We Must Bleed
I have a confession to make–I’ve been very, very lazy. Well, no, that’s not true. I’ve been very, very afraid. Of what, I’m not sure exactly. I don’t exactly have a skin built up against the prying thoughts and opinions of the world. So I end up hiding behind a lot of things. In this case, writing like a mad man. Which is kind of fine…better than hiding under a bed because I have something to show for all that lost time at least.
I have 7 solid projects now that I can shop around but what do I do? I sit on them and sit and sit. Well….I think there’s time for one more polish. But then the sitting is done and the selling begins.
The first part is knowing the players…who is doing what, who has done what and who is looking for what. Then the queries, then the reading then the rest will follow bit after bit.
See? It can be done. I’m just lazy.
In other news, my script made its way all the way out to L.A. which is cool. It made it into the hands of some solid people but sadly it resembled something that they had already done thematically, which is a bummer for me because they passed on it. And that’s fine. One of my scripts is floating out there in hollywoodland somewhere, even if it got rejected. The only thing that ticks me off a little is the fact that the thematic similarities seemed to be notched into a genre (gaylove…yes, gaylove). Companies do ‘a gay movie’ now and again. Same with actors. It helps their career.
It’s not a genre. There is no reason there should be more westerns, sci-fis, comedies, &c. with the gay in them. Saying you don’t want to do a film because you already did a gay one (not saying this was said to me), is silly. It’s like saying…well…I did a heterosexual film already…I want to do a family film. What? Excuse me, what? No. Sorry, just no. It’s silly. Beyond beans and geese. Just silly. And yes, I do know that markets make “gay” a genre…but when production companies play into it so deeply it doesn’t help things. All to sell stuff I guess, but what do I know about selling? I only know about diversity and the human experience, how it defies all labels and conventions in some corner of its being.
Guess reality isn’t very marketable.
That being said, I’ve been considering a genre piece….though I’m not sure what’s in my bones to write. We’ll see before the week is out I guess.
B.
