Blame it on Carson Reeves over at Scriptshadow, as I'm currently writing the 1st draft of So Go Back & Get Him. Took him up on a challenge to TRY to write a script in 3 days. Having just started this morning as of 8 a.m. EST, after an initial blast I'm only on page 3 of the 1st draft, working off an outline that is more buoy markers than in-depth pre-writes like I prefer. But it's all in the spirit of fun.
So Go Back & Get Him
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Logline:A morning show host struggles in handling the changing scope of her morning show amidst her raging sexuality in an ever changing love/hate relationship to the men in her life.
The stated goal of the challenge is to try to pound a script in three days. Unfortunately on Sunday I have to start moving stuff from storage to our new garage. Right now those storage costs are $300+ a month. I also just accepted a job. Could have started that today if I insisted, but because of the storage move I pushed that out until Wednesday. Been out of work for a long, long time since Covid hit our family at the end of August so it'll be nice to do something again. Had several jobs I thought I'd get, but they fell through. Been living off savings since then.
Well-p gotta get back to it. Only on page 3 of the 1st draft. Goal will be to do 40+ pages. Don't think I'll get there, but I'm an daring kind of guy, and I'm going to try... Talk to you again soon!
P.S. Just received my first critique back from The Beautiful Kingdom -- from a guy in Ireland, no less!
This was a movie that I had NO INTENTION of watching, but at the insisting of my mom I went and saw --
Which turned out to be one of MOST MOVING movies I've ever seen! Definitely the best movie I've seen since Once Upon a Time in Hollywood... maybe even a better movie than that!
So what is this marvel about? Redeeming Love is a movie about a girl sold into prostitution, whose life is given a chance at improvement when a single farmer of comparable age sets his mind on making her his wife.
Love is hard to find in 2022, wasn't much easier back in the the 1850s either
There are a couple name actors in this movie, but most it is Abagail Cowen's Angel/Sarah character arc that is the heart of this movie. My mom kept saying this movie was about the biblical book of Hosea, which does start with a prophet being told by the Lord to take a wife whose unfaithful. That's a very brief accent in the biblical book of Hosea, which is more about God's dissatisfaction with Israel playing the harlot and serving other God, despite the Lord's great love for His people. I really wan't pulled in or swayed by the use of the bible. I can't believe my mom's bible study group went to see this movie.
What makes this movie so good is that it really brings out how hard is for some people to love and trust others because of past pains. You can't help but pull for Angel and want her life to improve. The movie really isn't about Michael Hosea, the farmer who sets his sights on making her his wife, then sticking with her when she falls back into the world of prostitution a couple times. Redeeming Love is about how hard to overcome past pains. It's a great movie that I highly recommend unless you can't stomach violence done to women.
You can be the apple of the town's eye, and yet still be miserable and unfulfilled inside
This story was based on a novel by Francine River. The script was written by Francine Rivers and D.J. Caruso, and D.J. Caruso directed it. From my way of thinking the real magic of Redeeming Love is at the script level. Their choice to set-up the gold rush, beginning with --
All that glitters is not gold
by Shakesphere.
was brilliant. So was the setting the world by showing miners in a creek panning for gold. Then you're in Angel's world and seeing how she's the apple of a small town's eye, it's most desired prostitute. There are a lot of heartbreaking flashbacks with show how Angel got where she got. A life she was thrust into as a child, through a series of tragedies. I loved a lot of the choices D.J. Caruso made in this movie. Michael showing Angel the sunrise and slowly making inroads so she can get a better life.
This movie has the best ending I've ever seen. I cried at the end of it. GREAT job of building to that moment by D.J. Caruso and Francine River. And it's not because I was moved by great performances. Yeah, Abagail Cowen and Michael Lewis did a solid job in playing their roles; but I didn't think either role was exceptionally done. Rather it was the story and scene construction that sings in this great movie.
Redeeming Love is one of my favorite movies of all-time. I loved it. Thought it was way better than The Notebook (2004: staring Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling).
Go see it!
P.S. I did finish my 2nd draft of The Beautiful Kingdom. I sent to Carson Reaves over a Scriptshadow for a paid critique. Will do a post on that script after I get a review from him. Not sure if I'll do another draft of the script or not, I'm pretty happy with the story. In a future post I'll get into "plans" to get discovered. I've written 27 scripts now. It's time to get them made into movies, unless the Rapture happens or the economy goes to pot, which could well happen.
Scribophile E.C. is putting pages of his Legend of Thars series here to be critiqued. This is a site where novelists get feedback on their work. I'm a member of THREE groups there.
Scripts by Eldave1 Screenwriter's David Lambertson's website. Real professional layout. Definitely worth a check!