Quoted from Dreamscale How many Slugs are in your first 10 pages, Sandra?

Hang on. I'll count, but it's more of a dialogue based script.

Sandra

15 slugs in the first ten.

I guess I need to switch it up more.

Sandra

You don't need to switch anything.  My point is that 2 per page or whatever isn't a crazy number, like is being suggested.  You can easily have 4 Slugs per page and not be ridiculous.

It all depends on the type of scenes, the type of script, etc.  You know what I'm saying?

Quoted from Dreamscale You don't need to switch anything.  My point is that 2 per page or whatever isn't a crazy number, like is being suggested.  You can easily have 4 Slugs per page and not be ridiculous. It all depends on the type of scenes, the type of script, etc.  You know what I'm saying?

Yes, I understand. I'm trying to incorporate nice visual shifts and movement. And still be true to one of my personal tastes, and that's to have some "time" to just "be" on screen. I guess that's in keeping with my love of some of the old shows that did a lot with very little.

Sandra

Totally agree with you!

Kay, I'm going to go have a bath. I actually feel really sucky right now. I've got these stupid health issues and maybe writing some comedy is my way of rising above it.

Anyways, I get some great ideas usually in the bathtub. So I'll keep you posted.

I wonder if Henrik thought this was going to be a "weekly" type check in thread. Not by the minute or hour.  

I'll keep you posted. Luvya

Sandra

Making a drink as it's almost opening hour.

I'll check back in every 11 minutes...

Take care Sandra and hope you get some great ideas in the tub... I know I always do.  

I wrote my MP script the other day. It sucks. I feel terrible about it and can't get into a rewrite.

Finders Keepers is on hold as one of the partners is in S. Florida working on big studio films and the other partner (older) is not physically or mentally up to shooting a feature that requires 10 days of nighttime shooting in the woods.  

On the other hand I had a great meeting with my student filmmaker friends and am stoked about the shoot next week. This one should be online to share with you guys in a couple of weeks!  

I have a question.

It would appear that one of my shorts is actually getting produced.

I was prepared to do a rewrite but the film maker didnt ask for one.

Should I just leave it at that? I'm sure I could "tighten" it up some but they didnt seem all that concerned about it.

H

What do you mean, "it would appear"?

Were you notified up front and did you give your approval?  Are you being compensated?  Will you receive any kind of credit?

Well what I mean by "appears" is that is it wasnt just a one time "Hey I wanna produce your script" e-mail then they vanish, never to be heard from again. They actually followed up lol.

Yes I gave them the okay to do it, I figured what the heck. And also told them I want credit and they agreed. We're still working on the other details though.

Well, if you're onboard with it, do you have any creative say so in the project? If so, go ahead and make the changes you feel are appropriate.  If they don't seem to care and are cool with it the way it is now, don't worry about it.

Thanks for the advice. They seemed okay with the way it was so I'll let it go at that.

I did tell them I would like to see the finished product.

I would hope that would be the least they could do for you...

I like the thread as well, Henrik. So, given your guidelines, allow me to air out my dirty laundry.

I've gotten really burnt out on screenwriting as of late. I've done a lot of writing on assignment this year, which requires a considerably different mindset than writing on spec. It's taken a lot of time away from working on projects I'm more excited about and once I finally have the time to work on said projects, I'm not very interested in writing at all. I've also been involved in a lot of filmmaking the past two years and learned/experienced things which have effectively killed a lot of my more romantic sentiments toward the craft. I've been thinking about taking a break from writing but haven't out of concern that my skills would suffer as a result.

My writing commitments have finally freed up some so my hope is to finish my next feature before the year's over. I feel a real intense spark writing it that doesn't come along so often.

After that, I'm giving some thought to co-writing something with a friend of mine that's more commercial. That's "likable" characters, three-act structure, hero kills the bad guy/gets the girl, all that bullshit. For once, I'd like to write something that doesn't go against the grain so much but that's still on my (and my co-writer's) terms. We'll see what happens...

As for the present, been doing a lot of rewriting lately. Will probably be rewriting Complete again soon. I always enjoy working on that one.

Anyway, that's me.