Boy! It's been quiet!

[ScriptNurse]

My honest opinion is to give InkTip a try ... the cost is nominal and they've been at it a long time.

BUT ... be sure your logline is the very best it can be. Industry pros DO use the service and they consistently get results week after week, which proves to me it's in active use.

[rednael]

Head Nurse,

Thank you for the encouragement.

By chance, can you (or someone) post something regarding (the proper way to do) submissions of loglines and treatments to studios? I have a slew of books at home and a ton of information from the web regarding who to send to, where to send, etc., but so far, all of that seems to be a crap shoot. I, like so many others, believe I have something that is movie worthy, but I can't get a soul to give it a sniff.
Any insight you can offer would again be greatly appreciated.

Thank you so much.

Lee Beatty

[wungulai]

I went to see "Narnia" and thoroughly enjoyed it.  There should be more films made for kids.  The movie houses here are losing their audiences.  Families are finding a night at the movies much too expensive.  The kids are preferring to play video games.  What's wrong?  May I suggest that, if the film industry wants derrieres (Backsides) on seats, it must train the kids to go to the movies.  That means - making more movies for kids.  And I don't mean Xmen or Spiderman.  Why not re-visit some of the classic oldies and do re-makes.  I've just watched "Down to the Sea in Ships" (1949) with Dean Stockwell.  and there are many others that could be resurrected. Also, the film industry is killing itself by putting out DVDs in region codes. We get hardly any good children's films in Australia -  the distributors just aren't interested, so I get mine from Amazon and play them on a cheap chinese DVD machine that is region free. The distributors make the excuse that it enables them to phase movies to other countries, but it is meaningless if we don't get them anyway.

Make more films for children.

Geoff.

[ScriptNurse]

Please do! ... and if there's anything WE can do ... let us know.

[rednael]

Thank you for your response. I will grab a copy of Mr. Deemer's book as soon as possible. I will keep you posted on my "training". Have a great day! - Lee Beatty ;

[ScriptNurse]

First of all ... welcome to Script Nurse! I hope we can help.

Yes, I do have some advice ... get a copy of Charles Deemer's PRACTICAL SCREENWRITING ... this is an excellent reference on the practicalities of screenwriting written in a straightforward and no-nonsense style.

[rednael]

ScriptBoss,

Good afternoon to you. My name is Leander Beatty Jr., new to this site, but enjoying what I see so far.

I am a 53 year old African-American male, looking to move my first manuscript, "Alive, Alaska" from the pages of an e-book to the big screen. I know (like a million others, huh?) that I've got something that is original, bright, funny, entertaining and (potentially) profitable.

But (no pun intended), I am as green as a pool table and just as square. I know nothing about the industry, and I only "learned" about loglines this past October.

With your permission, I would like to tag along on this site (along with various others, and also hitting the books at the local library), in the hopes that I can at learn enough to get past the studios front door.

I read that you have worked both sides of the camera. Do you have any advice at all for someone like me (besides don't quit your day job - smile, please)? I appreciate any help you can offer.

Thank you for this site and thank you for your time.

Leander Beatty Jr.
lbeatty@healthlink.com

[uncle_al]

The traditional response:  "Yeah...too quiet."

I've been trying to keep up with everything, but it's been like juggling live chainsaws, blindfolded, while tap-dancing in a minefield.

On the good side, though, it does help sharpen your focus...

I'll be waiting for an assignment, and for the new contest this spring.
(Although it feels somewhat like spring here around Detroit the past week or so; forties, rain, what snow there was slithering down the sewer grates.)

Al Bouchard

[ScriptNurse]

Well, the holidays are behind us ... and I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. Now, it's time to get our collective noses to the grindstone and start ...er... grinding it out. Every writer should attempt to set a schedule and write SOMETHING every day. Whether you set aside 1 hour or 5 ... it's the regularity that benefits you. Aren't writing yet? READ SOME GOOD SCRIPTS! You can learn more about writing than you know just by reading quality scripts. There are tons available for free on the Internet, so there's no excuse for not reading. How about one a week for 12 weeks? Want some exercises? Let me know and I'll hand out some assignments!