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Congrats! Sounds great to me!

:-)

Awesome! Congrats!

WOO HOO!!!

Nicely done, Tye!!

Dude! Awesome!! Congrats!

I usually stop by if there are a couple of people there. Has been quiet recently.

Vacation season....aka launch pad deadline season

Well, for what it's worth, I miss all your ugly mugs in there.

Write what you enjoy. "Pretty Woman" started off as "3,000". Read both, and let me know if you could see that being a natural mesh between the two tones. If you are going to write it, it really should be fun for you, first. Best wishes on writing it.

500 Days of Summer and The F Word are great. If those fall in that category then the genre isn't dead. It just needs different angles and not the exact same structure as a Matt M. Movie

Zoned, thanks for the advice! I'll check those out. I'm thinking "The Cutting Edge" meets "Man from Snowy River."

Will check Breakdown. Seen Zodiac and Fugitive. Also got suggestions for Enemy of the State. THanks guys! And no, quit suggesting the Red Balloon.

Red Balloon.

Oh, and Three Days of the Condor.

Wait, so is this a trailer for the full thing? Are you guys still in post?

It's a trailer for the short which is just 12 minutes long. It's all done, and running the festival circuit right now so the director is being really selective about releasing the whole cut.

Good job!

grats on the gig

congrats

...and it just went Hindenberg. Damnit.

Got the blu-ray from Redbox, Just watched it. Hell. Yes. Can't return it to Redbox yet. Have to watch it again.

Just VOD'd it last night and also sorry I missed it on the big screen.

Amazing amazing amazing. Look up online how they did the makeup for JGL to look like BW. Amazing!

Ideas can't be copyrighted only the execution of some of the key components. ie dialogue, specific character/story beats etc. If you like the premise of the book but want to turn it on its head, then you could be okay. BUt if you intend to use the author's characters or unique story structure in a way that they are still recognisable, I'd say choose another project to spec. BTW Hollywood producers buy scripts and books that "they hate" all year round.

I hate the book because it's such an interesting idea but the author got about 755 of the way through and did a great job and then phoned in the climax and resolution. The core elements are interesting but based enough on historical fact that I can play fast and loose with her characters without compromising the idea behind it. I guess I'll just finish it and then see what I think.

Oh and before anyone worries about rights, etc, this was orignally an assignment for a class I took in college to adapt a book. I haven't really decided what to do with it yet, if anything at all, just curious at this point.

Thank you guys so much! And Johnson...invaluable information! Re: jabbatron06, I sold my soul to Z Nation as a season of indentured servitude and did everything I could to make sure I was where I needed to be when I needed to be and never said no to anything.

Tye, Welcome to our union! Lookup and join the Writer's Education Subcommittee. (info on wga site). We meet monthly. It is by far the best group in the WGA and hosts some of the union's best events. Great way to get in and network quickly!

Way to climb the ladder, Tye! Nice to hear when perseverance pays off. Congrats!

right now, there are way more jobs, and buyers, in TV rather than film. If you can write two great TV pilots, in the same tonal postcode, you'd be in a good place. But obviously It all depends on where your strengths lie .

I'd also suggest writing the one that you're more into, because that will certainly translate to the script.

Thank you guys! Pilot it is!!!

No. Think someone was a bit overexcited. The maintenance mode was left on this morning at 2am PST. Fixed at 10am PST. Few new things had to be implemented for some of the new features coming at the end of the month.

...what kind of features, Red?

Woohoo! it's back!

Don't ask us, you're the only one who can answer that question.

Best of luck!

I'd say wait to submit until next year. You don't want the first draft to be your first impression. Take your time and rewrite until it's in the best shape possible to submit.

You guys are all right, but I love the pressure. If nothing else, it's forcing me to write. This way I get a good draft done and then spend the next six months brushing it up.

Anybody? Bueller?

Check the WGA site.

Thanks George! Great advice!

new one, but the produced one should help show you're legit

Thank you guys! Yes, I have a pitch and a few spec scripts I can use...just trying to figure out the best possible way to do this.

Referrals from people who made the movie - producers, director, etc

I like the cut of your jib.

I hear ya. Hope you get something soon!

you had me at goldfish crackers--

Pee Wee?

Pretty Woman?

Publisher's Weekly?

Poets and Writers?

http://www.pw.org/magazine

"How I Met Your Father" - a heartfelt comedy in the vein of HIMYM - but from the OTHER perspective - detailing how the intricate little group of friends from the original series drastically impacted (and ruined) Ted Mosby's future wife.

oh shit. totally didn't see the "for my life" bit. DAMN YOU ISDEXIA

"Person is born, has dreams, tries hard, fails and then dies". It sells itself!

+1

+1 too

YOU wrote the Blake Snyder post!?

i know wHo i'd want to be.

Good luck! I've heard penicillin works wonders.

I really wish we had a "like" option for responses. Thank you andrewpwoodberry!

Wait... you mean people do their shopping before Christmas eve??

Ha! I'm heading out today

I just finished and... and it feels like I just finished =)

Sure. PM me.

Muchas Gracias!

Awesome! Glad you found something in the meantime!

Ugh. What a nightmare. Turned out to be a scam. Oh well...learning experience.

Writing!

writing too! original tv pilots and feature lengths! I's a busy bee!

I think that was enough :-)

I am the only survivor of the 2012 Mayan Alocalypse.