At the time of the writing of this post I am 35 pages into the writing of the 1st draft of Kathy Smith Conquers Duboose High School. This will be my 25th spec. script--when I write FADE OUT: THE END.
O-kay, so what does this have to do with Taylor Swift?
Well, she is BACK to be my mews again...
I mean, you can't tell me there isn't a MOVIE with this picture.
I mean is there ANYONE better to be a MALE WRITER'S MUSE when that aforementioned writer is writing a teen comedy centered around the story of a 14-year-old, feisty freshman. So far 35 pages in I'm not in automatic mode writing like I got after about page 68 of SO GO BACK & GET HER, but there is still hope for its prequel: KATHY SMITH CONQUERS DUBOOSE HIGH SCHOOL, because I've got some solid set pieces for this story. A couple that I've written in the first 35, hopefully for many more in the remaining pages.
Okay, so the writing life is going well now. 35, 1st draft pages in less than 3 days IS a good start. And don't worry: Kaya Jones (muse for the past year); I still LOVE you, and hope to connect with you some day on other scripts... But Taylor Swift is special. Very special. And it's not that I'm that enamored with what music she's been cranking out lately, but her work taken collectively as a whole, is PHENOMENAL. Won't lie I'm a MUCH BIGGER fan of T.S. when she's displaying her lighter side, as evident by --
E.C. Henry's favorite songs by music superstar Taylor Swift:
(Added more songs to my original list after hearing Getaway car, and listening to Fearless (Taylor's Version), and Red (Taylor's Version))
[Last Update January 5, 2022 -- to make State of Grace my #1 T.S. jam. Was listening to it on repeat today while jogging :) ]
- State of Grace (Taylor's Version)
- Love Story (Taylor's Version) [Elvira Remix]
- The Other Side of the Door (Taylor's Version)
- How You Get the Girl
- 22
- Getaway Car
- Style
- Shake It Off
- You Belong with Me
- New Romantics
- Jump then Fall (Taylor's Version)
- ... Ready For It
- Delicate
- Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version)
- We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
- That's When (Taylor's Version)
- Message in a Bottle (Taylor's Version)
- Look What You Made Me Do
- Cruel Summer
- Red (Taylor's Version)
- Me!
- Wildest Dreams
Notice any trends in E.C.'s top 13? It's domiated by Taylor's more happier songs, not her darker or newest stuff. I remember watching Taylor Swift on a Late Show with Jimmy Fallon interview years ago, where Jimmy Fallon was lightly poking fun a Taylor Swift for her song: We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together; and based on her reaction, Taylor looked a bothered by it all--so Jimmy didn't persist. That got me to wonder, was that song really that bad? Heard it for the first time about a week ago and was pleasantly surprised by how good it was:
I had to search i-tunes for that song. Even when I saw T.S. in concert in 2018? Well, it was the concert where she had pillars with scary snakes on them, which I thought was in very bad taste given the fact that her target audience is girls aged 9-20.
Can't really say Taylor Swift doesn't get the credit she deserves because EVERY YEAR she's a favorite with Grammy people, but what I can say is that her earlier stuff was MUCH BETTER that I thought it would be. I'm not a country music listener. Some country songs are o-kay, but as a whole the genre isn't for me. Taylor Swift started off in country music. So IF you like her today, go back and check-out these two of her earlier albums before she broke into superstardom with 1989: Fearless and Red; have some hits on them too! Don't miss this gem:
My spec. script soundtrack for Kathy Smith Conquers Duboose High School currently has 17 songs in it--and 4 of them are by Taylor Swift!
Muse indeed. Rock on, T.S.--and PLEASE go back to your fun-loving days, because that's when you are your best; and that's when your true fans are most pleased with you.
Okay, enough of the Taylor Swift lovefest time to eat a little late dinner, then go back for another round of writing on Kathy Smith Conquers Duboose High School. Next post coming at ya AFTER I finish the 1st draft of my latest spec. which I hope to have done BEFORE the end of the month. See ya then!