Coming into focus

I wrote the last post prematurely. I did a little brainstorming with the 36 Dramatic Situation and I already I have characters and a few plot points. I don't have a whole story yet, far from it, but I have a great start. And there's a lot of me in this story; I share some of the protagonist's flaws, so it's really personal. Yet, it's really original; it's different from my life and the predictable Hollywood fluff. I've never been so excited.

Brooding of you,
Mr. Jordan

So I have a story... sorta

I know the story I want to write, I just don't have a lot of details about the story. It will require research in fields I'm not sure how to get information about yet, but it's good. If you've been following this blog, then you know I've been working on a couple of ideas at once. The problem with them, at least the one I've written about the most (which I never really gave you any information on) was that is wasn't really a "full" idea. Most of the scenes I plotted out were only there because I needed more index cards for my beatsheet. Now that Jeff Kitchen has opened my eyes to more organic screenwriing, I can "feel" this story much more. With each script, I've been coming closer and closer to achieving "Unity of Action", making the script truly about one goal. I've also learned how to really milk a theme without mentioning it in more than one scene. I feel really good about this script. Even it I haven't written it yet.
I want this to be my Nicholls entry. In the meantime, between drafts perhaps, I want to also work on a commercial project. I'm just not sure how to market anything yet. How do you sell anything without contacts? I actually have a better idea of how to sell my Nicholls project than the commercial one I have in mind.
I was thinking about using Script P.I.M.P., but it's expensive and I haven't heard that many success stories about it. Inktip, I've heard a lot of selling and optioning (without pay), but I'm still a little iffy about it; some of the "producers" might not actually be producers but other writers or God knows who else. And the producers there are appearently looking for low budget movies and haven't produced much.
I really think my Nicholls project (I don't even have a name for it yet) could be a big thing, and my other project requires a really big budjet, so I think that's out.
So to sum up this seires of ramblings: I have a really good idea for a script to submit to Nicholls, an another one to sell to whoever wants to make blockbusters.

Brooding of you,
Mr. Jordan

Random update

So, I've started work on two scripts for the Nicholls competition. After research, I discovered one was implausible (or is it unplausible?). The next one is really cool, and I will write it and try to sell after the Nicholls fellowship, but is just a bit too commercial for a competition like this.I do have another idea, but it's going to take a whole lot more work. Then again, Jeff Kitchen said that if you're not in over your head then you're just playing it safe. But on the third hand, it's a "coming of age" story and most of the past Nicholls winners were dramas.

This compettion is a little strange as it doesn't really focus on the sellability (is that a word?) of the scripts. For the most part, I'm great at writing comedy and action because for the most part that's what the most fun for me. But I do have a story that's dramatic and risque; In fact, it just might be too risque. The point is, I'm having a little trouble comming up with a good idea, at least one for this compettion.

That is all.

Brooding of you,
Mr. Jordan