINISHED SCRIPT.

 

“The Onion” will Make you CRY

 

This article from “The Onion” says it all. . . . . that’s gotta hurt.

http://www.theonion.com/article/last-male-heir-to-bloodline-watches-movie-alone-on-20969?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=LinkPreview:NA:InFocus

The Sun King Interview Response

 

Hey, all–

I’m honored here to have been nominated for a very great distinction– that which combines a chain-letter with a prime opportunity to share who we are across the WordPress micro-blogging sphere.

The last post, or a recycled-link to “The Sunshine Blogging Awards” must have looked very distinctive in your Facebook/Wordpress in-box with Beetlejuice sleazing on as always, like caught on the uptake of chuck-a-bug hyperreality as this post now, explains a little more.

First off, hats off to Sheila Renee Parker as the wonderful ghost-woman and supernatural impression-writer for picking me, amongst others to answer this series of interview questions. Basically, you distribute this plan to as many people you can think-of, who in turn answer five questions and then pose another five questions to anyone and everyone they can think of.

Pardon me on my side of technical limitation– and if you’ve been following the last couple of blog posts you’d realize that my laptop is currently out of commision and for now I’m “winging-it” through my rigged-up keyboard playing through my Android smart-phone interface.

Like Beetlejuice himself, it’s a cobbled-together venture that I’m proud of– but unto piecemeal-junk and technical inconvenience, I can’t exactly copy and paste names of some nifty bloggers who come to mind. But you know who you are if I follow you and you follow me. This is truly a neat project to drum-up the ole’ writing-bug and I’ll participate here, the best I can.