As some of you know I recently started writing for Yahoo! Contributor Network to get back in the writing habit for a feature length comedy screenplay my g/f (Kate) and I are working on called I Don't Recall.
Well, a funny thing happened while writing for Yahoo! I started making money at it. Not a ton right off the bat, but enough to keep at it.
Below are the articles that I have published since my last blog.
CLICK HERE to read about how to make a movie for less than $10,000.
CLICK HERE to read about some forgotten songs from the '90s.
CLICK HERE to read about some forgotten songs from the '00s.
CLICK HERE to read about how to put on your own podcast. It's easier than you might think.
CLICK HERE to read about how to find the right film festivals for your film.
CLICK HERE to read by Hollywood is making too much money to be original. Expect more of the same from them in 2014.
CLICK HERE to read about how to run a successful Kickstarter campaign. I show you what to do and breakdown one filmmaker's dreadful attempt at a campaign and why it failed miserably.
CLICK HERE to read an article about pot. Yeah, it's about it being legal in Colorado.
CLICK HERE to read why resigning Jay Cutler was a no-brainer for the Bears.
CLICK HERE to read how Starbucks' attempted pissing contest with a local bar owner backfired miserably and actually helped the bar. When will big companies learn how quickly social media can be used against them?
As you can see, I've been very busy writing articles for Yahoo! the past couple weeks. While I haven't made a ton of money, I have about $500 saved up to go towards I Don't Recall. Which is roughly about 1% of what the budget will be. I know that doesn't sound like much but by the time we're ready to shoot in the late spring/early summer of 2015 I hope to have about $6500 of my own money to put towards the film (which is about 12.5% of the budget $50,000). I will be setting aside all my Yahoo! money + all my weekly incentive money from the day job. I have about 80 weeks to save up. Hopefully when people see how much of a risk I'm willing to take on my own film they will be willing to donate via kickstarter/indiegogo later in the fall when we do a campaign.
Speaking of I Don't Recall, Kate and I have hit a bit of a snag, but still have 70 pages of the script completed. Just need to tie up a few loose ends and write a few more scenes and it will be over 100 pages (which is our goal). 100 pages will keep the movie within the 80-90 minutes range. Obviously we're fine with it being longer, but we definitely don't want it shorter.
So that's where we're at with that. If you have to read an article that you enjoy please share it with your friends. I get paid by the view, so sharing my articles really helps me out.
Thank you,
Jason W. Schaver
Moped Jones Entertainment
www.mopedjones.com
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Saturday, January 18, 2014
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Started a New Little Hobby....
Hello,
To get back into screenwriting I recently signed up to be a writer for the Yahoo! Contributor Network. It's a pretty cool way to get back in the habit of writing. You can pick assignments from Yahoo! or you can just write your own based off your own interests. Sometimes they get published for all the world to see, sometimes they don't.
It's been a while since I started a new feature length script, and when I say a while I mean over a decade. I wrote The Truth About Average Guys and S.O.L. back in 2001 (there were some rewrites since then, but the hardest draft by far is the 1st draft). I also co-wrote Wingmen Incorporated in 2010-11, but most of what I wrote for that was previously written from a partial script I had lying around. So I really haven't started from scratch on a script (and had that need in finish) since 2001. Did some stuff inbetween, but never really had that need/want to finish it. But this new one MUST get finished because I think when all is said and done this one will have the potential to be the best thing I've done (so far) by far. I feel with every script/film I'm improving as a writer, an actor, and as a filmmaker.
Anyway, back to my little side hobby, writing for Yahoo!
Thus far I've written three articles. Two have been published, and one is currently being reviewed. So technically I'm 2 for 2. I'm not sure how easy it is to get published, but I am going to pretend that it's incredibly difficult and very few people get their first two articles published. Yes, I like to pretend that I'm that good.
Here are the two articles that I've published so far. Hopefully you find them interesting enough to click the links below (it actually helps me if you click the link, obviously I'd love for you to read the articles, but clicking the link is a pretty good compromise. You clicked THIS link to read my blog. So I know you care a little bit. ;)
http://voices.yahoo.com/why-hate-media-sometimes-12374483.html?cat=9
That one is called "Why I Hate The Media (Sometimes)" and it's about how the media has distorted an incident that happened over the weekend.
http://voices.yahoo.com/why-cubs-2013-season-wasnt-as-awful-as-seemed-12362001.html?cat=14
This one was my very first article published. It's called "Why The Cubs 2013 Season Wasn't As Awful As It Seemed" and well, it's about exactly what the title says it's about. There is more reason for optimism on the North Side than you'd think. 2013 was an awful season, but not as awful as it seemed.
http://contributor.yahoo.com/user/1791802/jason_w_schaver.html
That link is my contributor profile link. This has links to all my articles. So if you enjoy my writing please be sure to add me as add me to your favorites or subscribe to my articles. Don't worry, it's free.
