Fictional Skies

Naturally, I went into horror feature  Project Nightingale with high hopes. Even though it didn't work out to how I had initially wanted, I was enlightened by what I found. Going in I knew that this project would be the last one I would develop in my usual way, as a new standard had been calling in the way I deal with projects. Justice in the story concept was all I was looking for. However, the more I developed things the more ways I could see this going, and the original idea looked less sweet. So I had to reinvent what I had invented. But the thing did improve and I could feel that I was getting closer. It was maturing and had come a long way but something was fundamentally wrong. I kicked its behind and wouldn't let up until I could identify what was bothering me about it. Then one day, it all became clear. I believe I have now found the story experience, what the project is, and how it fits into the marketplace. It could be made by a small crew and market...

Major excitement at  The Untitled Pixar Movie About Dinosaurs  announcement and secret artwork from, well, the past...  [-] Great performances and script from moving real-life drama The Blind Side ... [-]   [-] Boxing goes futuristic in exciting high-concept action drama  Real Steel  from DreamWorks Studios...  [-] Many scriptwriting lessons and a compelling experience to be had in Abi Morgan's  White Girl  television script...  [-] Excitement rises as Sony announce revival of 1990s afterlife hit thriller  Flatliners , with Source Code screenwriter on board...  [-] Fresh new episode, with silly bits and new competition from UK Scriptwriters Podcast ...  [-]

So my TV Drama Spec script didn't pan out for a suitable Emmy scriptwriting competition entry. But a new script was decided a few months back and is almost done. It's a sixty page family drama and road trip type affair written specifically for the  Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award 2011 .  Every script starts out with the best intentions and has an ideal way forward. But due to various factors they can sometimes fail to materialise how and when you wish. However, this one arrived at the right time, took me by surprise, by the heart, and demanded (by way of emotional blackmail) to be written before anything else. I had to comply.  What begun as a fleeting glimpse of an unbreakable bond between two characters developed into a larger story and a collective journey of discovery. It's a story about the fragile but wondrous nature of childhood and family, the vicious inner workings of assumptions and fear, the destructive and irreversible...