Finished our pilot with enough time to watch Game of Thrones! ...And then reread it and make a few tweaks. It's in pretty good shape. Wish we could share it with you now, but hopefully soon...! --f
Saturday Check – In
This is a slow start Saturday. We spent the morning re-reading and re-structuring. Let me lay out a little bit about what exactly we are doing: Last year I wrote a romantic comedy that is passable, but not great. There are some truly funny moments, but the relationships feel a little rushed. Forrest and I … Continue reading Saturday Check – In
Movie-that’s-not-a-movie In A Weekend!
Changing it up this month!
An Apology and a Promise
Devoted readers (both of you), we're letting you down. There will be no Movie in a Weekend in July. Life got in the way. But don't think we're slacking. Abigail has been up to her ears in an awesome new job where she's (finally) able to work creatively, and I've been writing a couple of … Continue reading An Apology and a Promise
Lost and Won Script!
Another movie done in a weekend! You can read it here: Lost and Won
Done!
Sunday midpoint
Saturday afternoon update
Saturday glitches
We're clipping along. Ten pages in already! Unfortunately Final Draft is being pesky... Forrest generally keeps the "master copy" and I write scene by scene in its own document, and he pastes it in. But when he tries to do that today - the formatting is gone! The screenplay is not going to be problematic, … Continue reading Saturday glitches
Treatment!
TREATMENT: We open on Trevor Daniels, movie star. He's doing movie star things -- working out, signing autographs, driving a convertible along the Malibu coast, playing a game with Jimmy Fallon. After the game, Fallon mentions something about his "upcoming stage debut, in Macbeth." In a shitty basement gym somewhere in New York, Meg Weir, … Continue reading Treatment!