So.
We were talking, recently, about writing in different formats – and scripts in particular. That conversation spiralled out of a problem I was having, at the time, with the the Sitcom I’ve been working on.
Although not an unqualified success with C4 at the first submission stage, ‘Shelved’ does seem to have found some kind of favour, which means I’ll continue working on the project.
Apart from the prospect of getting the piece reconsidered for filming, another reason for keeping at it is, frankly, because I need lots of practice at writing in script format.
Pigeon Girl recently said to me that she loved reading scripts.
What?
If we were looking for any additional evidence that she’s quite special, we have it in that sentence.
Because, frankly, reading scripts is flipping hard.
Anyway, as promised, here’s the first eight pages of what was the first draught version of ‘Shelved (in .pdf format).
It’s changed a bit since V1.0, but you’ll get the general idea from this.
Someday, when this shows up on the BBC, and I finally see the reruns on public broadcasting in Dallas, Texas, I can say, “I knew him back when he was a struggling comedy writer.”
Well, maybe I didn’t know him, but I read his blog.
And I read his first script of the program.
Well, maybe not the WHOLE first script, but I did read the first eight pages (revised) of draft 1.0.
And I wrote a widely published review of his novel.
Well, maybe not widely published, but it was on Amazon.
I was funny, Bren. Really.
BTW, Sophie works in a library, yes? Art imitates life? You’re not crossing the line here, are you?
I wouldn’t mind READING scripts but wouldn’t want to criticize them!
Bulldog, thanks. And Soph used to work in a succession of libraries. I have a rich store of anecdotes.
S.Le, I still find it difficult to read them. I was reading the script to Alice in Wonderland last week; it’s very confusing.