It's not been a full year since I first joined Stage32. I stumbled upon it by pure luck through a twitter link -- hence, the importance of letting people know of this wonderful community on other networks for those who may have never heard of it. I went on to make a few posts, here and there, about retro shows I used to love and contributing other fellows' threads, sharing their concerns about the industry. Then, the thing I'd have least expected happened, a fellow professional from overseas told me he was interested in a TV reboot project that I'd brought up and he was ready to join me on this quest, should I accept it. Of course, I had to work on him for a while, but never did I imagine he would eventually come up with such a generous offer. In as unpredictable an industry as ours which may easily devour quick-made or repetitive projects, this was honestly the biggest reward I could ever expect from life, let alone a network. To share the sweet burden with another intellectual, not only professional, enjoy our common creativity, learn from each other in the process and yes, hope for a better end result thanks to a solid teamwork. Which in my opinion, is the ultimate deal in this network. Our project is still in development stage and our progress so far makes me believe more and more we'll end up some place good. Please wish to review and contribute to our project and many more on my profile page. And feel free to ask anything I may be helpful with. Have a pleasant and productive weekend!
Introduce Yourself : Greetings from Istanbul by Burak Kanar
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Burak - what an incredible story! I can't believe that all happened through Stage 32. We have so many talented and creative members from Istanbul, and you clearly are no exception. Can I please ask you to pay it forward and share your success story in our success story section? It would really mean a lot to us, and to the community to see what you've gotten out of this network: http://www.stage32.com/lounge/stage_32_success_stories
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Welcome, Burak, and congrats on everything you're accomplishing! :-)
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Thank you. I believe I've caused a misunderstanding with the term "in development". We're still writing the pilot season and planning to pitch it late next year. If it gets a greenlight though, this is going to be the first place where we'll share the good news.
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"Development" is a word with its own special meaning here, that's true. :-D Since I've been working on a TV series, too, I still say it's an accomplishment just to be writing one in hopes of selling it. I had no idea how much hard work goes into television until I started trying to create a series. Putting together a series bible is an art form in its own right, not to mention planning plots that take a whole season to resolve! Congrats on all your hard work, and I'll be cheering for it to pay off!
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Best wishes, Burak!
Thanks, Molly. Actually I believe writing for TV should be harder than for cinema, as you have to write much more in comparison and in the meanwhile keep the suspense up all the way because you willingly enter a tough competition with other networks' products unlike cinema where even with the film with the least budget, you may have your specific niche of audience go see it, independently from other films in theaters. While trying to keep this suspense up, you also have to avoid falling into clichés, which is a challenge of its own. Let me just say I'm going to applaud your success when it gets a go. Let's hope both of our projects will make it on screen. Cheers!