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gmercer
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For every good script out there you have to figure there are at least a hundred if not a thousand horrible ones, so as long as I'm one of the best of the worst I might just have a shot.
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ABEAR111
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We all have a shot, but me thinks they're pretty long. Regardless, I figure most of you are like me, regardless of what happens, you'll get my pen when you pry my cold, dead fingers off of it... |
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gmercer
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Write up to my dying day. You have to figure there are professional screenwriters out there and why can't one of us be one of them?
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BarbaraFL
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That's what I figure as well. If I allow myself to think about the business for very long I get discouraged (even Nicholl winning spec scripts don't sell! That's nuts). And then there are some horrible films being made.
I know I can write a horrible script!!!
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Willie
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Part of the problem is the dumbing of America... I saw it when I played music. I was around incredible musicians who lived 10 to a flat, graduated from Julliard, Berkley and/or Manhattan School of Music, yet they were subs on Broadway or summer concert series. I decided I was not going to be a starving musician... and I will not be a starving writer, either. I love the craft, and hope that I will be able to sustain a living doing exactly that - but...
I still have a lot to learn about screenwriting, it's only been 2 1/2 years for me. I started writing short stories and plays many years ago, then moved to screenwriting with the 2nd Project Greenlight.
Good luck to all - looking forward to reading the 1st round scripts.
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aurora68
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Writer's Bootcamp has a solid reputation. My husband and I went to a freebie mini-bootcamp they had at the San Diego Film Festival a couple of years ago. It was really informative. We've also worked very closely with someone who used to teach there. She's a really talented writer and a great teacher -- she writes for 'Entourage' and is extremely generous with her advice. If the other teachers at Writer's Bootcamp are anything like her, the feedback will be worth having.
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Willie
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Hey - I didn't post that bootcamp...
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ABEAR111
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Glad to hear it, I had never heard of them before. Now I can't wait to hear from them. Thanks Aurora!
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ABEAR111
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They probably are not going to take kindly to your questioning their veracity, Willie. Edited by ABEAR111 - 27 Jul 2006 at 9:34am |
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trike
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That sounds like an interesting idea, but why don't you consider it Fantasy? Sure sounds like one to me. (Unless you use "Fantasy" as shorthand for "Epic Fantasy," such as Lord of the Rings or Conan the Barbarian.) Doug |
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