I'm in very sunny Palm Springs right now with my lovely wife, Rachael. So far we've been enjoying swimming, working on a jig saw puzzle, watching movies, and doing other "couple related things."
This is a vacation vacation for Rachael and a working vacation for me. So I've been writing. Each day my story becames a litte bit clearer and a lot more fun to write, as I watch my page count go up and up. I'm some where around 25 pages. It's hard to tell cuz I've got some editting to do and I haven't been writing strictly chronologically. Just 75 or so more pages to go!
What am I writing? It's a screenplay called Spokanistan about the extremely talented Peter Blau (20), a native of Spokane, WA, who's been going no where with his life since his dad died his jr. year of high school. When Peter goes on a boozy bender around the anniversary of his father's death, Peter's mom and her live-in boyfriend have had enough. They tell Peter that he has a month to either get a job or enroll in community college. It's a story about finding direction and growing up. Typically Hollywood story discriptions, also called loglines, are no more than one or two sentences. So, as of now I kinda stink at loglines, because I'm over my two sentence limit and I still have a few more important things to say. Through the unexpected appearance of a musical mentor, a legendary guitarist named Lee Cunningham, Peter finds his direction and ends up shooting for much more than community college. The movie is kind of like Finding Forrester meets That Thing You Do (two of my favorite movies).
I'll update again soon.
God's peace,
Paul
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oh keep writing keep writing!!! i wish i could visit you and then you could tell me more about it!
have fun in palm springs. it's a lovely place and i always enjoy the visit but for me it always includes moments with my grandparents and those moments aren't always so wonderful after all. oh well...
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