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December 21, 2006
Success?
Late last week, I posted a logline for a short script I wrote on a Web site called InkTip.com. It's a clearinghouse for producers and others seeking screenplays to develop. I wrote the short during the McKee Story seminar, adapting a yarn he spun to illustrate different forms of narrative structure.
Today, I received an email from an applicant to the American Film Institute's 2007 Directing Workshop for Women. She read a 2-sentence summary for the short and was very intrigued.
We chatted on the phone before I emailed her the script; she wrote back one hour later seeking permission to include it in her application. If she's accepted, she'll receive a $5,000 production grant, and she can raise as much as $20K more.
I feel the need to reiterate that I'm not a natural-born hornblower, but there are two things at work here that please me greatly:
1. I wrote a successful logline. It conveyed a sense of story and character that compelled a reader to request the full script.
2. The marketplace has responded positively to my work.
I sincerely hope she's accepted into the workshop. I'm very excited by the idea of people coming together around something I wrote: a director, camera, sound, four actors, an editor, student critiques.
Making the whole thing even more delicious: Liz discovered that McKee's supposedly unfilmable anecdote is actually an urban legend.
Posted by Your Protagonist at December 21, 2006 03:48 PM