Updates and Recommendations
So my latest screenplay – “Otherworld” – has gotten through to the second stage of the Red Planet Prize. It is wonderful news, and a real opportunity. I’ve entered the prize once before, in 2008, with a script that was thrilling, exciting, far too expensive for production on TV budgets, but most importantly, incredibly undercooked. I’d not thought past episode 1. I’d certainly not thought of episode 5 or 50 or 500. With “Otherworld” I see all those episodes, I obsess of those episodes in a way I never have with a TV show before. Which is why I’m going to be so crushed if I fall at this hurdle – but I suppose why, if I do fall, I’ll take a week, then pick myself up, dust myself down, figure out where I went wrong (and not curse Red Planet for failing to see my obvious genius!) and work on something else. I already have a few great ideas stewing away. Anyway, I wanted to bring your attention to another wonderful post on Jason Arnopp’s blog –...