Robin Squire's Lounge Discussions

Say, Cherie, I don't mean to be off-topic, or anything, but I'm not a playwright, a director, an executive producer, a screenwriter, or an actress of any TV series, or movie, I'm just a Chicago-based entertainment fan who's looking for a local publicist who can interview me about my three topics that are based on soap operas and music. I'm out of luck right now, when it comes to landing a publicist, but, there's something I can do to make that happen.: I can put in much of the work. I can do teamwork with that person by calling local radio stations gradually, e-mailing to this state's politicians about an exciting event, and messaging to many of my friends on Facebook. If you know that person, great. If not, then, that's OK, I won't waste your time, I'll look to someone else. Hope to see your post tomorrow.

No one is going to read your script if you don't have a great logline... And since the logline is your script in around 25 words, loglines are a great way to see if you have that raw material for a great script. It's a diagnostic tool. Why write 110 page script that can only have a crappy logline because your idea is mundane or scattershot or is so generic that it could be anything? If you are going to come up with 100 ideas and then Thunderdome them to find the best idea and take that one to script, you are going to have a whole bunch of loglines... and 99 won't make the cut.

Seven years old post and nothing changed....same as in my line of work...my peers construct shity mails, but most important all sentences have full stops to the neat...

Wow, has it really been seven years, geez, I've been gone longer than I realised, some great, familiar names here & I miss their conversation. You were considerable fun, Cherie, a bright spark on this site & several others names that lifted the quality of conversation on this site. A good & successful 2021 to you all. Cheers.

Why are you asking Jesus? I mean, he obviously knows, but way to exclude the rest of us.

Congratulations on completing that screenplay, James. A terrific accomplishment. We have a fantastic screenwriting community here on 32. Glad to have you in the mix.

Nice one, James. Keep the ideas flowing and keep on writing. The more you do it the better you get.

This conversation is going downhill fast

Redirecting the conversation in the spirit for which I think it was intended - keep your passion for writing alive!

I always look for that sequence in a script that brings magic to the text.

Pj It’s called a button – enter your scene late, hit the button and go on to the next scene – that’ll propel your story forward.

More than just a "button". I think PJ's talking about the fire in the belly that make us willing to put the hours and hours into completing a great script. It's what we're trying to say. Without that, why make the effort?

My next article that I just wrote today is on Hook vs. Gimmick. Stay tuned!!

The hook is like jumping from the plane and will the parachute open?

To me a hook is what draws an audience (or a reader) to a story .... like a fish hook.

If the Logline makes me want to know what happens, then I'm hooked. That's the same as what I want my script to do.

Yeah that's good! I think long and hard about my logline!

I feel one should do extensive research before deciding to get into acting and singing. Those careers rarely end well. I tried it for over 20 years...

Hey, I'm smiling. Today I sang in a care home, and not one of those good folks seemed to have a care in the world.

Hope so. Re-booked there in May, so happy faces all round.

Pain doesnt make success or failure. It's what you do with it that determines the outcome. When life is rough are you the type of person that cries about it and gives up? or does it motivate you? do you have the drive to prove everyone wrong and keep that chip on your shoulder? If you want success more than you want to eat, sleep, or go out with friends then you'll have it. But if someone says you're a terrible actor and you just want to give up... well you're in the wrong profession.

Agree. But don't break your heart and ruin your life if you really don't have that special something that will mark you out from the rest.