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Summer / Fall Update

Summer? What summer?

This writer spent July and August confined to her apartment with bronchitis because she dared travel outside of her safety cage in Koreatown.  Basically, not much happened until September to which, I’ve been finishing pilots that were roaming about my head.

Two science fiction spec TV pilots were finished, one of which was comedy, the other an hour long drama. I’m letting them stew before they enter the editing phase. It felt good to finally get them out of my head.

I have also started a family children’s action adventure but it will be awhile before that one is finished.

Contrary to my previous apprehension at swimming in the Amazon Studio pool, I have  finally taken a dip.  I  submitted a proposal for a writing assignment that requires a re-write of a script they purchased the rights to and they’ll choose the winning writer at some point in the future.   I don’t think I could have approached this assignment proposal without connecting with the script, and it really did move me, even to tears and that’s pretty difficult for screenplay to do.  I thought it was definitely worth my time and effort to give it a shot.

FYI: Amazon’s terms have been reformulated to be much friendlier to the writer and I can finally recommend them if you’re a new writer. This is a good place to apply your craft. AS may not be as intensive of an experience as Triggerstreet, but there are projects here to learn from and get feedback for your own…and you could possibly get an option!

Let’s see, what else is happening? A short I shot last year is finally in final cut mode. We’re matching music and effects at this point, having finally reached picture lock. I owe my patience and gratitude to Devin Watson, my editor.  We make a pretty good team and I hope to be able to work with him again in the future.

What’s on tap for fall?  I’ve been given a job as an editor for a non-fiction book about lighting for concert and corporate events. Sounds positively dry, right? It’s far from it! The writer (a lighting designer) is very dynamic, has an unusual cult following because of his gifts and his work is reminiscent of Stephen King’s “On Writing”. Half of the book will be musings about life as a designer on the road and the other will be an application of his methods. Once we get a few solid chapters complete and ready to submit, I’ll be doing some footwork in the publishing world because he’s too busy to do it and I’m eager to swim those channels.

I’ve also applied to several studio internships, but those never seem to work out. They must think I’m over qualified and I’ll be bored and/or old as dirt, but what they don’t understand is I’m a sponge for pre and post production film work. I WANT to LEARN more, but no one seems to understand that. Why not hire someone with an established work ethic? Just because I’m over 40 doesn’t mean I can’t hop to it and deliver your coffee piping hot!

What’s with all the watery references? I must be thirsty.

Goodbye, Summer. Hello, Fall.