I’m about five hours into the rewrite of “A Thousand Miles to Freedom”.   And I’m only up to page six.    But, it’s a MAJOR rewrite with significant changes.  I realized this morning that now I’m telling the story through a character who wasn’t even in the first draft.

It’s a process.  Writing is rewriting.   I’m willing to go the long haul because I really love this work.  I  love seeing the SP develop, take shape, grow…  I just hope that someday I’ll see one of my features on screen!

A filmmaker on DVXUser contacted me about collaborating with him on a couple of stories for the Betrayal Fest.  As soon as I get his notes, I’ll get started. 

I finished a “Betrayal” short based on a  story idea by Robbie Comeau.   Title is “Speculative Affection”.  I posted the logline on DVXUser and I’m waiting to see if anyone is interested in using it.

Over a week ago, I wrote a short for another DVXUser filmmaker.   I sent it to him but I haven’t received comments or anything, yet.   This is the frustrating part of being a screenwriter.  We do so much work and then wait… wait… wait…

Which is why it’s good to have several projects going.   That way there’s always something to keep you focused so you don’t dwell on the waiting… waiting… waiting…

I entered three stories in the NYCMM “Tweet Me a Story” contest.  Each story had to be 140 characters or less.  My entries had to include the word PRETEND.   Two of my stories advanced to the next step, the voting!  The stories that advanced are:

(1)    He tried to pretend nothing had changed but war had taken his legs and he could only dance in his dreams. So he slept & danced all night.

(2)   She could pretend to love a rich man. She even married him. After she killed him, she was wealthy, but no one ever loved her again.