"It's not just about me and my dream of doing nothing" - Office Space

It's only fitting that our first official post centers around movies, and more importantly, our movie. We are exactly half-way finished with our re-writes (55 pages down, 55 pages to go!). It's going much smoother and quicker than writing the original drafts. Now that the characters all have personalities and the storyline is finished, perfecting their dialogue is more natural. Noticing typos, grammatical errors, and flaws in the plot is easier as well. It does get frustrating when we breeze through pages of the script with only minor corrections, and then spend an hour or two searching for the perfect words for just one line.

No single person can turn a screenplay into a movie, so we've been reaching out to people in different fields of show business. We've gotten a lot of tips from the guys that write at The Working Screenwriter and Screenwriter's Rehab. Both of them have had some success in this business and we're thrilled to be getting first-hand suggestions from people who know the industry.

It's difficult for unknown writers to catch the attention of agents and producers. But some of our favorite movies have been written by first-time writers, so hopefully we can catch lightning in a bottle as well. As mentioned in our blog intro, the rumor is that someone in Hollywood came across Diablo Cody's blog and thought she had a great voice and and could relate to a wide audience. The result was Juno. Scott Neustadter experienced heartbreak and turned it into (500) Days of Summer. There are countless others, but those are the two closest to our path. Our screenplay is similar to (500) because we've endured some very unfortunate events in our life. But everyone else always got a good laugh out our expense. Our efforts to get noticed are similar to how someone noticed Diablo's blog.

About a year ago, people always told us, "that should be in a movie" after getting a chuckle out of something going on in our lives. So, we spent some time rehashing our debacles, creating a story line, and exaggerating the mess out of our shenanigans. In that time, if there is anything we've learned about trying to sell a spec. script it's that there is no format to follow, no path to success. Which is great for us, because we'd rather do it our own made-up way anyhow.

Since our movie isn't in theaters just yet (just yet = never), you should check out Shutter Island. I also recommend seeing Avatar. But if you haven't seen it yet, I can't imagine you're going to the movies this weekend.