Franklin Leonard

[DangoForth]

Re: Franklin Leonard

Eight kids. Huh.

Amateur!

Really, though, kudos to you. We found if you can handle four, you pretty much can handle anything above and beyond ..

[Max Otto Schrenck]

Re: Franklin Leonard

Yeah eight in today's world is crazy. Although if I did have the money, I would think about it lol. My dad has 9 brothers and sisters. My cousin's grandma and grandpa had 10 daughters, no sons. Things were different in the old world though. Shower with a bucket of water once a week?

Eight ain't hay, but it ain't gonna get you in any record book. Not compared to previous generations.

I always thought my Grandparents on my Father's side had a lot of kids, with ten (one lost in childhood, but it was the Dirty Thirties so I suppose that was par for the course). Then I did some research and took a look at all my Grandfather's siblings. SEVENTEEN. Don't know how many of them survived for how long, but there it is. And all of 'em had their own names, too. After a certain point I would have just given 'em numbers.

I think the trick is to get them to take care of each other, particularly if there's an elder sister or sisters. Then you put the family on automatic pilot and do what pleases you. Write, even.

Don't know what this has to do with Franklin Leonard. Or BlackList. Interesting tangent, nevertheless...

[Done Deal Pro]

Re: Franklin Leonard

I can't wade through all this. But I did notice that last few pages of this thread turned into a discussion about meeting with a manager, so I moved those "off this topic" posts to here: http://messageboard.donedealpro.com/...ad.php?t=84944

[Vango]

Re: Franklin Leonard

I have three and want to jump off a cliff.

Seriously, eight is unfathomable.

Yeah eight in today's world is crazy. Although if I did have the money, I would think about it lol. My dad has 9 brothers and sisters. My cousin's grandma and grandpa had 10 daughters, no sons. Things were different in the old world though. Shower with a bucket of water once a week?

[GucciGhostXXX]

Re: Franklin Leonard

I have three and want to jump off a cliff.

Seriously, eight is unfathomable.

Ha!

My thought was "How in the HELL do you find time to write??????"

[docgonzo]

Re: Franklin Leonard

I'm still blown away by the logistics of raising 8 kids. Kudos to you and your wife.

I have three and want to jump off a cliff.

Seriously, eight is unfathomable.

[finalact4]

Re: Franklin Leonard

There's some of them in everything I write. (And my wife, who has put up with me for thirty-seven years.)

In fact my oldest daughter will probably be a whole lot better writer than I am. I remember when she was about eight or nine, she told me a war story wasn't about war it was about people in a war.

I read a lot of amateur scripts at the time (not saying mine were pro), but it was amazing how many twenty-year-olds couldn't understand that simple fact.

Smart kiddo.

[sc111]

Re: Franklin Leonard

There's some of them in everything I write. (And my wife, who has put up with me for thirty-seven years.)

In fact my oldest daughter will probably be a whole lot better writer than I am. I remember when she was about eight or nine, she told me a war story wasn't about war it was about people in a war.

I read a lot of amateur scripts at the time (not saying mine were pro), but it was amazing how many twenty-year-olds couldn't understand that simple fact.

I'm still blown away by the logistics of raising 8 kids. Kudos to you and your wife.

[StoryWriter]

Re: Franklin Leonard

I didn’t see it. It’s so weird!! My god if you’re not writing about having 8 kids then what are you writing???

There's some of them in everything I write. (And my wife, who has put up with me for thirty-seven years.)

In fact my oldest daughter will probably be a whole lot better writer than I am. I remember when she was about eight or nine, she told me a war story wasn't about war it was about people in a war.

I read a lot of amateur scripts at the time (not saying mine were pro), but it was amazing how many twenty-year-olds couldn't understand that simple fact.

[Bono]

Re: Franklin Leonard

I didn’t see it. It’s so weird!! My god if you’re not writing about having 8 kids then what are you writing???

[StoryWriter]

Re: Franklin Leonard

I still can't find it. It's amazing.

"An hour later I got a call to install a new phone system as the lead telephone tech, at a military base in California. Six-thousand a month, plus overtime for a year contract. With eight kids, I had to take it. Since I was able to get my brother to work with me, I suggested another screenwriter to the doctor."

This is scary, you're reminding me of me.

[Bono]

Re: Franklin Leonard

I still can't find it. It's amazing.

[GucciGhostXXX]

Re: Franklin Leonard

I somehow don't see eight in original post. It's like when they ask you how many T's are int he sentence and there are 6 and I can only see 4.

That's why I prefer 8. I'll read right past eight.

[GucciGhostXXX]

Re: Franklin Leonard

Agreed. Tho, sometimes you might prefer the actor to say "twenty-twenty," some dipshit might mess it up and say, "two-thousand-twenty." haha.

Welcome back and Happy ****ing Birthday, dude.

LOL... True!

And fukkin BIG THANKS for the B-day wishes!

[Bono]

Re: Franklin Leonard

4 boys, than four girls.

(I'm trying not to be offensive to anyone.)

I somehow don't see eight in original post. It's like when they ask you how many T's are int he sentence and there are 6 and I can only see 4.

So you're 1 out 8 kids? Or you have 8 kids?