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June 18, 2007
Finished
I just finished this new feature film script. This is notable because, in spite of all the time I spend writing, in spite of the subterfuge of progress I constantly project, I haven't actually finished a brand new feature since 2004, when I wrote a little script called Drift. Since then, I've written shorts, I've written projects destined for places other than the silver screen, I've done page one rewrites on older scripts, I've actually made a living as a screenwriter, I've made quite a few films without scripts and I've started quite a large number of features that have made it sometimes as far the eighty page mark - but I haven't actually finished any of them until just now. I was listening to the soundtrack to Billy Budd as I finished the last scene, and now I'm about to flip back to page one to do a quick polish before all the inevitable rewrites start.
This is the project, incidentally, that I was originally hoping to finish on the nonexistant date of February 31st. That scheduling snafu sure did throw me off.
Posted by David Lowery at June 18, 2007 3:34 AM
Comments
w00t! congrats David
Posted by: brad at June 18, 2007 4:23 AM
can't wait to read it, man.....congrats!!!!
Posted by: frank at June 18, 2007 4:59 AM
Nice going, David!! Finishing films is a great feeling but nothing beats the feeling you get when you knock out a big ass script!
Posted by: don at June 18, 2007 6:18 PM
Way to go, man. I'm achingly close to finishing the first solo script I've attempted since 2004 as well. Perhaps I'll be done with it by the time I see ya in LA (you'll still be there this weekend, right?).
Posted by: Bryan P at June 19, 2007 2:16 PM
Yeah, I'll be here! When is Grammy's screening again?
Posted by: Ghostboy at June 19, 2007 3:17 PM
nice. congrats and all that.
Posted by: Lucas McNelly at June 19, 2007 3:34 PM
Grammy's plays at 6pm at the DGA on Sunday. Website and RSVP line is here... http://www.filmhouston.texaswebhost.com/showcase_2007.htm
Posted by: Bryan P at June 20, 2007 4:41 PM