Anything else going on?
Kate and I have been hard at work on the new screenplay and it's coming along pretty well. We got sidetracked with life the past several months but have really rolled up our sleeves this past couple weeks and have the first 20 pages of the script done. I really like what we have so far. If we can keep up the same level of quality/humor from the first 20 pages I think we'll have something pretty special on our hands. I'd like for this to be about 100 pages long. And would love to make a movie that is actually 90 minutes long for once. That's usually what I've aimed for, but they usually end up between 76-82 minutes long.
Anyway, since you were so good earlier reading my Yahoo! articles, I will leave you with this...
The first 7 pages of our new screenplay, I Don't Recall.
LOGLINE: After an accident, a mild mannered pushover fakes amnesia to avoid returning to his unappreciative family.
LOGLINE #2: A man in his early 30's, unhappy with his life, gets into an accident. Upon waking from a short coma he pretends to have amnesia in an attempt to live a different life.
(yeah, I posted both loglines b/c I'm not sure which one I like better)
http://howa5gota9.angelfire.com/IDR_first_7_pages.txt
Thank you so much for reading, hope you like it!
Jason W. Schaver
To get back into screenwriting I recently signed up to be a writer for the Yahoo! Contributor Network. It's a pretty cool way to get back in the habit of writing. You can pick assignments from Yahoo! or you can just write your own based off your own interests. Sometimes they get published for all the world to see, sometimes they don't.
It's been a while since I started a new feature length script, and when I say a while I mean over a decade. I wrote The Truth About Average Guys and S.O.L. back in 2001 (there were some rewrites since then, but the hardest draft by far is the 1st draft). I also co-wrote Wingmen Incorporated in 2010-11, but most of what I wrote for that was previously written from a partial script I had lying around. So I really haven't started from scratch on a script (and had that need in finish) since 2001. Did some stuff inbetween, but never really had that need/want to finish it. But this new one MUST get finished because I think when all is said and done this one will have the potential to be the best thing I've done (so far) by far. I feel with every script/film I'm improving as a writer, an actor, and as a filmmaker.
Anyway, back to my little side hobby, writing for Yahoo!
Thus far I've written three articles. Two have been published, and one is currently being reviewed. So technically I'm 2 for 2. I'm not sure how easy it is to get published, but I am going to pretend that it's incredibly difficult and very few people get their first two articles published. Yes, I like to pretend that I'm that good.
Here are the two articles that I've published so far. Hopefully you find them interesting enough to click the links below (it actually helps me if you click the link, obviously I'd love for you to read the articles, but clicking the link is a pretty good compromise. You clicked THIS link to read my blog. So I know you care a little bit. ;)
http://voices.yahoo.com/why-hate-media-sometimes-12374483.html?cat=9
That one is called "Why I Hate The Media (Sometimes)" and it's about how the media has distorted an incident that happened over the weekend.
http://voices.yahoo.com/why-cubs-2013-season-wasnt-as-awful-as-seemed-12362001.html?cat=14
This one was my very first article published. It's called "Why The Cubs 2013 Season Wasn't As Awful As It Seemed" and well, it's about exactly what the title says it's about. There is more reason for optimism on the North Side than you'd think. 2013 was an awful season, but not as awful as it seemed.
http://contributor.yahoo.com/user/1791802/jason_w_schaver.html
That link is my contributor profile link. This has links to all my articles. So if you enjoy my writing please be sure to add me as add me to your favorites or subscribe to my articles. Don't worry, it's free.
Anything else going on?
Kate and I have been hard at work on the new screenplay and it's coming along pretty well. We got sidetracked with life the past several months but have really rolled up our sleeves this past couple weeks and have the first 20 pages of the script done. I really like what we have so far. If we can keep up the same level of quality/humor from the first 20 pages I think we'll have something pretty special on our hands. I'd like for this to be about 100 pages long. And would love to make a movie that is actually 90 minutes long for once. That's usually what I've aimed for, but they usually end up between 76-82 minutes long.
Anyway, since you were so good earlier reading my Yahoo! articles, I will leave you with this...
The first 7 pages of our new screenplay, I Don't Recall.
LOGLINE: After an accident, a mild mannered pushover fakes amnesia to avoid returning to his unappreciative family.
LOGLINE #2: A man in his early 30's, unhappy with his life, gets into an accident. Upon waking from a short coma he pretends to have amnesia in an attempt to live a different life.
(yeah, I posted both loglines b/c I'm not sure which one I like better)
http://howa5gota9.angelfire.com/IDR_first_7_pages.txt
Thank you so much for reading, hope you like it!
Jason W. Schaver
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