Poor the Coffee!!!
As I move through getting the focus for my scripts sharper, I have two friends who are working towards the same goal. One in particular is researching books I never even thought to read. Dawn is an inspiration! Our friend, Jennifer, is someone who wants to 'life-coach' people's dreams into existence! Not a small order, my friends... considering my dream and Dawn's. She's working with Dawn on creating their own series, and the three of us get together and learn from each other, inspire each other and I get so pumped when I'm around them. People of like mind who have trod the sacred grounds of research and as a result, point me in the direction I need to take.
One such situation happened the other day. We were waiting for Dawn and Jennifer's new refrigerator to show up, so we gathered around their dining table to CREATE! I needed to work on episode 4 of my fantasy mini-series (teaser, beginning of Act 1 and whatnot). I simply mentioned that I need to get what a Showrunner does. Or even a Producer, for that matter. Dawn jumped up and hurried to their back office and pulled out a book to show me. "So You Want To Be A Producer." By Lawrence Turman (released in 2005, so a bit dated, but still... the insight is better than I have now). It was endorsed by (drum roll please) David Brown who Co-Produced JAWS! One of my most favorite movies of ALL TIME! (It set me on a love-affair with sharks at the tender age of 12 years old, tyvm.)
This was such a thrill that I purchased my own copy. Dawn has such a love for the craft of movie-making that she's expanding my horizons on how to delve into areas I didn't allow myself to even consider thinking about. Had I known back when I was in High School I would be pursuing this avenue for my life almost 40 years later I would have cracked down and chosen Film Making as my major. (Not enough family support: "Stop dreaming. Get a job that's SECURE!") You get the idea.
Folks, I want to LEARN! I don't just mean how to write a script. I want to learn EVERYTHING I CAN about how to get a story from script to screen and all things in between! It's exciting and challenging and, for me, now that I'm retired from the day job, WORTH MY TIME! I know it's not all glory and rewards, I get that. It's HARD WORK! But... it's a passion I cannot ignore. Bring it on, Cupcakes!
Creativity awaits and the studying will commence! The book is on its way and I am on the lookout for more books. Hey, Dawn... let me check out your library! Heeeeeee!
Write On!
-Jan
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