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A lazy but gifted high-school kid blackmails his adulterous parents and uses the money to start his own business, in an attempt to woo the girl of his dreams.
Hi Paul, I felt a comedy when I read it. If it is about his growth as a person, hint at that. Let the reader know the landzone (so to speak). You want your one-page and the logline to link. Your treatment should look like it has grown from your logline. My mind when straight to an evil Ferris BuelleRead more
Hi Paul,
I felt a comedy when I read it. If it is about his growth as a person, hint at that. Let the reader know the landzone (so to speak). You want your one-page and the logline to link. Your treatment should look like it has grown from your logline.
My mind when straight to an evil Ferris Bueller. Good luck.
See lessA lazy but gifted high-school kid blackmails his adulterous parents and uses the money to start his own business, in an attempt to woo the girl of his dreams.
Hi Paul, I felt a comedy when I read it. If it is about his growth as a person, hint at that. Let the reader know the landzone (so to speak). You want your one-page and the logline to link. Your treatment should look like it has grown from your logline. My mind when straight to an evil Ferris BuelleRead more
Hi Paul,
I felt a comedy when I read it. If it is about his growth as a person, hint at that. Let the reader know the landzone (so to speak). You want your one-page and the logline to link. Your treatment should look like it has grown from your logline.
My mind when straight to an evil Ferris Bueller. Good luck.
See lessTo fulfill a lifetime dream a terminally ill man heads to the Grand Canyon. On the way he meets a homeless man and helps him reunite with his estranged family instead of finishing his trip.
The reason I tend to do a "vomit draft" (don't like that term - but it is in the population), is that it informs me of the characters. As I write them I understand what they will do. Once I have everything down, which is never enough to sustain a story. I start throwing obstacles at them. This buildRead more
The reason I tend to do a “vomit draft” (don’t like that term – but it is in the population), is that it informs me of the characters. As I write them I understand what they will do. Once I have everything down, which is never enough to sustain a story. I start throwing obstacles at them. This builds the story and allows me to put things in that will be paid off later in the story.
Who these guys are is still up for grabs. My brother had throat cancer twice. He said that there was a liberation to the disease. So you owe $15k on a credit card – you have cancer, so you can’t hit a good 1 wood shot on the golf course – you have cancer. He said it put everything in perspective for him. He is fine now, cancer free for 10 years. But it had a changing effect on him that remained. I can see the sick guy having that change during the story. How and why, I don’t know yet.
I’ll find these characters as I write them. It is also my guess that drama will make a come back into about five years. I have a huge theory on why. Too big for this text box and not why we are here.
Thanks everyone.
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