I haven’t blogged here for a while… and mostly it’s because I have so many projects in the works, yet nothing that I can really expand on.
I’ll give you a brief run down anyway…
Screenplay wise:
I’m still hard at the BSSC entries. I decided to hold out until the final submission deadline so that I can complete a few and pick the one I feel is most polished.
I have been asked to collaborate on a project for a short film competition by someone who came runner up last year (which is super cool.) Initial ideas are being thrown around but my partner in crime is very busy at the moment making a feature so we shall see what happens.
I started the actual writing of my first feature spec which hasn’t even really got a working title yet. I’ll let you know when I think of one. It’s a caricature of myself in many ways and fairly dark but there are elements of a magickal world. It’s deeply rooted in perception which I feel is a very intriguing subject…
I am still in the planning stages of a mammoth feature which has been knocking around my brain for years. It’s the one I have plastered all over my notice board. A mystical, magickal fairytale, it wouldn’t make a very good spec… It probably requires a large budget and Terry Gilliam! haha It’s a labour of love this one so I’m taking my time.
There’s also initial planning going into a feature script loosely based on my childhood experiences. It’s not exactly fairy dust and I don’t expect it to be easy to write but I want to, all the same. Possible titles include:
‘Mummed’
‘Mum’s the Word’
and more as a joke really…
‘Mum Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’
That may give you some idea of content.
Stories:
I’m working on a super secret project. It has a title, which I’m not telling, because it started out as a sort of gift for someone I have still yet to give. It has turned into something quite a lot bigger… Something beyond anything I could ever have hoped for. It’s what I’ve been chiefly working on lately because it’s so much fun to write!
Chapman’s Tales are being revisited… If any of you remember the first one (1997?) you will know just how dire my writing used to be. I hope it’s improved anyway… I love the whole feel I created in these stories though, it’s so comforting and escapey, so I’ve decided to hack them up and make them beautiful… At least that’s the plan.
Other projects:
I’ve been working on a piece of spoken word which is also about mum stuff. It’s possibly a silly and I don’t know what I intend to do with it… but I’m writing it all the same; Hopefully it will touch a few hearts. In fact I’m hoping it will help others like me to feel a little less alone.
I’ve been writing a sonnet. Oh my word. I remember having to do one of these as some form of torture in school! Ah, I enjoyed it really. It’s hard going though — classic structure with three sets of four and a couplet on the end — it’s all about the relationship between Hope and Despair… cheery stuff then!
Finally… I’m working on three little film projects. Nothing fancy mind, they’re all more for shits and giggles than anything else. One is for a friend, one is an ocean-crossing collaborative effort with my filmmaker forum buddies, and the last is a set of comedy skits with my mate, possibly for Youtube. The initial ideas are actually quite funny in my head and my comedy partner is an especially humorous lady — so watch this space!
Phew… quite a list there and this was supposed to be a brief update!
I may come back to these projects individually and expand on them as and when I have some real flesh for you.
I’m really enjoying writing. Isn’t that what it’s all about, after all?
