Weekly Written Review
A production company that would have provided up to 8 million dollars to produce my script passed on my idea this week. I submitted on December 26th and I just found out. Of course, it's disappointing but at the same time, my involvement with that gig built the unstoppable momentum currently guiding my script to the right hands. My script is so much better because of the pressure it caused. Around 24 after they passed on my script, I found out about an Emerging Screenwriters contest. I haven't been privy to contests in a while for various reasons but this one has my name on it. I'm doing it. I'm even amped to write a TV pilot I've been sitting on. I developed the idea last year and I think it's time to write it. Might as well while my writing continues to be unstoppable. Let's get it.
Overall this week was cool. It started off with a trip to the Indian Wells tennis tournament. I was peer pressured into it. Actually, my tennis buddies asked me to go last year and I said no then. I didn't want to say no again. It was a cool experience. That's the 3rd out of town trip I took while in LA in almost 9 years. The first time was with some acting classmates to Vegas in 2011. A Mexico trip in 2014 and now this tennis trip. All because of peer pressure. They were all cool but I'm not a fan of trips. I rather stay focused on my creative tools.
Sunday, March 10, 2019
* Tennis trip to Indian Wells
Monday, March 11, 2019
* Giving tennis lessons to Tehana at Shatto
* Amazon order for MaTown
* Blogging...
* Returning emails...
* "Pass" notification received. The opportunity that shifted my focus back on my script passed on my screenplay today. The made the decision based on my logline and description. It's possible they might have judged my first submission because I've upgraded it a few times since my submission. It's disappointing but all is good. I'm very thankful for the momentum currently active in reference to my script. My time will soon come.
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
* Basketball...
* Water pick up from Food 4 Less
* In the process of hosting my tennis events. Working on some of the details today
* Got the attention of an Emerging Screenwriters contest. I want this one.
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
* Audition video sent
* Picked up tickets from Joss for a college basketball game...
Thursday, March 14, 2019
* Basketball...
* Audition video sent with the help with Joyce. I liked this one.
Friday, March 15, 2019
* Women's NAACP basketball game with Tehana
Saturday, March 16, 2019
* Reunion planning...phase 2.
* Cooking Salmon
* Fitness Boxing...
* Movie Night. Watching...Triple Frontier on Netflix. I enjoyed most of the heist. Some stuff was definitely questionable.
As the quest continues...
The future of Late Night
Motown Maurice
After much success and disappointment from hosting live talk shows in his hometown Tampa, FL, this seeker relocated to Los Angeles, CA on September 19, 2010 to begin an epic journey that does not consist of a plan B. Virtually unknown in the entertainment industry, this brave man is in pursuit of one goal & purpose; to become a nationally syndicated late night talk show host. This is the quest of Motown Maurice. Remember his name, for he is The Future of Late Night Television.
Sunday, March 17, 2019
Week 442: March of Something Big Better Happen
Weekly Written Review
Out of nowhere, I received three co-starring auditions this week. I'm not sure if that ever happened before. All three are for really big shows too. I did a little prep in advance and sucked up as usual in the audition. I always make the wrong choices for the characters. They say you're supposed to have fun with your auditions/characters. Apparently, my choice of having fun is the wrong choice for casting directors. The moment they give me adjustments, it's a wrap. At that point, I might as well just walk out of the room. Oh well! While I'm still horrible with auditions, my writing is on fire. It just keeps getting better and better. Just when I thought I couldn't add any more ideas, more keeps raining down. I've entered into the pretty stage of my script and our relationship is wonderful.
The month of March means the first quarter of 2019 is about to come to a close. Which also means we're getting closer to the halfway point of 2019. I got to figure out the meaning of 2019, soon. The writing is great. The auditions are perhaps picking up but this year still has no clarity. It's up to me to figure it out. My deepest desire is to figure 2019's direction it out in March.
Sunday, March 3, 2019
* Scripting reading/writing. Came up with a cool wrestling scene for my script. It gets better and better day by day.
* Fitness Boxing
Monday, March 4, 2019
* Audition: Castle Rock
* Trader Joe's...I discovered canned beans. Whoop Whoop
* Fitness Boxing
* Scripting reading/writing...a little
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
* Audition: Criminal Minds. I sucked...
