How many people out there have a story in them that they are dying to tell? How many have not told that story because they simply lack motivation? How many have told that story, actually wrote it down, but now it sits in a filing cabinet or desk drawer unseen by human eyes?
That last one is me. I have four completed screenplays and God knows how much other writing crammed into a filing cabinet. I know how to write and I know how to market a screenplay, but I have not been disciplined enough to actually get it done.
So here is my plan: I'm going to attempt to log in five times a week (those are "working days") and tell you what I've done. Share what works, what hasn't. I have been writing for years, taking classes, teaching writing, so I know a thing or two that I can share. My overall objective: to push myself to keep writing and marketing my writing so that I sell a screenplay within a year from today: September 29, 2009. (Before, is preferred. . . )
So far today, I began the day on a positive note. I went through my notes from the Gotham Writer's Workshop (I highly recommend the "How to Sell Your Screenplay" class in learning to refine pitches) and then I revised my pitch and synopsis for a script I wrote entitled, "Malice in Medellin."
Then I clicked over to inktip.com where I have two screenplays listed, one of them being Malice, and updated Malice's listing. I now feel good about the pitch. I think I'll get more readings this way. Inktip is a wonderful way to get your work read by agents and producers if you're unrepresented.
After that, I created this blog. Of course this is ultimately a method of keeping myself on a daily schedule, but I also hope it helps out other writers as well!
To all the struggling, penniless writers out there, like myself, lets sell one this year!
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Update June 1, 2016: So, I didn't sell my screenplay in a year, but that's okay. I did a lot of other things since 2009. The most recent accomplishment of mine is the launching of my first Young Adult Sci-Fi Novel. Please check out my novel Luke Aloysius: Bloodline on Amazon:
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Update June 1, 2016: So, I didn't sell my screenplay in a year, but that's okay. I did a lot of other things since 2009. The most recent accomplishment of mine is the launching of my first Young Adult Sci-Fi Novel. Please check out my novel Luke Aloysius: Bloodline on Amazon:
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