Happy New Year - 2008
With the start of a new year, we always feel refreshed — a new beginning to accomplish things we didn’t get done last year and to accomplish new things.
So far, it’s been an excellent year!
I finished my first full length feature script, “Dangling The Carat”. It is a romantic comedy about a guy who gets his girlfriend a beautiful engagement ring - only to find out it is stolen. I just finished it this week. It needs some re-reading, re-writing, and tweaking. I’m letting it sit for a few days - then have several friends read it and give me feedback.
I’m not sure where I’ll go with it, but to finish a long script is a huge accomplishment for me.
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Then, I came across something that I’m very interested in and excited about. It’s claymation. You know Gumby and Pokey, Wallace and Grommet.
I’ve sculpted clay for many years now. I never gave it a thought to try claymation or stop-motion animation.
So that is my next adventure. I want to make a three minute stop-motion film. It’s something I’ll give myself a full year to complete.
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And another thing I’m working on is a full length feature about a crazy group of characters involved in murder. I’m doing this script with a partner. We hope to finish the first draft by the end of February. I’ll post more about it when I really get going. We don’t have a working title as yet.
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I’m finding that the Screenwriters meetup group has been very helpful in motivating me to continue to write. It’s so easy to just stop and forget about it. But going to the meetings each month, the people invigorate me and we all urge each other on.
Here’s the link:
http://screenwriters.meetup.com/249/