Greetings again, everyone. Does anyone have any writing goals for 2010? My goal is to sell a screenplay. I have been working on this particular story since I was a child. I completed the screenplay in 2005 but never pushed it. I'm going to rework a few minor details, tighten up a few loose ends and sell it, yes SELL it in 2010! That is my goal! I believe that this particular story is my Star Wars or Harry Potter. I really do.

-Wtrailer

Good luck with that, mate.

Personally, my goal is to write my first feature script.

For a number of years my core writing resolutions (or goals) for the year ahead have been the same:

Get writing. Keep writing.
Get an agent.
Sell one of my screenplays.
Become a professional screenwriter.
Pack in my job.

This year, much to my amazement, I actually achieved the first one

So, 2010's list will be much the same, but with this now as the primary resolution:

Keep writing. Write at least three feature length screenplays.

I am not interested in writing as a hobby, a sideline, something I do while I hold down a 9-5 job. I'll be 45 in 2010, and I am going to make every effort to achieve my ambitions.

We will see what I have to look back on come Christmas 2010...

Love the goals, everyone! It'll be neat to see where we all stand in a year.

There's a file on my hard-drive called 'scriptideas.docx'. It's a list of scripts I want to write. There are ideas for 10 feature-length screenplays on it, a mixture of adaptations and original ideas, and a couple of ideas for series.

I want to have written three features off that list by the end of 2010. It's that simple, really. That, and a handful of shorts that need to be good, interesting and filmable. I want at least one credit by the end of the year, and I want a portfolio of work to be able to show to people. By this time next year, I'll be almost finished at uni and need to decide whether this is what I actually want to pursue in life.

It's time to take it seriously, I think. It's gonna be fun!

Awesome, JonnyBoy! Good luck with that!

My goal is to rewrite my first screenplay until it's perfect. Then complete at least one more. By the end of the year, I hope to have two solid screenplays to either sell or, at the very least, enter into contests. This is a huge year for me. I'll be 30 at the end of it. If I haven't made some strides in writing, I'll have to get another 9-to-5. Not looking forward to that again.

I have been writing now for 1 year. My goal is to have a feature length script I have in a competition to at least make it to the quarter finals.

To rewrite my first full length script is on my agenda for 2010 as well.

My main third goal is to do my hardest full length yet ( I stopped doing shorts after my second one) and see to it this script brings to light a long over due mis-justice that needs to be brought into the light.

Shawn.....><

Quoted from wtrailer Greetings again, everyone. Does anyone have any writing goals for 2010? My goal is to sell a screenplay. I have been working on this particular story since I was a child. I completed the screenplay in 2005 but never pushed it. I'm going to rework a few minor details, tighten up a few loose ends and sell it, yes SELL it in 2010! That is my goal! I believe that this particular story is my Star Wars or Harry Potter. I really do. -Wtrailer

My goal is to keep writing. I'd like to keep writing with some of the strong writers here on Simplyscripts. They inspire me an I love to hang out with them.

Sandra

To start writing again (and incidentally fall in love again...)

Write a romantic comedy, write the best zombie movie ever made, rewrite my third feature from scratch and network my ass off. 2010 is gonna be a big year.

Hmm...

Finish a feature.
Sell anything.
Get something I've written made on film. (Might actually be pretty close to this one, if it doesn't fall through)

Same shit that's been on my list since 2003.

Revise the hell out of a 156 page adventure I wrote this year, maybe write something else, and get back into regular script reading on this site. If you've got something you'd like read, feel free to PM me.  I've read about 5 features in the past week so I think that's a good start.

-Greg

Quoted from wtrailer Greetings again, everyone. Does anyone have any writing goals for 2010? My goal is to sell a screenplay. I have been working on this particular story since I was a child. I completed the screenplay in 2005 but never pushed it. I'm going to rework a few minor details, tighten up a few loose ends and sell it, yes SELL it in 2010! That is my goal! I believe that this particular story is my Star Wars or Harry Potter. I really do.

It's great to have goals and congratulations on being so motivated. One thing I'd suggest is that when setting goals it is better to set ones that you have control over and are to do with your performance. So while it would be great to sell a screenplay, unfortunately it isn't something you can control and is dependent on other people.

Whereas if you set a goal to get your screenplay in the hands of 200 agents/producers/directors that is a tangible goal that you have some control over. The problem with goals that are reliant on other people is that if they don't eventuate you can get down on yourself for not achieving what you set out to, even though it may be through no fault of your own.

Your screenplay sounds interesting, good luck with it. Do you have other features to showcase your abilities as a writer? I have heard many stories where a writer works extremely hard on one script and manages to get a meeting with a producer. That particular script might not be right for them though so they ask the writer what else they have, only to be met with a blank stare. Missed opportunity.

Cheers,
Tim.

Quoted from Trojan It's great to have goals and congratulations on being so motivated. One thing I'd suggest is that when setting goals it is better to set ones that you have control over and are to do with your performance. So while it would be great to sell a screenplay, unfortunately it isn't something you can control and is dependent on other people. Whereas if you set a goal to get your screenplay in the hands of 200 agents/producers/directors that is a tangible goal that you have some control over. The problem with goals that are reliant on other people is that if they don't eventuate you can get down on yourself for not achieving what you set out to, even though it may be through no fault of your own. Your screenplay sounds interesting, good luck with it. Do you have other features to showcase your abilities as a writer? I have heard many stories where a writer works extremely hard on one script and manages to get a meeting with a producer. That particular script might not be right for them though so they ask the writer what else they have, only to be met with a blank stare. Missed opportunity. Cheers, Tim.

You, my dear, have nailed one important note.

It's been stated before and can't be stated enough in my opinion--

Don't just go for the gold. The gold will only leave you grasping for something else... some "other gold".

Rather, go for the thing you can't grasp in the first place. The thing you can't hold but is always out of reach.

Go for that.

If you do, you'll never have a missed opportunity.

Sandra