Stories from a seasoned screenwriter. Take heart! Your creative source is infinite and un-ending. Sometimes Hollywood just rips up the roadmap back to it. The bottom line is that Hollywood is not at all as bad as it sounds. Additionally, it's worse than you can imagine. Remember to pack a sense of humor.
I am a screenwriter living in Southern California. I've written screenplays for most of the Hollywood studios over the past 20 years. One of the uncredited writers of FANTASTIC FOUR, I wrote FIRE DOWN BELOW starring Steven Seagal, and the TV Movie 12:01 PM starring Martin Landau and MANEATER with Gary Busey. I have directed short films. I have written on numerous Hollywood studio assignments, some for big shot actors, some for small shot nobodies.
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The infinite follows our desires. Our only job is to Seek to Know
--“There are three rules to the novel. Unfortunately no one knows what they are.” -- Somerset Maughm
posted by Phil | 1:56 PM
6 Comments:
Way to go - I'm peripherially connected to a Lifetime movie that just started shooting in Canada...version of script had been kicking around a while but from major rewrite to deal to production all since May...
wcdixon: cool - you're preipherally connected, or you did the rewrite?
Phil - you doing this flick with RHI? Or is it Hallmark itself?
I'm partners on several other projects with the line/service producer - so provided notes for the rewrite and have watched its progress from the other desk.
Goof luck with this Phil! Keep us posted on its progress!
SWU
Uhh...I meant Good luck not Goof luck...not sure if Goof luck is such a good thing. LOL.
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