In case you don't read my blog, are my Facebook friend, or had a conversation with me in the past three months, I shall now subject you to my sales pitch.
Duh-dah-daaaaaaaaaaaaaa!I am proud to announce that my book,
26 Short Screenplays for Independent Filmmakers, is available now exclusively from the website
www.26screenplays.com. The book is a collection of Creative Commons screenplays that filmmakers can use to make their own films. Each screenplay is tied to a type of film project. For example, there is a project called "The Meet Cute Scene" and it consists of two characters meeting in a really cute way. Other projects include "The Car Chase," "Pseudo-Documentary Style," and "The Horror Short." The idea is that an independent filmmaker can use these scripts to develop a portfolio showing his or her versatility.
I know everyone who reads this blog wants to support the book in whatever way possible, so here is a list of things you can do to show your support.
1.
Buy the book. I know it is stating the obvious, but the more people who buy the book the more money I make. And I like having money.
2. Tell people about the book. To the best of my knowledge, there isn't a book like this out there. There are a lot of "how to make your film" books and "so you want to be an independent filmmaker" books, but there aren't any other "screenplay cookbooks" out there. And feel free to mention the website.
www.26screenplays.com3. There are
snarky T-Shirts on the website, too. Thanks to the power of Cafe Press, they cost more than the book. But, hey, T-shirts are cool and cool is priceless.
4. Make a short film using one of the screenplays and send it along. Every film made from one of the scripts gets featured on the
www.26screenplays.com website.
I know some people are not made of money and don't feel comfortable sending hard earned cash to an exciting and vibrant website. Not a problem, because there are things people can do to support the book for free.
1. Follow the blog at
blog.26screenplays.com. I will use this as a bully pulpit to talk about films, screenplays, and intellectual property law.
2. Follow the Twitter stream at
www.twitter.com/26screenplays. This will be like the blog, but more fine tuned for those of us with ADD.
3. Follow the 26 Screenplays YouTube channel
www.youtube.com/26screenplays. Everyone who submits a short film from one of the screenplays will be featured here.
4. Participate in the
very familiar-looking bulletin board.
So there you go. This is why I haven't been posting on this form as much as I wanted to and why I probably owe you a "funny" response to your survey or Top Five list. Thanks for your interest and I hope you become as excited about this new book as I am.