It's true - I'm over 50 and I am as current as I've ever been, writing novels, screenplays, and children's books. After almost 40 years as a visual artist, it seems the visual art market became soggy (to say the least), so I decided to do what I always dreamed of doing - write. My first novel was published in 2012 and as a period piece, I called it a fictionalized biography. I spent over a year with producers adapting it for film into a five page treatment. A grueling exercise, that did -however, result in something good. The story, one I had talked about for 30 years, was daunting to write as a script. I had so much personal attachment to it. In order to break that attachment I gave myself an exercise of writing a horror, action, adventure script. Writing [this] was an absolute blast. It renewed and refreshed my writing. I am also a father of a musician daughter - so wish me a happy Father's Day. Oh and happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there.
Introduce Yourself : Well it turns out that I'm living proof by Michael D. Lancaster
CEO at Dirt Road Pictures LLC ♦ Author, Screenwriter, Producer
10 years ago
Well it turns out that I'm living proof
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Happy Father's Day! Was your script produced? Sounds exciting. I'm over 50 too and struggling with my Dreaded Synopsis.
Thanks for the Father's Day wish. I have not had a script produced - yet. My novel has been labeled a "tome," and so the adaptation into a treatment is a huge step. It makes it palpable and manageable. Even though I wrote a first draft of the script - I am very dissatisfied with it. However, the horror movie - I think, is really ready as a finished script. Funny that it went this way - I never expected to write horror.