Christian Writing Partner Needed

[Wolverine]

Hi all,

Jesus has laid some stories on my heart that I want to put down on paper. A couple of them, I want to make movies out of. When they're finished, I want to look into showing them to Cloud Ten Productions and see if they will make movies out of them. I have the foundational part of it down, but I'm having trouble filling in all of the gaps. As well, I have patience to write poetry, even short stories, but not novels or movie scripts. But the Lord continues to bring ideas to mind and I don't want them to just sit anymore. So He's leading me to find the right person to write these ideas on paper with.

My main goal is to show people that God works in our everyday life, not only through miracles. I want to bring Him down to Earth so to speak. Also, I want people to see that Christians are people and not robots programmed to do God's will. I think, with the last story, I want to show that all around us, things are happening that we don't see. And I want people to see life from a different point of view. To be interesting, thought provoking, not boring, but not outside of the Word of God. People will see why the Bible is relevant for us today.

If you are interested or curious about this opportunity and want to know about my style of writing, you can look at my website, "The Love of Jesus" at http://www.ourchurch.com/member/e/EJStyle After that, if you think we can work well together e-mail me at JCEvidence@hotmail.com I plan on adding a page to my website that briefly summarizes the stories I have in mind. Thanks. Jesus loves you. :)

[justonevoice]

Perhaps the Lord wants to take you into another realm of writing. I wonder if He would put these things in your heart, if He did not want you to write it.

Just a thought

Shirley

[wgjones3]

To add to what Shirly said, screenwriting is one of the least time-consuming (at least to me) kinds of professional writing. I'd suggest that you download a little program called Sophocles (registered version is $129; the trial version is fully functional but it won't let you print or copy/paste). The reason I suggest this is because it comes with a script and it also automatically helps you with the transitions--it will help you learn the finer points of screen writing really quickly. Plus it a nice feature in that it tells you how much screen time your script would take to produce (1 minute per page, but it helps to have it out there in the form of time as you write). Once you finish 120 pages of a script in Sophocles, I'd think you'd have to do a rewrite anyway, so you can kind of flip back and forth between Word and Sophocles and transfer your writing into a printable format.

[Wolverine]

Thanks for the feedback guys...I wasn't expecting you to say that lol. Umm..I think my main concern is writing consistently and how good I can write the dialogue/conversation stuff. I have flashes of scenes in my mind from beginning to end. But I don't know exactly how to get to these scenes. A lot of that detailed information is missing. I'll try to work on it one page at a time. Thanks for the advice. What do you guys do to keep yourselves going in writing a long story? Talk to you later. Jesus loves you. !thumbsup!

Eric

[wgjones3]

I'm not sure this is the appropriate forum to get into a discussion about writing... why not drop by the General Discussion forum and start a thread about motivation? I'd bet you'll get a lot more replies there.

[AdamJ]

Wolverine,

You and I have the same dreams and aspirations. I, too, have many story ideas for movies and books, but lack one major component: my grammar is shoddy. I have been told by many publishers that my work is publishing worthy, but I need to correct the grammar errors first. Right now I'm writing a novella I want turned into a script.

Hey, there's a website called Coverscript.com that turns your ideas into scripts for about $200. You could buy scriptwriting software, but, like me, I discovered that writing a script is more complex than writing a novel itself. From my stand point, I'd rather have an experienced professional do all the hardwork while I take all the credit.

Something else came to mind about the Christian filmmaking industry. Companies like Cloud Ten, Gener8ion X, and TBN Films, all have faced little return on their investments. Many of their movies appear in christian bookstores, wal-mart, and a few theaters, but they are unknown to the general public. Take for instance: Left Behind 1 and 2, millions were spent on them, but only received thousands back. If you want to break into Christian film industry, pray for God to lead you to the company HE wants your script to appear.

I hope this info helps you. Also, I pray God sends you and I a partner. I want to create another book, longer than any book I've written. I can't seem to get past 150pages. I ususally run out of creative steam and get bogged down by grammical errors.

In Christ,
AdamJ

[flutegirlforJC]

i have seen a few Cloud ten movies
loved them

Rachel

[firstacts]

I am working with a stop motion animation producer right now who commissioned a story from me. The film will be geared toward children and he hopes it does well enough to bring it into multiple videos and potentially children's books - all of which I would write.

Being a part of a Christian screenwriters and filmmakers forum, what I find a lot of is that often film makers are there own screenwriters. Scripts are developed within - most do not want manuscripts sent to them - they know what types of films they can produce with the budget they have to work with and they'd rather taylor the script to their budget than accept a script and try to figure out how to pay for production.

I finished the story about a year and a half ago and the producer is still working on the first ten minutes in an effort to get financial backing. We've worked through a story bible (I think that's the right term) that allows us to share with potential backers hwo the one story could be the beginning of something more. I helped fine tune the individual characters and demonstrate how they would continue to interact several episodes from now.

I've locked in a songwriter/producer to do the music for the project....

and in the end I am left to wonder if it will ever see the light of day.

I don't say that becuase I am discouraged, but I've been writing for almost a decade and I know two things 1) projects can move very slowly (that's if they are ultimately accepted for production or publishing, 2) by the time the project may be set to go, it may no longer be as timely or relevant as you would have hoped.

Don't mean to sound depressing, but just as I am fully aware that this video project may not get off the ground despite my time and energy, you need to be aware that just because a script is written doesn't mean it will ever be produced.

So, we continue to write. Why? Because we have a motivation that goes beyond whether we find a publisher or not.

This is certainly not always easy - but it must remain true for the Christian writer.

Glenn :)

[writefx]

You could always try to approach some media students from a local schools/churches and ask them to shoot the film, help with the script, then all sorts of opportunities could present themselves for showing it. There are amateur festivals, church presentations etc

[bbang]

Sir Wolverine,

If you are still in need of a writing partner and if it is okay for you to take the help of a teenager, then I am more than willing to be of help to you.

Samples of my work can be found in: here (http://www.faithwriters.com/member-profile.php?id=8033)

I hope you would pray about it and give me a chance. If God says yes, then I am willing to offer my services.

[Wolverine]

Hi,

I'm glad you responded...I enjoyed reading the couple of works from you that I have time to read today. I like your style. Well, my story summaries are still on the site at http://www.ourchurch.com/member/e/EJStyle under the link "Story Summaries." My new e-mail address is JCEvidence@yahoo.com. I look forward to working with you and keep up the good work. Jesus loves you. :)

Eric