March 18, 2016

When I think of the whole job ahead it's hard to take the next step.  Maybe it's because I've written a whole feature length script this time and am trying to do it all in my head. I woke up at 1:30am and could not for the life of me get back to sleep.  Every aspect of film production was running through my head. There was also a positive letter from four cast and crew members that made me realize, I'm not alone here and I'd better get a move on.  I was distracted at the first of the week by meetings in Spokane and Coeur d' Alene.  The Spokane meeting looked like something that could generate money.  It didn't and became a waste of several hours writing a game plan for a narrative thread that in the end was not even wanted for a PSA.  I visited the Boys and Girls Club facility in Northtown and met Erin.  What a wonderful thing they are doing for kids who don't have a solid home life.  After that I looked for set dressings for the back yard scene, had a Round Table pizza, then attended a script writing meeting in Coeur d' Alene.  The day was not wasted in anyway.  Several people there want to work on the next episode and a couple of them even worked on Z-Nation.  I'm not the only one with financial problems who wants only to work on movies.  Many positive things from the first of the week, but it wore me out.  I drove home over the pass in one of our March blizzards and was nearly run off the road by 18 wheelers splashing slush over my entire car.  I regret involving Joni in the PSA venture that didn't work out.  But it was possible money and exposure in Eastern Washington so who knows how this will work out.