Throughout the summer and fall of 2011, I spent a considerable amount of time working on 3 scripts for a screenplay competition called The Kairos Prizes. Struck was a brand new film script I developed. A Walk in the Park (which placed in the top 12 of Kairos last year), I re-worked and tweaked and then resubmitted. And Listen to Grace which was an adaption of a play I did last Easter.
Today comes word of the semi-finals of The Kairos Prizes for 2012. And although Struck and Listen to Grace did not make the cut, once again, my re-tweaked script of A Walk in the Park (now simply called Walk) has made the cut. Walk is one of 60 scripts chosen out of approximately 1000 scripts entered. Read all about it in the Kairos Press Release where you will see my name listed.
So, like last year, I wait for Feb 1 to come around to see if I make the next cut. I wonder what it is with Walk that is clicking with readers. I’ve re-written Walk on four different occasions. Something is obviously resonating; my hopes are it continues to resonate right into the Finalist and winners circle.
Passion is the title of my upcoming Easter production. I am just putting the finishing touches on the script and we begin rehearsals in less than a week. It took me a couple gruelling, rather boring weeks, to come with a concept that I felt good about. Writing, as I and many others before me have said, is all about your butt in the chair. Passion may be the title of this script, but let me tell you that I felt very little of that at the beginning of this process. And that’s how it is with most scripts in the early stages. Once an idea strikes, you start to build around it. Slowly but surely, the characters and plot take on a life of their own and the fog of frustration begins to lift. I look forward to sharing this play with an audience.
I say go to Starbucks…..find a chair and write there….don’t forget the coffee, it helps me…..always lots going on there…..good luck my boy
Hi Romeo
Congratulations Romeo! Nice to hear that things are going well. To help you with your journey of discovering what is resonating and making people connect, you may want to think about the issues present in modern society; the environment, technology, globalization, relationships, etc.
Cheers
Mike
Romeo – wonderful news that Walk has made the cut again this year. Way to go! Can you put your finger on what it is that may be resonating with the readers? I will pray along with you that whatever it is continues to resonate.
Congratulations Rome! This consistent inclusion among the best work of your peers is testament to your hard work. Butt in chair indeed! Well done.
I’m very happy for you. The odds are so great- I imagine a brick wall of a large studio, very high ceilings, every brick is a story. Pull 60 bricks out of that wall wouldn’t make a dent to its structure. In that pile is your script, ready to be considered for display. How lucky is that! So proud of you.
Congrats! I am feeling the pain and joy of writing a chapter for a book on risk management, 30 pages introductory level, mainly for the recognition. I am starting to think about writing about more big picture stuff if I get the opportunity somehow..