No matter how good you are, you’re gonna come to the point in a script where exposition is needed.
In BELOW THE ICE they come up with “the plan” to get themselves out of their predicament. The “show, don’t tell” idea would lead me to just DOING IT. Just show them enact the plan.
But it’s not [...]
He’s a handsome devil, ain’t he:
Finished up BELOW THE ICE (this is not to be confused with all of the other postings re: Finished up Below the Ice) and out it goes. This time of year, though, as things come to a virtual standstill, feedback will probably be delayed… maybe all the way ’till after [...]
That phrase occurred to me just a while ago as I was writing a new ending for Below the Ice.
It literally had to go to 11.
I looked at what I already had and thought: Is it an 11?
No. It was not an 11. I need an 11. I need it to be so ass-kickingly spectacular [...]
Sometime in May of 2007, I read about the tragedy on the USCGC Healy.
Here’s Healy in the ice:
Here’s the short version. Healy stops in the middle of the ice pack for some off-boat R&R. This is a normal thing. Two highly skilled divers go in — maybe to inspect the keel, maybe for some [...]
Pushing through the act 2 rewrite of ‘Below the Ice.’
Had a group of college kids over yesterday for a reading of ‘THE FOURTH.’ What a kick. They were very enthusiastic. Hopefully we can do it again in the weeks to come.
Not a lot of new writing this year. Just re-write. After re-write. After re-write. Now [...]
Since I’m doing this on the fly, I wanted to get in and out. Here we go with PROJECT UPDATES!
1) 2 0 3 – nobodies really read it! So sad because it’s pretty damn good. Soon, soon.
2) American Monster – it’s a tough one because of it’s graphic nature and the fact that it’s “based [...]
I’ve been in re-write hell for … ohhhh… 3 months now. With the year nearly half-gone, I’ve only completed one script, THE DISCIPLE, which, truth-be-told, was half-written the previous year.
First there was a light re-do on THE DISCIPLE. No big whoop. Then 2+ months on BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL which became THE POSSESSED (10+ rewrites). [...]
For all of you folks asking “what’s up with [INSERT TITLE HERE].”
Here we go. A blow by blow run-down…
On Every. Single. Script.
Who’s this?
If you guessed “Colonel Sanders” you are 1) wrong; 2) old. It’s “The Architect” from The Matrix trilogy.
I am the architect. I created the matrix. I’ve been waiting for you. You may have many questions, and although the process has altered your consciousness, you remain irrevocably human. Ergo, some of my answers you will [...]
Look! It’s “Below the Ice”! Click on the link on the left side of the site if you want to read the first 10 pages.
In the most desolate locale on Earth, ten crewmembers of the icebreaker Ava Rita battle for survival against a beast brought to the surface when the ocean temperature rises one degree.
This [...]