WRITING: Screenplay Contest feat. Vidoq

So, I've been down on myself for the last couple of days, and finally today I feel a lot better. I worked hard to cheer myself up with meeting deadlines and breaking for wii.

Today I got a fish. His name is Vidoq and he is like a lava lamp: very soothing. I picked out a tank with LED lighting that I tinted blue with little rocks. I put in shiny little clear rocks and a big Buddha with a fake bonsai tree. He likes it so much that he came right up to the front and blew me a kiss bubble; if you say it's anything different than shall ignore you. I really needed a pet, and I don't even need a ridiculously expensive pet deposit.

I also finally entered my first feature film screenplay into a Hollywood contest. I don't know if it will get anything, but I payed a bit more to get my score and comments back so I could grow and write even better. That was a huge weight off my chest, to be honest. I've actually been really lacking in confidence concerning my creations, which is why I started this blog.

I can't share my screenplay with you, but here is the logline to it:

“Terrified villagers fear the supernatural as a new resident to the secluded northern city becomes a trigger for the deterioration of the upper class. Gradually, the nobles succumb to their own desires for money, power, love, and blood; leaving behind only a folk tale.”

It took a while to complete, but after my schedule really opened up I cracked down hard. Once written, however, there was the terrifying days of rewriting. As my professors always told us: “a screenplay is 10% writing and 90% rewriting.” Also it takes a ton of cutting down. A wordy script is hard to pull through. 

To be honest...it took a long time and several passes to fix all of my grammar mistakes.

Anyway, I'm really feeling better, so I wanted to share it. Hopefully I won't get hit by any cars before I hear back from the contest.

Man! I am so nervous!