Screenwriter needs help

dalip

Wooope what do you want to know andrew. Ask away but can you bullet your questions so us simple lower than low bc can understand what you want to know. Like how we feel like dirt,how we hang our heads when out, how we thought we had friends but found we did'nt. Sorry it's not all it's cracked up to be for some of us.D

Dez-Titute

Hi Andrew and welcome to the forum,

As I stated earlier and again re-iterated by Dalip can you break down your questions into bite size chunks preferably in a bullet point format.

Here are a couple of must read threads which I'm sure will answer a lot of your questions .
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=887297

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...scarlett+diary

http://www.ned-cab.org.uk/debtselfhelp/bankruptcy.shtml#happens

Cheers DEz

Billy_Liar

On the other hand "Andrew" might make a few bob out of your stories. As was previously pointed out, all it takes is a bit of research simply by way of reading the numerous threads here; the tragic story on DFW last night is somebody's real life, let's remember, not fuel for the hungry media monster. If it gets made at all, it probably won't be a public information film, but a piece of commercial drama with all that entails. It strikes me that the people on this board give each more support and feedback than any piece of fiction could do. Don't kid yourselves: the reason we stay anonymous if because we already know the stigma attached to being BR. A TV drama is unlikely to change that. Maybe it's research for a Ken Loach movie; if so great. But I have my doubts. Just some food for thought before some good folk give their souls away for next to nothing. BL

AMVC

MSE_Andrea wrote: »

Hi everyone,

Just a quick note to say Andrew realised he should have checked with us first and emailed to ask. As his aims are the same as the site, and would give a wider audience an idea of what being in debt and bankruptcy is all about then we're happy to re-instate this thread.

Good luck with it Andrew, let us know how it goes!

Andrea

Thank you MSE Andrea et al.

Due to the infancy of the recession we are all pawns in, bankruptcy and financial hardship will be on the doorstep of scores of ill-fated families the world over, so capturing the spirit of the time is of utmost importance to my story.

Thank you again for allowing this thread to stand.

[I will post more clearly set-out questions shortly]

Dez-Titute

Andrew just to clarify Billys post also read the following traumatic thread

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1035831

LilyBart

I don't feel quite as strongly about this as Billy. After all, some dramas have been crucial to changing public awareness. But why would it be "rubbish" if the hotelier's insurmountable debt was what the screenplay was really about? It's not at all obvious to me. Even the most cursory read of the various threads on this board will show that while everyone here has all sorts of other stuff going on in their lives, good and bad, serious debt isn't a sub-plot. Anyway, Purplekylie has given you all could need, very eloquently and succinctly.

AMVC

Billy_Liar wrote: »

On the other hand "Andrew" might make a few bob out of your stories. As was previously pointed out, all it takes is a bit of research simply by way of reading the numerous threads here; the tragic story on DFW last night is somebody's real life, let's remember, not fuel for the hungry media monster. If it gets made at all, it probably won't be a public information film, but a piece of commercial drama with all that entails. It strikes me that the people on this board give each more support and feedback than any piece of fiction could do. Don't kid yourselves: the reason we stay anonymous if because we already know the stigma attached to being BR. A TV drama is unlikely to change that. Maybe it's research for a Ken Loach movie; if so great. But I have my doubts. Just some food for thought before some good folk give their souls away for next to nothing. BL

Hello Billy

Let me be clear, I have come to this forum for answers to my questions(which will be clearer from here-on-out) and to examine the plight of members who post here. I cannot offer support nor financial reward for any person/s that helps me.

Yes I want to write a script that will be realized on on the silver screen, but it certainly isn't a screenplay that will make me a hansome sum of money, A man driven to the point where he believes killing his family and then himself is the only right option isn't a "safe bet" for investers, which I am sure you can imagine.
I have a fervid passion for this story and its host of different themes that are all relevant today and weaved around it.
I have not long come out of film school and am trying to make my way in the world like any other(incidentlly I have a £13,000 CDL to pay back). I have a couple of scripts that are generating interest in the industry, but just want to get my head down and continue writing; its what I love in this life, but please don't hold it against me.

If members don't want to post in my thread then they won't post in my thread. Members that do should know that I will be wholly grateful for their time.

Thank you

AMVC

LilyBart wrote: »

I don't feel quite as strongly about this as Billy. After all, some dramas have been crucial to changing public awareness. But why would it be "rubbish" if the hotelier's insurmountable debt was what the screenplay was really about? It's not at all obvious to me. Even the most cursory read of the various threads on this board will show that while everyone here has all sorts of other stuff going on in their lives, good and bad, serious debt isn't a sub-plot. Anyway, Purplekylie has given you all could need, very eloquently and succinctly.

Hello LilyBart

Forgive me, I was in story mode. Financial hardship leading inevitably to bankruptcy is the spine of my story(central-plot), its the foundation that provides a platform for everything else to move along. As I said my story is based on a real case and I will try to stick to it rigorously.

Dez-Titute

Hi Andrew,

As a writer you might want to use a spull chucker( or are you American) realiZe,hanDsome,investErs

Ps before yo have a go at me my Spill Chicker doesn't work

AMVC

Dez-Titute wrote: »

Hi Andrew and welcome to the forum,

As I stated earlier and again re-iterated by Dalip can you break down your questions into bite size chunks preferably in a bullet point format.

Here are a couple of must read threads which I'm sure will answer a lot of your questions .
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=887297

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...scarlett+diary

http://www.ned-cab.org.uk/debtselfhelp/bankruptcy.shtml#happens

Cheers DEz

Thank you. The ned-cab.org.uk link will also be be very helpful.