Hey guys. Hope everyone's been well. My goals are simply to work harder, manage my money better, and of course, be more involved in the community here.

Zack

Quoted from eldave1 Hm. Interesting tactic

Yeah, for some reason that stood out to me when I read. Have yet to put it into use. Yet.

1. Finish first draft of comedy script in early February. Final draft by March 31th.

2. Finish action/adventure script that's already taken a year and a half to write. Post on SS. Watch it get shredded. Recover from the failure by drinking copious amounts of alcohol. Re-write. Have ready to send in to contests.

3. Brainstorm ideas for low budget comedy and/or horror scripts. No more myth epics that take years to write and will never get made. I'm officially done with the action epics. I finally have at least one that's hopefully good, that's it, no more!

4. Continue working on complete re-write of a very old comedy feature.

Great topic!

1. Enter more SS challenges.

2. Complete my TV episode (halfway there).

3. Start a new feature.

4. Get an agent.

5. Have a short script turned into an audio podcast.

6. Convert a short script into a children's book.

7. Have a produced script win a competition.

8. Enter more paid screenplay competitions.

9. Review more.

10. Submit more.

11. Tidy up some old scripts.

I think that's about it.

1. Finish my feature 'Hell Followed', a prequel to 'Pale Rider'

2. Finish my graphic novel script

3. Option SOMETHING!

4. Enter all OWCs - Blew this one: Couldn't think of a damn thing for a Rom/Com.

5. Enter Imagine Impact 2 - Geez, I suck. Didn't enter, just encouraged others to enter.

6. Publish six comics - Posted 'Roar of Borealis' and 'Badman'. 'I Reckon' should post soon!

Quoted from MarkItZero . Post on SS. Watch it get shredded. Recover from the failure by drinking copious amounts of alcohol.

This ... haha makes me laugh! I often don't post features because I'm a fraidy cat! LOL And I don't have insurance to cover psychiatric visits to get over the shredding. haha

Okay, I'll throw some out there.

1) Finally finish the feature I've been working on for a little over 2 years and submit it to a few comps. THANKS DAVE! - COMPLETED (Submitted to 6 of 6 comps)  RESULTS: 1) BlueCat Semi-finalist     2) PAGE Quarter-finalist     3) Scriptapalooza Semi-finalist     4) Austin Film Festival Second Rounder    5) Final Draft Big Break Quarter-finalist

2) Run a kickstarter campaign to get above mentioned script turned into a comic book series   Kickstarter campaign scheduled for early 2020

3) Enter all 2019 OWCs. - FAILED - Only 2 of 3 entered        Writer's Choice - Jan 2019

     Writer's Tournament 2019 -- Round 1 - 3rd, Round 2 - 1st, Round 3 - 3rd, Round 4 - 1st, Round 5 - 5th   OVERALL - Writer's Choice 1st

4) Have at least one short produced.    COMPLETED A Generous Donation filmed as Memories

5) Write at least 3 of my own new shorts, not OWCs.     FAILED - didn't even manage to write one that wasn't an OWC

6) Finish my horror feature that I started and haven't touched for months.     FAILED - didn't even open the script

I'd be happy if I just get number one done, but I'll try my best to do them all

Quoted from Warren 3) Enter all 2019 OWCs.

I will hold you to it!  

Quoted from Pale Yellow I often don't post features because I'm a fraidy cat! LOL And I don't have insurance to cover psychiatric visits to get over the shredding. haha

I know a good and cheap psychiatrist. His name is Jack Daniels and he cures most ailments. But for serious problems I recommend the renowned German psychologist Jägermeister.

Big aspirations this year, for the first time in a while. I'd feel accomplished if three of these are completed by the end of the year:

1. Finish "Andretta" (officially).

2A. Get a final, or near-final, draft of "Housesitters"

OR

2B. Get a final, or near-final, draft of a comedy script I can't talk about.

3. Reach "Fade Out" on an untitled action script.

4. Get a working draft of a noir/horror script.

5. Complete an outline of a high-concept horror script.

6. Make progress on an anthology feature (at least get three of the stories completed).

7. Flesh out the script for a Hollywood-based satire.

These are also listed in order of importance.

All of these goals are great and I’m looking forward to seeing a lot of this accomplished!  I would suggest that everyone update us on your progress each quarter so you can encourage yourself to make strides. Even checking one thing off is an accomplishment so let’s get to work!

Gary

Quoted from MarkItZero I know a good and cheap psychiatrist. His name is Jack Daniels and he cures most ailments. But for serious problems I recommend the renowned German psychologist Jägermeister.

OMG and they work in the same office just down the street on the corner!!! Wellness here I come!

I began seriously pursuing a career in screenwriting in early 2017, and now with my writing partner ever since we met in October 2017.
Here's mine and my writing partner's progress 2017-2018, and our goals for 2019:

2017: Wrote 75 pages, finished first draft of first feature script.
2018: Wrote 350 pages, created second draft of first feature and first draft of its sequel script. Close to finishing two features and around halfway done three more.

2019: Complete the previous five features from last year. Begin and complete writing at least six more feature-length screenplays.

UPDATE (1/4):

My writing partner and I have finished the first drafts for 3 out of 5 of the scripts we began late-2017-early-2018, and have began writing 4 new scripts (only the intros - 3-6 pages each).
So far this year we have written 113 pages.
We are still aiming for the completion of 6 new screenplays by 2020, though we'd be happy with 2-3.

UPDATE (2/4):

Over half-way finished a new feature script and almost done writing Act I for two others.
This quarter I wrote 121 pages.

UPDATE (3/4):

Only wrote 20 pages throughout these three months. Finally finished the 1st draft of a feature script started years ago.

UPDATE (4/4):

Another poor quarter for myself writing-wise. Only managed to write 16 new pages.

Quoted from DustinBowcot So far I'm 70k into a children's novel, 60k into a sci-fi novel.

When you say 70k, do you mean 70 thousand words Dustin?

Quoted from MarkItZero I know a good and cheap psychiatrist. His name is Jack Daniels and he cures most ailments. But for serious problems I recommend the renowned German psychologist Jägermeister.

There's also Professor Remy Martin.