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Title: I just finished my screenplay!
Post by: xsphat on Sun, 19 July 2009, 16:02:49: (http://files.getdropbox.com/u/76433/For%20message%20boards%20and%20ebay/Screenplay%20-%20The%20Other%20Place%20%E2%80%94%20Fin.jpg)

The first draft took me a month and a half to write. It's 92 pages of action / horror goodness. I am planning on doing a total rewrite for the second draft on the HHKB Pro2 in Final Draft (http://www.finaldraft.com/products-and-services/final-draft/). I bought a copy of that software the last time I wrote a screenplay and it is really nice — it is afterall the industry standard script software, but I have the last version.

I'm not used to writing this big a project so quick, but I like it. I wrote the entire thing on typewriters; most of it was written on my girl Page:

(http://files.getdropbox.com/u/76433/For%20message%20boards%20and%20ebay/Desk%207.17.09/P7170031.JPG)
Title: I just finished my screenplay!
Post by: vils on Sun, 19 July 2009, 16:40:24: Well done!
Title: I just finished my screenplay!
Post by: rdjack21 on Sun, 19 July 2009, 16:52:00: Cool and all on an old mechanical typewriter.
Title: I just finished my screenplay!
Post by: wellington1869 on Sun, 19 July 2009, 17:02:07: nice stack!
Title: I just finished my screenplay!
Post by: xsphat on Sun, 19 July 2009, 19:03:46: Thanks guys.
Title: I just finished my screenplay!
Post by: xsphat on Mon, 20 July 2009, 01:21:16: Quote from: ripster;103342
Don't cash those chips in yet.

My wife's are better, and I think I might go cash them in right now ...
Title: I just finished my screenplay!
Post by: megarat on Tue, 21 July 2009, 21:31:56: Congratulations. Finishing such a project is always a great feeling.

Out of curiosity, what's the title?

"Night of the Living Dead Rubber Domes"?
Title: I just finished my screenplay!
Post by: xsphat on Tue, 21 July 2009, 23:06:40: Quote from: megarat;103685
Congratulations. Finishing such a project is always a great feeling.

Out of curiosity, what's the title?

"Night of the Living Dead Rubber Domes"?

Uh, no. Actually, it's "Das Unichump M."
Title: I just finished my screenplay!
Post by: lowpoly on Wed, 22 July 2009, 04:06:22: Congrats. Not easy to find the time with family, moving and all.
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Post by: iMav on Wed, 22 July 2009, 08:45:36: So, is it any good? What are you going to do with it now?
Title: I just finished my screenplay!
Post by: itlnstln on Wed, 22 July 2009, 09:05:47: Congrats, Xs. Are you looking to have it picked up by a studio?
Title: I just finished my screenplay!
Post by: xsphat on Wed, 22 July 2009, 09:52:58: The second draft is next, then during the next term at school me and one of my profs are going to work on it and get it ready and she is going to show it to her agents for option or sale.
Title: I just finished my screenplay!
Post by: wellington1869 on Wed, 22 July 2009, 11:24:01: Quote from: xsphat;103754
The second draft is next, then during the next term at school me and one of my profs are going to work on it and get it ready and she is going to show it to her agents for option or sale.

thats sounds like a great plan!
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Post by: xsphat on Wed, 22 July 2009, 12:17:41: It does have a nice ring to it, doesn't it? Can't wait to dive in.
Title: I just finished my screenplay!
Post by: xsphat on Thu, 23 July 2009, 01:04:37: True, and a good point. She has been working with me on horror and the like for years and she still cringes at every gore scene.