Whoo-hoo! I finished my screenplay!!!!!!!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

As some of you know, I'm an aspiring screenwriter. You may also know that I've been working on this one particular screenplay for some time.

Well, the great news is that I FINALLY finished it just now. Literally, five minutes ago.

I'm sending it in for coverage (a review) before I market it, but any changes I make from now on will be very minor. I have all the characters, the plot twists, everything sewn up. My goal was to hit 100 pages, and I actually hit 101 pages, the 101st page only containing the last line of the movie.

Of course, that's the story of my life -- getting in by the skin of my teeth.

I first thought of the story in 2002 and have been working on it ever since. I was sidetracked by a lot of things, but the last six months in particular was when I went all out and totally revamped it, making it the finished product it is right now.

I'm so happy right now, if you couldn't already tell. The only downside is that I have to get to sleep now because I have to go to work in a few hours.

Anyway, just wanted to share. Thanks for listening.

:party: :bounce: :toast: :D

[miss_american_pie]

1. Congrats!

And good luck. :woohoo:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

8. Thanks!

:hi:

[LostinVA]

2. *yawn* I have 10 finished screenplays

And, have an insider at New LIne that covers my scropts... FOR FREE!

HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

Congrats -- it feels great! Start another one in a week or two -- seriously.

[wildhorses]

4. dayum!! I am extrememly impressed!!!

good luck and best wishes with your scripts

:toast::toast:

[radwriter0555]

5. Lemme know if you need a great story line that would come along with

submission to some rilly high profile folks.

I JUST CAN"T WRITE THE DAMN THING.

I know how it starts, resolves, takes place. I have the characters, scenes, locations, everything. What I do not have is the discipline to write it. My attention span is too short. I'm an overall project kind of gal and get wound up and frustrated by process and details.

But it's such a great story; mainstream, NEW, fun, never been done, never been written.

And I can get it in front of some very, very serious names who have always promised they wanted first look.

Lemme know if you're interested.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

7. Thanks, LostinVA!

From the subject line, I knew it was you! :D

I already know what my next one is. I wrote a short version of it a few months back, so I already have all the raw materials in place.

[LostinVA]

14. DEFINITELY don't take too much time off betweens scripts

Practice makes prefect... seriously.

It feels good to finish one, doesn't it?

[wildhorses]

3. what an accomplishment!!! Good luck with it!!!

can I be your date to the oscars? please, please, please,
I promise I clean up real good;)




:woohoo::bounce::toast::party::toast::bounce::woohoo:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

6. You sure can!

:evilgrin:

[wildhorses]

9. Far out!!!! I can't wait to go shopping for my dress....

:silly::wow::silly:

[LaraMN]

10. Congratulations, SA!

You must be so absolutely thrilled and excited! What a momentous accomplishment. Good luck with the impending marketing. Keep us posted! :bounce: :toast: :party:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

20. Thanks, LaraMN!

:hi:

[Dangerously Amused]

11. Congratulations!

Proud of you, boy! :7 :hug:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

18. Thanks!

:hug:

[Shine]

12. Wow, that is soooo cool, Starbucks!!! Congrats, dude.

:toast: Here's to Success and Fulfillment.


Dang, the only thing I've done in the last five minutes is get my first cup o' coffee....mmmmmmm.
:hi:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

19. Thanks, Shine!

:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

13. Congrats!

I'm hoping to get one started soon myself.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

22. Thanks, primate1!

:hi:

[bigwillq]

15. Congrats!

Good for you! :toast:

Don't forget about us when you're all famous and winning Oscars and making tons of money! :) :hi:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

21. Thanks, Will!

:hi:

[ZombieNixon]

16. Awesome, dude!!

That's so cool! So...would you deign to favor us with a summary, or at least a tagline? :D

[Starbucks Anarchist]

17. Tagline: "It's the notes you don't play."

:D

[DS1]

23. You should put that last line on page 100

It'd would look more professional, IMO - and it's kind of a cheap trick to do it, IMO and if someone picks up the stack of papers and leaves the last page behind then they might not realize it and just think you're a dick if they don't realize you intended to have another line ;-)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

30. LOL!

[LaurenG]

24. Very Nice!! Congratulations!

:party: :toast: :bounce: :) :thumbsup: :hi: :kick: :headbang:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

25. Thanks, OB!

:hi:

[deadparrot]

26. Congrats!

That's wonderful news, especially after such a long process. :D

:toast:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

27. Thanks!

:hi:

[Random_Australian]

28. Rock on, mate...

:headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang:
:headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang:
:headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang:
:headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang:
:headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

29. Thanks, mate!

:hi:

[XemaSab]

31. Congratulations!

:bounce:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

32. Holy crap, a XemaSab page 20 save!!!!

Thanks!

:toast: :hi:

Is this my birthday present from you? :D

[XemaSab]

33. It is!

And FWIW, it was on page 18! :hi:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

34. And here I thought it was dead and buried.

:hi:

[XemaSab]

35. Consider it a modern Easter miracle!

:hi:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

36. Or a Festivus miracle!

:popcorn:

[XemaSab]

38. A very, very, very late Festivus miracle!

:bounce:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

39. Festivus is year-round!

:popcorn:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

37. Congrats, my dear Starbucks Anarchist!

I'm so very happy for you!

And BTW, thanks to Xema for resurrecting this thread, since I managed to miss it the first time!

:woohoo: :woohoo:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

41. Thanks, Peggy!

This is Xema's birthday present for me! :D

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

40. Good Luck!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

42. Thanks, MM!

:hi:

[Pale Blue Dot]

43. Congrats!

I have lots of questions, but maybe I'll save them for a PM.

I'm working on a screenplay myself, but it's going very slowly. I haven't developed the writing discipline yet. I have a tremendous amount of respect for anyone who can finish.

Great job. And if you'd like someone to proofread it, please think of me. :thumbsup:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

45. Thanks!

:hi:

[BreweryYardRat]

44. Congratulations, my man.

Aspiring novelist here. I have a tremendous amount of respect for your being able to discipline yourself to get a major project like that done.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

46. Thanks!

:hi:

And good luck on your novel.