Here’s a great clip I came across last night from the brilliant writers of South Park (my son’s favorite writers – he’s a smart kid!). It’s a bit old, but I thought I would share. You can bet I will be looking at my screenplay this afternoon before the Superbowl!
Thanks to AFW.
So this screenplay is not my first foray into the world of writing. I have written (and had published) dozens of articles, served as a regular columnist for a magazine, and written two books before this.
Well, partially written two books. One was a complete book proposal and about 50 random pages before I abandoned it. It was a great book, but I was not getting much encouragement from publishers and agents. And unfortunately, this was long enough ago that self-publishing still had a pretty large stigma. If I was writing it today, I am certain I would self-publish it. The other book simply had no ending! So frustrating! It was 90% complete, but I could not come up with a satisfactory ending. That is still safely tucked away in my external hard drive, just in case I have a flash of inspiration. I’m still hopeful…
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Huge lesson today. And I should have known better.
Here it is: Don’t let friends or family read your screenplay.
There. And don’t forget it.
I have been very private with this screenplay. Actually, I am private with all my writing, now that I think about it. I guess the difference is that with all of my other writing, I KNEW when I had something good. I didn’t need to go to anyone for their opinion or feedback. I was pretty good at giving myself my own feedback.
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