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Ted Spencer · 01-29-2010, 07:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GRENCH

How long did this entire process take from your initial meeting to pay day?

You may have to wait a while on your answer. Kyle hasn't been posting here much lately...

Martay · 01-29-2010, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ted Spencer

You may have to wait a while on your answer. Kyle hasn't been posting here much lately...

Hopefully that means he's busy writing movies

-M

Ted Spencer · 01-29-2010, 03:50 PM

Right! Along with his medical practice... : )

kylekmd · 03-04-2010, 09:35 AM

You're both correct.

I've been busy with a write-for-hire project, just finished on FEB 22 and now I'm moving on to a pretty cool original horror script. Hopefully, an indie prodco will pick it up because I like this one a lot. And I've been busy at work opening another imaging center. Not enough hours in the day.

I don't recall the exact timeline GRENCH.... but I spent 8 months writing it, sent it out, and within 3-4 months (if memory serves) I had an agent and a deal on the table. Seems like a long time ago.

Here's a file link to AWARD WINNING SCREENPLAYS & OTHER NOTABLES (someone asked for this, I think)

http://www.filefront.com/15739501/AW...20NOTABLES.zip

If you're looking for the pdf with screenwriting notes, it's long gone. Sorry. Last year I found it circulating online, with added material that wasn't in the original copy.

Take care guys,

K

redtrain · 03-10-2010, 03:57 PM

How long did it take you to sell the script? How many people would you estimate got a copy of it before someone bought it? What script number was it, was it your 4th, 5th, 10th? Thanks!

redtrain · 03-10-2010, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kylekmd

Yes, I did use the stuctures in the booklet--mostly borrowing from Truby, Vogler, Hauge/Williams.

Truby's latest book, The Anatomy of Story, is very good. I used it to get all the essential pieces of the story, then I put them together using Vogler's Hero's Journey model and the Hauge/Williams template (these latter two authors use what I consider the "standard" structure model).

Other good books I used to sprinkle on the details, for the (personal) rewrites:

Story Sense (Lucey)
The Art of Plotting (Cowgill)
45 Master Characters (Schmidt)
Writing a Great Script Fast (Sheridan)
Save the Cat (Snyder)
Power Screenwriting (Walker)
Screenplay: Writing the Picture (Russin)
Emotional Structure (Dunne)

The more authors/books you read, and approaches you study, the more likely you are to find a style/approach that works for you. Or just make a hybrid of your favorites.

Great info!

kylekmd · 03-16-2010, 09:52 PM

3-4 months before negotiations started.

Number of people who saw it, not sure. Number of copies distributed, 200. It was my 8th completed feature script. But I had been writing shorts and other forms since 1996.

Ted Spencer · 03-17-2010, 08:41 AM

Is there anywhere we could read some examples of your work? I realize this one may be legally off-bounds for now, but I'd love to get a sense of your writing. I bet it's every bit as good as your recent success implies...

Sherri Sheridan · 03-18-2010, 03:05 PM

Way to go Kyle! Thanks for the credit on using the Writing A Great Script Fast DVD Workshop. You were my first workshop sale! I consider it a good sign you sold a script. Keep selling scripts - it looks good for me. Now you have inspired me to do a survey to see who else has sold scripts. I know of a few others. And please thank me again in your Academy Award speeches if you have time. (Just kidding!) Everyone is so proud of you for giving them hope for the same possibility and thanks again for the credit.

There is a new article going up soon on MyFlik.com called "How To Write For 3D" (from Student Filmmakers Magazine April 2010) with a focus on Avatar for anyone writing for 3D. There are also over 3 free hours of Writing A Great Script Fast videos, and a free 50 page workbook you can download. Lots of libraries are now getting the workshop too, so ask your librarian today and start a film group and do 1 DVD a week. It works and will save you lots of time reading screenplay books. There is also a 10 minute movie on the homepage that covers the Hero Journey plot points from Vogler's book mentioned by Kyle above in his sources.

Jaime V · 03-19-2010, 06:12 PM

I'm rather late to the party but congratulations man. That is awesome indeed, and very inspirational.

01-29-2010, 03:50 PM	#383
Ted Spencer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 2,324	Right! Along with his medical practice... : ) __________________ 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.

03-04-2010, 09:35 AM	#384
kylekmd Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Not in your state Posts: 419	You're both correct. I've been busy with a write-for-hire project, just finished on FEB 22 and now I'm moving on to a pretty cool original horror script. Hopefully, an indie prodco will pick it up because I like this one a lot. And I've been busy at work opening another imaging center. Not enough hours in the day. I don't recall the exact timeline GRENCH.... but I spent 8 months writing it, sent it out, and within 3-4 months (if memory serves) I had an agent and a deal on the table. Seems like a long time ago. Here's a file link to AWARD WINNING SCREENPLAYS & OTHER NOTABLES (someone asked for this, I think) http://www.filefront.com/15739501/AW...20NOTABLES.zip If you're looking for the pdf with screenwriting notes, it's long gone. Sorry. Last year I found it circulating online, with added material that wasn't in the original copy. Take care guys, K __________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do." ~ Mark Twain Last edited by kylekmd; 03-04-2010 at 04:40 PM.

03-16-2010, 09:52 PM	#387
kylekmd Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Not in your state Posts: 419	3-4 months before negotiations started. Number of people who saw it, not sure. Number of copies distributed, 200. It was my 8th completed feature script. But I had been writing shorts and other forms since 1996. __________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do." ~ Mark Twain Last edited by kylekmd; 03-16-2010 at 10:04 PM.

03-17-2010, 08:41 AM	#388
Ted Spencer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 2,324	Is there anywhere we could read some examples of your work? I realize this one may be legally off-bounds for now, but I'd love to get a sense of your writing. I bet it's every bit as good as your recent success implies... __________________ 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.

03-18-2010, 03:05 PM	#389
Sherri Sheridan Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: San Francisco Posts: 15	Way to go Kyle! Thanks for the credit on using the Writing A Great Script Fast DVD Workshop. You were my first workshop sale! I consider it a good sign you sold a script. Keep selling scripts - it looks good for me. Now you have inspired me to do a survey to see who else has sold scripts. I know of a few others. And please thank me again in your Academy Award speeches if you have time. (Just kidding!) Everyone is so proud of you for giving them hope for the same possibility and thanks again for the credit. There is a new article going up soon on MyFlik.com called "How To Write For 3D" (from Student Filmmakers Magazine April 2010) with a focus on Avatar for anyone writing for 3D. There are also over 3 free hours of Writing A Great Script Fast videos, and a free 50 page workbook you can download. Lots of libraries are now getting the workshop too, so ask your librarian today and start a film group and do 1 DVD a week. It works and will save you lots of time reading screenplay books. There is also a 10 minute movie on the homepage that covers the Hero Journey plot points from Vogler's book mentioned by Kyle above in his sources. Last edited by Sherri Sheridan; 03-18-2010 at 03:10 PM.

03-10-2010, 03:57 PM	#385
redtrain Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 54	How long did it take you to sell the script? How many people would you estimate got a copy of it before someone bought it? What script number was it, was it your 4th, 5th, 10th? Thanks!

03-19-2010, 06:12 PM	#390
Jaime V Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 380	I'm rather late to the party but congratulations man. That is awesome indeed, and very inspirational. __________________

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