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kylekmd · 03-30-2008, 11:44 AM

Gone with the wind.

Book recommendations in this thread
Inside Story: The Power of the Transformational Arc by Dara Marks
The Moral Premise by StanleyD. Williams, PhD
Others by Truby (The Anatomy of Story and DVD courses), Vogler (The Writer's Journey), Hauge (The Hero's 2 Journeys w/Vogler), McKee (Story), Snyder (Save the Cat books), Iglesias (Writing for Emotional Impact is EXCELLENT), Howard, Soth (Million Dollar Screenwriting), Gulino (Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach), Chitlik (Rewrite).

PaPa · 03-30-2008, 11:55 AM

congratulations man! Very excited for ya. Hope it opens some nice doors for your future. What exactly does 300 against 600 mean?

kylekmd · 03-30-2008, 12:06 PM

The first amount is what I get for the first 2 drafts (original work and 1 rewrite, if necessary--$300K) and if the script gets made, and I have sole writing credit, then I get the rest ($300K).

seansshack · 03-30-2008, 12:50 PM

Fantastic and congrats.

You are living my dream. Enjoy and prosper.

I hope it is the start of great things for you.

ConspiracyPenguin · 03-30-2008, 01:09 PM

Wow! This is what I have wanted for so long. Congrats, man! How many pages is the script? Maybe we can work together in the future.

Cheers,

kylekmd · 03-30-2008, 01:10 PM

Thank you very much. The whole thing has been so humbling and gratifying--

The script is 112 pages currently. I cut it down from the original 120, mostly for pacing in ACT 3.

seunosewa · 03-30-2008, 01:26 PM

What do you get before you start writing drafts? It appears as if you don't get paid if they don't order any drafts?

kylekmd · 03-30-2008, 01:41 PM

sorry--let me clarify. The script is done, and sold.

I will receive a check this week for $300K (or whatever remains after the attorney gets done with it);

then, under the terms of the contract, I owe them 1 additional rewrite, if necessary. There may not be a rewrite--I won't know until it makes it through Development. But, no matter what happens, I get the first lump sum this week.

New_Zealand · 03-30-2008, 01:43 PM

Very Very cool :-)

Ted Spencer · 03-30-2008, 03:12 PM

Congratulations! This is the kind of stuff we dream of : )

03-30-2008, 11:44 AM	#1
kylekmd Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Not in your state Posts: 419	Sold it! My screenplay--finalized deal this week! Gone with the wind. Book recommendations in this thread Inside Story: The Power of the Transformational Arc by Dara Marks The Moral Premise by StanleyD. Williams, PhD Others by Truby (The Anatomy of Story and DVD courses), Vogler (The Writer's Journey), Hauge (The Hero's 2 Journeys w/Vogler), McKee (Story), Snyder (Save the Cat books), Iglesias (Writing for Emotional Impact is EXCELLENT), Howard, Soth (Million Dollar Screenwriting), Gulino (Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach), Chitlik (Rewrite). Last edited by kylekmd; 03-25-2010 at 11:18 AM.

03-30-2008, 11:55 AM	#2
PaPa Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Montreal, Qc, CA Posts: 6,109	congratulations man! Very excited for ya. Hope it opens some nice doors for your future. What exactly does 300 against 600 mean? __________________ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2393063/ Actor Musician Filmmaker

03-30-2008, 12:06 PM	#3
kylekmd Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Not in your state Posts: 419	The first amount is what I get for the first 2 drafts (original work and 1 rewrite, if necessary--$300K) and if the script gets made, and I have sole writing credit, then I get the rest ($300K). Last edited by kylekmd; 03-30-2008 at 01:59 PM.

03-30-2008, 12:50 PM	#4
seansshack Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Ireland Posts: 538	Fantastic and congrats. You are living my dream. Enjoy and prosper. I hope it is the start of great things for you. __________________ Writing résumé

03-30-2008, 01:10 PM	#6
kylekmd Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Not in your state Posts: 419	Thank you very much. The whole thing has been so humbling and gratifying-- The script is 112 pages currently. I cut it down from the original 120, mostly for pacing in ACT 3. Last edited by kylekmd; 03-30-2008 at 01:23 PM.

03-30-2008, 01:26 PM	#7
seunosewa Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 575	What do you get before you start writing drafts? It appears as if you don't get paid if they don't order any drafts?

03-30-2008, 01:41 PM	#8
kylekmd Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Not in your state Posts: 419	sorry--let me clarify. The script is done, and sold. I will receive a check this week for $300K (or whatever remains after the attorney gets done with it); then, under the terms of the contract, I owe them 1 additional rewrite, if necessary. There may not be a rewrite--I won't know until it makes it through Development. But, no matter what happens, I get the first lump sum this week. Last edited by kylekmd; 03-30-2008 at 02:00 PM.

03-30-2008, 01:43 PM	#9
New_Zealand Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Alaska, New Zealand Posts: 452	Very Very cool :-)

03-30-2008, 03:12 PM	#10
Ted Spencer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 2,324	Congratulations! This is the kind of stuff we dream of : ) __________________ Behind the shelter in the middle of the roundabout A pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray And though she feels as if she's in a play She is anyway From "Penny Lane" by Lennon/McCartney <----That guy over there isn't me by the way...it's actor John Loder, who played a character by my name in Alfred Hitchcock's "Sabotage" in 1936.

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