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Friday, September 15, 2006
The first draft of Buddha of Birmingham is now complete and has been turned over to my writing partner Belinda, so she can work her magic.
After the disapointment of receiving the email from Celtic Films last week I am now gearing up for a fresh assult on production companies. Among the scripts I will be looking to send out in the next couple of months are; From This Day Forth, Where Angels Fear To Tread, Mr. Valentine, Sweethearts, Buddha of Birmingham and Sins of The Father.
I have dropped a treatment I was working on for a two part drama, as not many one-off dramas are being made at the moment. I have decided instead to concentrate on drama series ideas, two of which are ready for the treatment stage. Firstly though, I will be doing yet another rewrite of Mr. Valentine after receiving some rather helpful notes form the lovely Lucy, at Bang2Write. Check her out, she knows her stuff.
Final Draft Contest
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
The Final Draft Big Break Semi-Finalists have been annonced and are as follows:
Jason Butler, Dublin, Ireland - TON OF MONEY Stinson Carter, Los Angeles, CA - ANANIAS Tom Cosgrove, Dublin, Ireland - THE SEA DEVILS Steven Davidson, Logan, UT - BADLAND James Duff, New York, NY - MOROCCO David Eskin, Vienna, VA - THE WALK Rick Fonte, Austin, TX - HER FORTUNE Jen Frankel, Toronto, ONT Canada - MINNIE FINSTER Jason Ginsburg, Valley Village, CA - THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS David Haynes, Santa Monica, CA - BAD THINGS PEOPLE DO Kellen Hertz, New York, NY - MASQUE Ken Klein, Portland, OR - IMPACTS AND REMAINS Yehudi Mercado, Austin, TX - BUFFALO SPEEDWAY Bret Ootes, Toronto, ONT Canada - ATOMIC EYE Jill Parker, London, UK - LOVE IN THE TIME OF BOLERO Jon Preece, Newport, UK - ELVIS WALKS HOME Richard Redlo, Albany, NY - THE OTHER TEAM Greg Shea, North Andover, MA - HEARTBREAK HILL Ian Taylor, Lilling York, UK - STREET MAGIC Nizar Wattad, Los Angeles, CA - AGENCY.
Well done to all those who took part. I will be taking part again next year.
Stay Sharpe
Friday, September 08, 2006
Celtic Films have contacted me with the following email:
I've finally got around to your second draft, and I can only apologise for my delay in taking a look at it. I do feel that it works better, and is punchier and more efficient with the beats that each character arc hits. Some of my reservations from my initial set of notes are still there, the script's lack of humour especially; my concern is the drama will just become to smothering. I'm aware too that Mannie's change of sex was a bit alternation, but I don't feel Richard's character has been adjusted to fit this change, and their friendship now feels incongruous to a certain extent.
To let you know a little about the situation here; things have moved slower than we anticipated on both the upcoming Sharpe episodes and our feature film, Hangman, and we are still in the thick of securing financing for both these projects. We are certainly not as far down the road as I hoped we would be with both, and as such are unable to commit to From This Day Forth at present. It would be unfair of me to ask any more from you with the regards to the script, and I can only hope you feel that the draft amended at our instigation is an improvement in some way?
I would ask you to keep in touch if you can, to let me know how things pan out with the script, and I hope that we have the opportunity to stay in contact in the future.
Many thanks again for your patience, and my apologies to not come back to you with a more positive response.'
So, not all bad news. I shall keep plodding on with my work and sending it out.
I'm am still waiting to hear back from Micheline Steinberg Associates.
Seconds Out, Round Two
Monday, September 04, 2006
Kaos Films have just announced those scripts that have made it through to the second round. Unfortunately Journey's End wasn't one of the ones chosen.
As work on yet another draft of Mr. Valentine draws to a close I'm preparing to start the first draft of Buddha Of Birmingham with my co-writer Belinda Evangelista.
Sorted
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Sins Of The Father is now in the post on it's way to Micheline Steinberg Associates.
I sent an email to Celtic Films last Thursday to see where From This Day Forth stands and as of yet I haven't heard back. I'll leave it another week and then give them a ring.
Back To Reality
Thursday, August 24, 2006
I'm back from my honeymoon and I can't wait to get stuck in to some writing.
Micheline Steinberg Associates have contacted me and they liked From This Day Forth. They have asked me to send them another sample of my work so Sins Of The Father will be in the post to them by the end of the week.
Off Line
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Just to let all you regular readers of this blog know I shall be off air now until the 22nd of August, as I'm getting married.
The lucky lady is Susie and we've been together for nearly two and a half years. We will be tying the knot on Saturday 5th August followed by two glorious weeks sunning ourselves silly on the island of Kerudu in the Maldives. See you all when we get back.