RB, Amanda, Nick, Ashley Renee, Maurice, and Co, thanks for all the great work you're doing...and, among other things, encouraging screenwriters and TV writers to have more than one script in those portfolios.
And thank you for introducing Cayla Tyne as one of Stage 32's new executives.
Last night, Cayla called me to discuss "Pixie Dust," the screenplay I uploaded to her eleven days ago.
She really liked it!
Cayla and I had a fantastic conversation...in fact, it ran for 41 minutes instead of 30. She encouraged me to discuss other projects I've come up with...and I talked about some of the period pieces I've cooked up.
As a result, one of the other projects she wants to look at is "Small Flyers."
It was time for me to seek coverage from a Stage 32 executive...and I'm glad I did. (And having 28 scripts under my belt sounds a whole lot better than me trying to place all my bets on only one script.)
Cayla, thanks so doggone much for joining the Stage 32 team!
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I just went through that process, and once I finished the novel, I immediately returned to the screenplay. What I thought was good is now a lot better.
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Leigh Sheehan Yeah, it's funny...I ended up animating one of my comedy screenplays that made it into the top 5 of a comedy screenwriting contest one year. And while I was animating it, I kept adding i...
Expand commentLeigh Sheehan Yeah, it's funny...I ended up animating one of my comedy screenplays that made it into the top 5 of a comedy screenwriting contest one year. And while I was animating it, I kept adding in more funny stuff that I didn't think of when I was writing my screenplay. I think when we shift gears, and write it a new way, or produce it, or direct it, we see things that we didn't see before, and it makes us better screenwriters in the end.
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Niki Galiano, that's a cool story, Niki. I have directed several projects, and it is always a discovery of interesting material to be added. I found that because I was writing scripts for myself, and...
Expand commentNiki Galiano, that's a cool story, Niki. I have directed several projects, and it is always a discovery of interesting material to be added. I found that because I was writing scripts for myself, and by doing that, I would shortcut the scene descriptions. So, when writing a novel, you can't do that; you have to provide a lot more detail. So, after going through the first project's novelisation, I returned to an earlier project I had left for quite a while. I didn't turn it into a book but applied what I learnt . Proof in the pudding: I just got optioned today by a producer on that screenplay.
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Leigh Sheehan Congrats!! That is awesome!
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I've also found that transitioning a screenplay to prose format has helped me to improve the screenplay. I didn't expect that to happen