 Very rough and ready, but the order is placed with Lulu.com for my first book - Adventures in the Stone Age!
I think I need more pictures in my stories, if I'm going for younger kids, but the book'll help decide that. The whole package is coming together though - a theatre script, tv animation series and books with characters. Games and school downloads would be the next step on an associated website - the Bing & Moo world! I'm a bit worried about my stage play... I've not written one before, and I'm not too sure of the rules. There's not much out there on't internet either, oddly. Lots on screen writing, very little on writing for the stage. Still, it's all part of the process and I must say it is really satisfying to finally be pushing things through on my own, rather than waiting for agents or prod co's... It might amount to nought in itself, though it's a cracking idea, but no experience is wasted entirely!
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 I've just finished the first Bing & Moo story book, and the stage play is shaping up nicely too!
No idea who to send the stage play to for review? Bit rough around the edges... plus I've never actually written a stage play before. No confusing me with Willy Shakespeare. Having great fun drawing the characters for the kids books though. Silly cartoons but we can get a proper 'artist' on when we get some money. Meanwhile, my Moo likes them! Next? Book 2 or the animated TV script, episode 2. I'm sort of doing them in tandem, but I reckon I'll stick with the TV scripts first so I don't get too confused. Got nine more to write! Yipppeee  Bing and Moo are finally taking shape!
The potted history of Social Evolution - Horrible Histories style. Following the lives of two cave-children as they think of much better ways to do things - from the Stone Age, to Copper Age, onward and encompassing maths, schools, counting... words, fire - pretty much everything pivotal in social development. Writers are supposed to observe people, right? And caricature them, to understand about people and distill their traits
In the name of research, I therefore observe the parents at my daughter's school and in fact have code names for many of them, which I am about to reveal. Poor Pigeon and 10to2 have odd stances. Toes pointing in and and out, respectively. Innit, 1-2-Many, Panda and Brassy make up Cool &the Gang, Caggy, Janus and... hmm, haven't got names for all of them yet, but I call their gang CupCakes. Perhaps that's more of a collective noun for try-hard parents? The CupCake of parents with their baking and fund raising PitBull - well, my life would be over if she read my Tweets. Rapidly, if painfully. She doesn't belong to any gang - or rather, floats between them at will. Ample drifts between gangs, wanting to be in them all but sadly rejected. And me, of course. I don't belong to any of the gangs but I pickup the floaters and of course the Ultra Cool who disdain the gangs (some might term them misfits) Today? Pigeon might never have been skiing, but she's a natural at the snowplough. 10to2 however looks like a penguin, while Claggy and Panda really should wear peaked hats in this weather. Eyelashes like that accumulate dangerous amounts of snow. Happy days! There's talk of school closure, so I'll dig out the sled. Yay! Just hope the trains are running tomorrow so we can get to the theatre  First response to Red Star? POSITIVE! Hopefully some exciting news to follow that, which is a great way to start the day.
What next? Sequestration Manor is in the safe hands of Phil and there's sod all on the IT front, so I'm left with itchy fingers. I'm tempted by the Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest: "After a storm destroys her small farm, killing her mother and father, an adolescent girl is sent off on a journey of survival." I like it. I like it a lot! First 15 pages brewing... Meanwhile, the hoo-ha about horse-meat. Naughty Tescos - a hilarious mix of dusted off old jokes and brand new spoofs. I'm going for broke with Philip Sheldon and Philip Gladwin! Mr S is re-reviewing Sequestration Manor, hopefully for the final time before I submit to... Blue Cat screenplay competition I think. Meanwhile, I have enrolled on their seminar
Raindance are excellent - their courses, their reviews and their support and the opportunities they create, but I'm dabbling with alternatives. The first SQ review was really helpful, and it was sent early in the writing process, out of frustration when I couldn't get it together. I'm dubious about too many reviews on a script - for goodness sake, just get on and finish it!!! BUT I've gone for a second critique as there is still a long way to go. Progress of a sort! Otherwise, January is a bit dull and depressing. Diets, no booze and limited socialising. I am hoping we get a nice dump of snow and a day off work and school! I have a new sled for Christmas that me and The Moo are itching to try out Red Star is finished!
And Sequestration Manor so very, very nearly finished! Polishing off my synopsis and log line for Red Star and it's up and away on InkTip. As a two-parter, I can't find any competitions to enter it into because it's too long! Things are looking very hopeful with agencies though, and a distant relative with friends in high places is making some moves for me. The networking begins and Red Star enters the world. Meanwhile I have a choice... Screenwriting Goldmine runs an excellent course in London in March, which I'm very tempted by... BUT, some friends are having a weekend at Butlins for the exact same price! Haha - work or play? Think I'll go with the work, as I can't afford both, and save the celebrations for when I get something sold and if that doesn't happen quickly, save the commiserations for when I have more money! |
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