Quote: hotzappa11 @ February 29, 2008, 11:28 PM

Congratulations! But you didn't drop any names, hehe.

p.s. How did you get in contact with the producer people, if you don't mind me asking.

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You write to them.

Yes, it IS that simple.

I think it's a bit of a myth that there's no opportunities. It's not easy, sure, but if you're good enough - it'll happen.
 

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That's the truth.

If you're big enough, go and get it!
 

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I'm glad about the layout thing.

I thought as long as it's clear it shouldn't matter.

 

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Quote: David Chapman @ February 29, 2008, 11:52 PM

I'm glad about the layout thing.

I thought as long as it's clear it shouldn't matter.

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Yeah, it's good news that one.
 

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Great stuff! Looking forward to tuning in.

Bo.
 

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Congratulations.

By the way, what's the Production Company called?
 

I like the way you're all pretending to be happy, when really you're all burning up inside!
 

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Surely people can be genuinely pleased for a BSG colleague whilst still being jealous? Let's not get too cynical please. (Besides, Seefacts isn't the only writer on this site to get meetings, as I'm sure he'd acknowledge. It's good for people to share their experiences of the 'process'.)
 

Nice work, Seefacts. Couldn't be happier for you. Keep us updated.
 

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Quote: JohnnyD @ March 1, 2008, 8:09 AM

I like the way you're all pretending to be happy, when really you're all burning up inside!

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Ha, I wads waiting for that.

I posted that a while ago when someone did well.

It was half in jest, and it split the board right down the middle.

Quote: catskillz @ March 1, 2008, 4:30 AM

Congratulations.

By the way, what's the Production Company called?

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I won't give it away yet, but they're one of the biggest in the UK.
 

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When some on climbs out of the toilet bowel of life into the shining light of the bathroom. It give hope to all us little turds still floating in the darkness.

I'm happy for you, and profoundly jealous at the same time.

But thats ok I'm Bill Gates, and I have my piles of cash to keep me happy.
 

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Oh it was yooou who said that last time, in that case, I lol.

Thanks for telling us all this Seefacts! you could have kept it all to yourself. Are your mummy and daddy all proud?
 

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Well done Seefacts. Gives everyone a bit of hope, that after it all it just comes down to the writing. If you're good enough and work hard enough you'll achieve it in the end. Top stuff
 

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Quote: zooo @ March 1, 2008, 11:25 AM

Oh it was yooou who said that last time, in that case, I lol.

Thanks for telling us all this Seefacts! you could have kept it all to yourself. Are your mummy and daddy all proud?

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All my dad keeps saying is 'Well, don't quit your job just yet'.

When that happens I'll be delighted though - when I send round that final goodbye email saying I'm off to work in television it'd be so sweet, especially the people who don't like me.

Thanks again for the kind words. I plan to keep you all informed just so we all get a better idea of the process.
 

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That all sounds positive Seefacts, well done indeed.

I don't know how long your script is at present, but my advice on trimming it down would be to take out what you think can go, and then take out a whole lot more. It helps, in my experience, to have someone less attached to it to oversee the process if you can trust anyone.

I was recently asked to trim my 67 pages down and I returned 53 pages after changing from 12pt to 11pt font lost 4 pages (as it had been suggested that the large font may be a reason that it took only about 30 mins to read but ran to so many pages) and much soul searching and sacrifice lost me another 9.

I was then given a copy highlighting suggestions as to what else could be removed and, to my horror, it was a lot of my favourite jokes. I dutifully hacked it down to 45 pages to discover that it was actually much better. Despite the loss of jokes, most of which were at the end of a scene after the 'business' had been done and we're added to make the laughter count as high as possible, clearly at the expense of the story.

So, be ruthless and you'll end up with a tighter all together better script. But it is a painful process.