“Unlocking the Secrets: Transform Your Screenplay into a Gripping Novel with Expert Joe Cornet!”
So, just a quick few words about what I have been working on. The contest has been launched as I mentioned and that always takes a little bit of time to get it all up and running. Just get everything straightened out. It does get easier every year.
I’m slowly building some systems and just kind of know how to do it but it definitely does take a little bit of time just getting everything together. So definitely check that out if you have a low budget screenplay. Again that’s www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/contest. I’ve decided not to do the in-person film festival this year. I might do it again next year but I’ll have to find a new location. The movie theater that we used last year is a great venue for a film festival. It really is a great venue but it’s just become too costly. They want me to guarantee a certain amount of food gets purchased which for a film festival crowd may or may not happen and they’ve also raised the rates on the theater rental as well. So, there’s just no way it’s going to do anything but lose a bunch of money and I just don’t like losing money if I can help it. So again, I might bring it back at some point but unfortunately, I will have to find a different location. It takes a tremendous amount of time to organize the event as well. Obviously, I have the normal day-to-day stuff I’m doing but once the festival sort of ramps up in August and September, it takes me almost two months and obviously I’m working on other stuff while I’m doing it but it’s a big commitment just to get everything organized and get the festival up and running. So again, it’s a tremendous amount of time to organize the event. Combine that with spending a bunch of money and losing a bunch of money. It just doesn’t seem like a good idea for this year especially considering what I really want to do this year is make another indie film. So, I’m working on that. I’m trying to get my script polished and I’m going to hopefully jump on that and that’s really how I want to spend any extra time I have. I think I’m just going to spend it on this indie film getting that up and running and hopefully a shot. It’s not going to be finished this year but hopefully I can at least get that shot or get real close to getting into production. So that’s my main goal and as I said I might bring the festival back at some point in the future but at least in the short term I’m just going to focus on this indie film and try and get that done this year.
