This is from www.badcb.blogspot.ca:
May 13 Fairy tales: I was thinking about the TV show Once Upon a Time
and how it's about fairy tale characters who are transported
into the real world, and don't have a memory who they really are.
That's a really good show, and I think all of you guys should watch it.
I wanted to add this to my "memory/ song/ dollhouse" blog post
that's all about memory.
http://badcb.blogspot.ca/2013/03/memory-song-dollhouse.html
Hansel and Gretel:
I wanted to check out this TV movie that was made in 2013. It went
straight to video when I checked it on imdb.com. I wanted to watch it
because I wanted to see the modern retelling of it. It was also horror,
and I do like getting
scared. I saw the first 20min, and I didn't think it was really good.
I turned it off because I was also tired.
I then went and scanned the comments. There are lots of bad reviews. This is the story:
"In this modern retelling of the classic horror tale, teen siblings are
enslaved by a psychotic recluse within her gruesome house of horrors in
the woods."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2415464/?ref_=sr_3
I'm sure all of you heard of the movie released in the theatres called Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters.
It got bad reviews. My friend Sarah saw it and she liked it because it
was bad and so over the top. I think I'll watch it when it comes on
TV.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1428538/?ref_=sr_1
May 14 Writing therapy:
I have mentioned before about how I have to write about things so I can
get over it and move on. I do have to write about things so I can
figure it out like why something gets me angry.
I have to figure
this out. For the past couple of months I've been thinking about this:
"Why aren't I writing or pitching my scripts?" I did have an excuse
earlier this year, I was really busy with work. Then later, I didn't
have to work so much because my job didn't need me. I decided to take a
bit of
break like don't take extra hours and just work 38 hrs a week instead
of 44-48hrs.
I worked one week for 38 hrs and I was kind of
bored. I went home and read the newspapers, watched TV, and write my
weekly emails/ blog posts. I didn't feel like writing my script Rain or pitching my The Vertex Fighter script.
My dream: Fine,
I'll just go back to increasing my hours at work. I feel like
something's missing. I've been writing scripts since I was 14 yrs old.
When I was 22 yrs old, I graduated out of Professional Writing in
college, and I was constantly pitching my The Vertex Fighter script for 2 yrs from 2008-2009.
I
was going to pursue my dream of getting my TV script produced. I was
finally able to with a Professional Writing college diploma, a
full-length script, and I was an adult. I had my "Tracy's Blog" to
showcase my writing. I had my "The
Vertex Fighter" blog in 2011.
I feel like I'm losing motivation for this dream.
Imagination: Okay, let's get myself motivated.
Cut to Tracy at home. The phone rings.
T: Hello?
Producer: Are you Tracy Au?
T: Yeah.
Producer: Hi, I'm ______, a TV producer from the TV production company _______. I read your The Vertex Fighter script that you sent me. I thought it was really good. I want to produce it.
T: What? Really?
Producer: Yes. So where do you want it to be filmed in?
T: Edmonton.
Producer: Okay. So who do you want to be in the TV movie?
Blogger: The
above is the most script writing I have written in awhile. I do write,
just mainly my emails/ blog posts. The thing is I have become more of a
blogger over the years.
Readership: I know my emails/
blog posts are being read by my friends, family, and people on
the internet. Lots of people read it. Unlike my scripts, I have to
pitch constantly to get a producer to read it. I did get Writers in
Residences at the Edmonton Public Library to read my scripts.
If I
had to estimate how many people read both my scripts, either partially
or 2 different drafts of the same script, I would probably say about 15
people read them.
May 15: So I figured it out. I am going
through a phase with writing. In high school I wrote poetry for fun, in
college I wrote short stories for my creative writing classes.
Throughout all that I was writing scripts. Now that I graduated out of
college, I pitch my scripts. Now I'm into blogging and non-fiction.
May 16 Projects: The
thing is my project/ hobby was always writing a script since I was 14
yrs old. Now I'm 27 yrs old and I'm not doing that. I'm always going
to be a writer, but I'm more of a blogger
now. Maybe because I've been doing it too long and too much, that I
lose motivation. So maybe I need a break.
However, if a producer does call me and says he wants to produce it, I will be on it. I will be out there producing it.
I
guess I need a new hobby or project. So how about starting my own
business? Learning something new. Do you guys have anything I should
get into?
May 20 Writer's block: Maybe I have writer's
block. The thing is I'm always reading movie and book reviews in the
newspaper. I'm always watching good TV shows and taking notes. I'm
always writing my blog.
Today was different. I went and wrote movie reviews for Skyfall and Season of the Witch. I also wrote an in-depth synopsis of the TV movie Storm War.
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland: I read about this new show the other day. It's a spinoff of Once Upon a Time,
but this time it's about Alice in Wonderland. I just saw the 3 min.
trailer and it looks really good. They established the character Alice
and how she has to go back to Wonderland to find her love Cyrus. The
special effects looks really good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v8hwx2xHnM
May 21: Bryce Courtney:
I found this article "Aussie author's 'practice book' became global
hit" by Rod McGuirk on Nov. 24, 2012. He was born in 1933-2012. He was
born as an illegitimate son of a dress maker on Aug.14, 1933 in
Barberton, South Africa. When he was 17, he was working in the
dangerous mines in Zimbabwe. He used that money to go to Britain to
study at the London School of Journalism.
He met an Australian Benita Solomon and married her in 1958. He
worked at in advertising with US agency McCann Erikson when he was 26 and then became a creative director.
At
50 yrs old, he pursued his dream to be novelist. The Power of One was
to be the first of three "practice books" in a period of three years
before taking two years to write a fourth book. The fourth book will be
sent to a publisher.
Courtney: "I was absolutely staggered when
somebody wanted to publish it in the first place. Now it's worldwide
success and the fact that it's available in 12 languages still amazes
me."
It became a movie with Morgan Freeman in it. Courtney
dedicated the sequel Tandia to his 3rd son Damon who died of medically
acquired AIDS at 24 on Apr. 1, 1991. It was 2 months before the book
was published. His death then inspired his 3rd book April Fool's Day
about the public fear of AIDS in 1993.
He had his 21st novel Jack
of Diamonds with an epilogue to his readers:
"It's been a privilege to write for you and to have you accept me as a
storyteller in your lives. Now, as my story draw to an end, may I say
only, 'Thank you. You have been simply wonderful.'"
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