You Should Meet My Son! -- The Screenplay

How To Become A Screenwriter In 7 Steps

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Tell us a little about yourself Where are you from?

BALLS OF STEEL: Meet Author and Screenwriter Christopher J. Moore

How old are you? I was born and raised in the Midwest, but my family is originally from New England. For college, I ventured to Boston, and then packed up my pick-up truck and headed west to Hollywood. Took a little while five years of working hard but my big break came when I was hired as a Script Assistant glorified copy-boy on The West Wing.

We had the same tastes and shared the same tiny office in a trailer on the Warner Brothers lot where we spent upwards of 80 hours a week at work. Why did you want to become a screenwriter? When did you know it was what you wanted to do? But growing up in a military town, and watching Top Gun about a thousand times, I was convinced my destiny was to go to the Naval Academy and fly Fs. It was the best experience of my life—but not because of the classes—because of the people I met there. They were just as creative and driven as I was.

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We formed a bond and we all learned the best way to use our gifts to tell stories—either as writers, directors, producers, actors, or editors. After college, a bunch of us even moved out to LA together. We remain close friends—and even continue to work together. Writing is difficult work, being around people who think like you and struggle like you struggle is the best way to tap into your creative energy and ward off the frustration as you write, and rewrite, and rewrite again. How do you go about getting producers interested in it and selling the script?

Can you walk us through that process and offer any tips on getting noticed in a highly competitive field? First, the good news: Make sure your script is great. Of those scripts, about a dozen are specs. I wanted to write specs and not be in the market to write for someone all the time, more like an author. I like to come up with original ideas. Then I started having these meetings all over town. Keep in mind, this is That movie was probably one of the biggest influences. My grandmother had passed, and I just wanted to write a drama.

I was in that mode. It was one of those scripts that was personal.

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After I won, I went out on meetings. I thought to myself, one thing everyone would identify with, is it was not a black story; it was a human story. It can be black, white or whatever. How can I get the story out there because people only see it one way, especially when they see me… an African American? People have a perception about what it should be.

That experience made me think of turning it into a book, and then it could be exactly the way I want it. It worked out great because the screenplay functioned like an awesome outline.

You Should Meet My Son! (Screenplay for the Feature Film)

I studied character, and all different things about story, so I knew how to tell a story, even though it was my first novel. First thing I did was I started to read books differently. I read and studied it. I would read them, not just to enjoy the story, but also to see how they broke up the chapters, or if they wrote in 1 st person or 3 rd person. I wrote the first couple of chapters in the first person, then I felt locked into one character, so I tried 3 rd person.

I just kind of studied. I could really rank up the tension and prolong it. To me, the only rule was to make people turn the page. That was what was so freeing about it. I still love screenwriting, but it is a different muscle.

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In my books, I write the screenplay first. Self-publishing or traditional publishing?

Was the fact that writers have little control over the fate of their screenplays part of your decision? Yes, I researched people who had self-published. And they own it. And most book offers nowadays are between 5 to 10 thousand, and the royalties are around 6 percent. It puts things in perspective. Ultimately, you have to look at it like a business, and you have to be honest with yourself.

Am I the kind of person that will get in my car and sell some books or go to a fair and stand out there promoting? If you just want to write the novels and let other people handle it, then you should go the traditional publishing route. How many Twitter followers?

What are you going to do? I love writing on a TV show. I love the process of writing screenplays, television, novels and, at times in my career, all three are going on. Her son is gay! They didn't cover this in charm school. But while Mae doesn't know much about gay men, she is sure of one th What's a proper Southern lady to do?

But while Mae doesn't know much about gay men, she is sure of one thing-- her son deserves to be happy. And he won't spend his life alone if she has anything to say about it. She's gonna find that boy the perfect husband, even if she has to go up against her bridge club, her church, and the entire Daughters of the Confederacy to do it. But where does a nice Southern belle go to meet gay men? To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book.

This book is not yet featured on Listopia. So, yes, technically I haven't read the book yet but does it honestly matter? Oct 07, Ryan Hamilton rated it really liked it. It was a fun movie and the novelization is fun, as well.

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