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  • I got my first writing assignment!

    The Good: I will be a paid writer! (I've had a couple of things optioned before but it isn't really the same). Decent production price and bonuses.

    The Bad: It's not union. Purchase price is okay but not great.

    I wanted to share since I've been a DDer for a LONG time. Back when there was a chatroom and a lot more drama.

    I started screenwriting in roughly 2000 and then it was ten long years of writing shitty screenplays and giving up several times and getting back into it. During which I somehow built a nice career in advertising which I left in 2012 to give it one last try with screenwriting.

    In 2014 I won Tracking B which lead to me signing with a manager which is how I got a general with the production company I'm working with. The process has been sort of chronicled here in a series of questions I asked. In short, I was in a bake-off with two other writers and I won.

    It's a low budget elevated horror movie with American and Japanese producers. I think it could be a really cool little movie. I'm shooting for a Rosemary's Baby paranoia type movie.

    I know this is just a tiny step and I've got a long long way to go before I'm making a living at this. Seems the closer you get, the farther away your realize everything is. But it feels good just to get the first one out of the way.

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    Bravo!

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    • #3
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      Good for you!

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        Rad! Give yourself a pat on the back. Celebrate every victory. This is a victory.

        [This industry trains us to look down on every deal that isn't earth shattering. And that's bullshit. Because they are rare, if ever. I've known agents at bigs who've sold material for 15+ years and only have a hand full of movies made. Are they losers? Nah.]

        Go do a body shot off a stripper… Cheers, man!
        DOPE CITY

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        • #5
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          Congratulations! What fantastic news

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          • #6
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            mazel tov!

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            • #7
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              This is awesome.

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              • #8
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                That's so awesome! Go you!

                (PS I just clicked "More" under all the Smilies and I feel like my life will never be the same again.)

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                • #9
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                  Wonderful news, congrats!

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                  • #10
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                    What cool news! Well done you!

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                      Originally posted by ClintW3 View Post
                      Bravo!
                      Excellent!

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                      • #12
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                        Yay!

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                        • #13
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                          Congratulations!

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                          • #14
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                            Congrats, Slupo!! Always great to see things pay off for someone who's been at this a long time. Looking forward to seeing your film on the big screen!
                            "I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.-- Peter De Vries

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                              Way cool, slupo, so happy for you. Here's to a greenlight.
                              "Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy b/c you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say." -- Edward Snowden

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