May 7, 2010
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Just an Update…
Finished my contribution to the Nicholl competition six hours before the deadline so now we wait… until October … to hear if it makes it through the quarter-finals. It’s better than last year’s submission. It’s a fairly solid screenplay so I’ll be looking for places to submit it/get an agent for it in the months ahead. It won’t be a block buster- not sure I can write a block buster- but it’s a good story… for one that partially rips off Romeo and Juliet… everyone says that Hollywood is searching for well written stories… I’m not sure that’s true, but it’s done and it’s good- so it deserves to start collecting rejection letters like the rest of my stuff…..
It was intense taking a year of notes/scenes/etc and writing it out in the proper format in seven days. It took forever even with a beat sheet next to me. Took three times as long as writing the same number of words for a novel. Hard work…
and the big news???
this…
We are going to NYC to see Van Ness perform live in a few weeks! There are only two people I am dying to see live- Rain and Van Ness.
There are lots of people I’d like to see, but those two
remain at the very top of the list. Rain I’ll probably NEVER see live. His concert tickets are too high, and I didn’t think I’d see Van Ness perform live because he doesn’t do that in the states very often. So… it’s a small miracle that he’s in NYC this month for one show and I was able to find the money, get the tickets, and make plans to actually see him.
It’ll be a crazy weekend- drive to NJ, take the train into the city, meet up with friends, window shop, dinner, the concert, train back to NJ, leave Mon. am for home… 19 hours of driving… and I bet he’s only stage for 4- maybe 5 songs.
Please tell me the audience won’t be full of screaming little girls so you can’t even hear him….. but, still… it’s Van Ness Wu live!
Comments (6)
It’s gonna be a great show! I’m really happy you get to go
. Good job getting the screenplay done. New twist on a beloved trope tends to work, you know.
I think I’ll look into different tortillas when I go to the grocery this weekend. All this talk of food is making me hungry!
I’m so happy for you – I know this means a lot to you!
Good for you for sticking with your dreams. Hoping with you that you get past the next hurdle!
I am glad you are going to see Van Ness.
I was happy to see your comment on my page:)
How have things been with you?
Take care and thanks so much for stopping by~
Peace and love
Patty
Good luck with your screenplay submission.
Good luck with the screenplay submission!! Anticipation is part of the fun!!
Hope that Van Ness ia well worth it!!