Screenplay
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Good morning.
I’m in a very, very good mood today.
Last night, my wife and I finished our first screenplay.
Hooray.
It’s has an interesting plot: a man’s premature ejaculation is so bad, every time he has sex he goes back in time.
It’s called Fuck Me Backwards*.
So what happens next?
Well, I’m going to be soliciting advice from friends and acquaintances who have experience of such things.
And that extends to the readers of this blog.
If you can help, or have any advice, please leave a comment or email me at bwmkay@gmail.com
Thanks.
Bx
*I understand this title may well have to change, but that’s it for now.
I reckon you could sell that to Channel 4.
If you ever got it picked up by a Hollywood studio, be prepared for a change of title; something like “Hair Trigger Time Machine”
Scott Rosenberg (Things to do in Denver when you’re dead, Con Air, High Fidelity, Gone is 60 Seconds and others) would say write at least 9 more scripts.
See 2:15 onwards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CoGjohyUPs&feature=channel_video_title
Alternatively, you could punt it in a few script competitions (try Withoutabox), upload it on Circalit or try Amazon Studios.
Ejac to the Future?
No tips, just a congratulations on finishing what must have been quite a journey.
Thanks. It was a lot of work but there were some good consequences of that: I haven’t watched a single episode of X Factor.
congrats. interesting plot indeed. could be fun to watch. devolution.
back in time, literally? does he come back at some point? does he want to? anyway, probably have to wait a while to find out. good luck with it all.
What is his dramatic need?
To stop spraying whenever he gets a glimpse of tit?
Or to get back to 2011 and the people he loves?
It’s to find love.
TBH, the story is his search for love; the PE thing is a bit of a hook to hang that one, but if I said it was a film about a loveless guy’s search for love, no one would want to read it.
But now it’s the ‘time travel premature ejaculation’ movie.
Quantum Jizz?
Interesting. Alot of people (me included) must go back in time to ejaculate over old mammaries.
he hopes that each fuck, will be his fuck home.
cue opening montage.
shame they’ve already used ‘Gone in 60 seconds’ as a title
Hot spunk time machine?
Oh god, I just read that back; I made myself feel a little sick. Sorry.
Sounds funny. Reminds me a bit/in similar vein of Nicholson Baker’s The Fermata, about a guy that can pause time for his own sexual gratification.
It’s waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy better than that.
@Steve: no, that’s really rather good.
Well done for getting it down.
Sounds like a lot of cumming and going.
I’d say the trick is to make sure it’s not too messy.
That said what’s your plan of action to get it aired?
a) There’s an army of scripts out there – always and b) executives/producers are too stupid to sort out good from bad.
Alternate, possibly passable title: Coming and Going?
Ejaculate ejects-u-earlier (in time)
Thanks, paypal: matthew.guy (at) live.com
Did you find an agent yet? That’s kind of essential in the first instance, but beg all of your contacts who have any kind of film network to get you in. Don’t send it unsolicited.
Title? The Time Traveller’s Wife (is a sticky mess) S
Thanks, Stephen. Surely you are one of my contacts in the film industry? Can you get Film 4 to ‘solicit’ it?
Make sure you’ve registered your script (and subsequent versions) with the Writer’s Guild or Raindance before you start sending it around. That way you have a chance to stop it from getting nicked.
http://www.raindance.co.uk/site/screenwriting-services-london
(scroll down to ‘Script Registration’)
Also check out
http://blcklst.com/about/
It’s a list of Hollywood’s most liked unproduced screenplays giving a ‘snapshot of the collective taste of the people who develop, produce, and release theatrical feature films in the Hollywood studio system and the mainstream independent system.’ So it could help you identify who you want to target with your script. Unfortunately you have to sign up and become a member.
Thanks for the tip. The first thing we did was register it with the WGA, so now it’s somewhat protected.
I have seen the Black List. Very interesting. Cheers.
You are an inspiration. It’s about time I got some of my ideas down at the very least.
Is there a script format to adhere to?
As a matter of interest do you work long hand on paper or go straight to the computer? Hope I’m not being too presumptuous but I’m assuming you don’t use a typewriter. Btw do you know anyone who does?
I registered one of my scripts with the WGA and made up registration numbers for all the others. I reckon the effect is about the same. People see the number and they think, ‘I’m not going to nick that, it’s registered’ unless of course they don’t.
John, I think most writers use Final Draft, which works very well and is the industry standard. I go straight to the computer. I can’t imagine the unholy arse of using an old typewriter, although I’d like the clacking sound.
Ben,
There’s got be a clacking app for that?
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/12077/typewriter-keyboard
Also – Come Home or Coming Back
I just discovered an option to add that in the system preferences of iOS X, and have done so.
But thanks anyway.
Good luck with getting it made. Maybe the sequel will be longer.