tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post8199554108062046215..comments2023-05-04T03:37:04.200-07:00Comments on The Rouge Wave: Talkin' Bout Your CompetitionJulie Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14690487940378619749noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-78319450026823680302009-03-23T12:56:00.000-07:002009-03-23T12:56:00.000-07:00Did he bring you cupcakes?Did he bring you cupcakes?writer0825https://www.blogger.com/profile/15767676757375094687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-38665056502577652302009-03-23T04:16:00.000-07:002009-03-23T04:16:00.000-07:00"He is 20 years old. He is crazy talented. He..."He is 20 years old. He is crazy talented. He is focused as hell and he is your competition."<BR/><BR/>This is reality, folks. Ahem.<BR/><BR/>Which is exactly why we must all form an alliance to vote Robert *immediately* off the island by next tribal council.<BR/><BR/>:D<BR/><BR/>Mike - funny.<BR/><BR/>It's all so 'Lord of the Flies'...<BR/><BR/>Wow, Robert sounds like the Emperor, Damien, & the Manchurian Candidate all rolled up into one person. In fact, he sounds a lot like the villain in my next script! Hmm... <BR/><BR/>STAN strokes chin.<BR/><BR/>Stan pulls open desk drawer to REVEAL *ARSENAL* of scripts...closes it. For now.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06633862703066869516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-2687836345654874152009-03-21T04:45:00.000-07:002009-03-21T04:45:00.000-07:00Damn. I always thought it was necessary for a writ...Damn. I always thought it was necessary for a writer to spend half his life in alcoholic dissipation and self-destructive behavior. <BR/><BR/>Evidently, I have been misinformed. I demand three decades be returned to me!<BR/><BR/>Seriously, does young Robert have any formal training: a MFS, Film School, courses, whatever?Martin_Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872780969179149381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-20547575569547456552009-03-20T11:41:00.000-07:002009-03-20T11:41:00.000-07:00There's always room in Hollywood for another set o...There's always room in Hollywood for another set of fangs. I'm sharpening mine right now. *Ting!* At the same time, I am writing another screenplay, taking a class, making a deadline, and baking a cake. :)<BR/><BR/>Great post, Julie! Thanks!Someonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04064166511374865040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-51118659941189434202009-03-20T05:00:00.000-07:002009-03-20T05:00:00.000-07:00Hi Julie!I've got a slate of specs, a bigger slate...Hi Julie!<BR/><BR/>I've got a slate of specs, a bigger slate of proposals, I'm inspired, I'm ambitious, I'm writing, I'm the other side of the big pond...<BR/><BR/>Gareth (U.K)Gareth Michael Turpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17061845170938657960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-73122416636370456612009-03-20T01:11:00.000-07:002009-03-20T01:11:00.000-07:00Ironic, isn't it, (a little at least) that an olde...Ironic, isn't it, (a little at least) that an older writer often write better simply because of more experiences in life, but older also often mean less movable.<BR/><BR/>My "problem" is that opposite a twenty-year-old single I have a family to support.<BR/><BR/>Writing every day? You bet.<BR/>Exercises, classes, challenges? Yes, sure.<BR/>And yes, I take this seriously.<BR/><BR/>And if someone tells me it can't be done, I love to prove otherwise.<BR/><BR/>Life is a great place to attend.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05764909473718896182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-9187104385337058572009-03-19T19:15:00.000-07:002009-03-19T19:15:00.000-07:00Wow, I'll be honest...this guy sounds almost exact...Wow, I'll be honest...this guy sounds almost exactly like me. I'm 20, ambitious as hell, and instead of an excel spreadsheet have a notebook full of about 50 concepts that I've come up with over the past year. I'm on the East Coast, and if I had the means my ass would be in LA right now working on finding contacts, etc., for spring break instead of sitting here and just writing/sleeping. I've been laboring for the past 5 months on a spec script for Nicholl, and I've got a spec pilot under my belt, though I am going to rework it into a film instead. My mentor/screenwriting/independent study professor has made it a personal goal of his to help me get repped before I graduate, if not before the end of '09. It is my own goal to be the youngest person to create and run a show on Network TV. Move over, Josh Schwartz. And with an opportunity I recently had presented to me, it might actually happen. I just have to finish this Nicholl script, first.<BR/><BR/>I keep seeing my friends who want to be screenwriters just diddling around, never ever writing. It baffles me.<BR/><BR/>I'd love it if it were possible to get into contact with this person whom you speak of. I have a feeling that we are a lot alike in ambition and mindset.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to email you about it, Julie. Just gotta trim a page off my script first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-1859320274327236512009-03-19T18:25:00.000-07:002009-03-19T18:25:00.000-07:00I'm assuming he had clean cuticles too. ;)I'm assuming he had clean cuticles too. ;)Tavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10931940066917820034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-31757581004463716892009-03-19T17:52:00.000-07:002009-03-19T17:52:00.000-07:00Robert sounds HOT -- does he have a sister?- E.C. ...Robert sounds HOT -- does he have a sister?<BR/><BR/>- E.C. Henry from Bonney Lake, WAE.C. Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10748007729066148300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-29096512591557619652009-03-19T13:09:00.000-07:002009-03-19T13:09:00.000-07:00The more good writers the better!It's not a zero-s...The more good writers the better!<BR/><BR/>It's not a zero-sum game we're playing... the more people who are able to innovate and create the more opportunities I get to learn.<BR/><BR/>I'm kinda like a parasite in that way ;)Dave Alehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474450946075032613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-80252295214959234702009-03-19T12:10:00.000-07:002009-03-19T12:10:00.000-07:00Wow! Impressive. I hope that you'll let us know wh...Wow! Impressive. I hope that you'll let us know who it is when he makes his first sale. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand, it's a sobering reminder to me of the odds of my own chances for success. <BR/><BR/>Ah well, back to work.A. McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02672649990615711855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-71133476572521458702009-03-19T11:42:00.000-07:002009-03-19T11:42:00.000-07:00I'm taking classes. This week it's dialogue. Subte...I'm taking classes. This week it's dialogue. Subtext to be precise. When you say East Coast, you mean West Coast, right? and Robert, that's Millar?millar prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08963642037866681492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-8186905174487345972009-03-19T11:32:00.000-07:002009-03-19T11:32:00.000-07:00Have at thee competition. It makes me work harder....Have at thee competition. It makes me work harder. I'm arranging my move to LA and it should be finalized in the summer.<BR/>Though I do write something everyday, a lot of times it's outline stuff - but hey that's the most important tool a writer has.<BR/>I never write more than a few lines unless they come directly from an outline.<BR/>I think I've been doing a pretty good job coming up with stories that would love to be movies. <BR/>I just wish I had started this sooner.<BR/>RIght now I really need to get my living expenses down so I can spend more money on consulting, etc.<BR/>I hate viewing all the opportunities I have subscribed to happening without me.<BR/><BR/>I definitely find that NYC isn't as "movie-centric" as most people I come across in my writer's group don't do much collaboration. I'd like something like the deal John August et al got last year - even if it's just the collaborative aspect.Christian H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16847810167041864292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-72335925328558899542009-03-19T11:24:00.000-07:002009-03-19T11:24:00.000-07:00I quit!;-)Not really, Keep Writing!I quit!<BR/><BR/>;-)<BR/><BR/>Not really, Keep Writing!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06049994740206192526noreply@blogger.com