* Making reunion location phone calls
* Today I got offered to be in an upcoming music video with Snoop Dogg but I turned it down. I'm sticking to my guns. No more background work
* Dhar Mann video shoot
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
* Declined a self-tape audition. Way too much dialogue. I didn't like it and it didn't seem fun.
* Audition: Snowfall. Another waste of time. I barely prepped and I did better than Tuesday's audition. That same day I got offered background work for Snowfall but I turned it down.
* Adding some pitch material to my ISA profile
Thursday, March 7, 2019
* Basketball...
* Scripting reading/writing completed! Kind of...I just to add one more scene, lol.
Friday, March 8, 2019
* Aunty Bern's B-day
* Tennis
* Dhar Mann shoot 5:30pm - 1:30am. I ended up working home because Uber was tripping and my phone died. It wasn't too bad of a walk.
Saturday, March 9, 2019
* Post-Office for Bern...
* Food 4 Less
* Scripting reading/writing REALLY COMPLETED!!! It's time to send it to two good people for review and evaluation.
* Ordered a bunch of items for my MaTown
As the quest continues...
The future of Late Night
Motown Maurice
Out of nowhere, I received three co-starring auditions this week. I'm not sure if that ever happened before. All three are for really big shows too. I did a little prep in advance and sucked up as usual in the audition. I always make the wrong choices for the characters. They say you're supposed to have fun with your auditions/characters. Apparently, my choice of having fun is the wrong choice for casting directors. The moment they give me adjustments, it's a wrap. At that point, I might as well just walk out of the room. Oh well! While I'm still horrible with auditions, my writing is on fire. It just keeps getting better and better. Just when I thought I couldn't add any more ideas, more keeps raining down. I've entered into the pretty stage of my script and our relationship is wonderful.
The month of March means the first quarter of 2019 is about to come to a close. Which also means we're getting closer to the halfway point of 2019. I got to figure out the meaning of 2019, soon. The writing is great. The auditions are perhaps picking up but this year still has no clarity. It's up to me to figure it out. My deepest desire is to figure 2019's direction it out in March.
Sunday, March 3, 2019
* Scripting reading/writing. Came up with a cool wrestling scene for my script. It gets better and better day by day.
* Fitness Boxing
Monday, March 4, 2019
* Audition: Castle Rock
* Trader Joe's...I discovered canned beans. Whoop Whoop
* Fitness Boxing
* Scripting reading/writing...a little
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
* Audition: Criminal Minds. I sucked...
* Making reunion location phone calls
* Today I got offered to be in an upcoming music video with Snoop Dogg but I turned it down. I'm sticking to my guns. No more background work
* Dhar Mann video shoot
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
* Declined a self-tape audition. Way too much dialogue. I didn't like it and it didn't seem fun.
* Audition: Snowfall. Another waste of time. I barely prepped and I did better than Tuesday's audition. That same day I got offered background work for Snowfall but I turned it down.
* Adding some pitch material to my ISA profile
Thursday, March 7, 2019
* Basketball...
* Scripting reading/writing completed! Kind of...I just to add one more scene, lol.
Friday, March 8, 2019
* Aunty Bern's B-day
* Tennis
* Dhar Mann shoot 5:30pm - 1:30am. I ended up working home because Uber was tripping and my phone died. It wasn't too bad of a walk.
Saturday, March 9, 2019
* Post-Office for Bern...
* Food 4 Less
* Scripting reading/writing REALLY COMPLETED!!! It's time to send it to two good people for review and evaluation.
* Ordered a bunch of items for my MaTown
As the quest continues...
The future of Late Night
Motown Maurice
Monday, March 11, 2019
Week 441: Script Obession
Weekly Written Review
I've written about the creative process before. It's ugly. The process is different for everyone but in general, it's not a pretty sight. I started editing video around 2000-ish. I began editing professionally a few years later. I rarely enjoyed the early drafts of editing. Organizing the footage and separating the good clips from the not needed clips. It sucks. Eventually, once I get past the beginning phases, editing actually becomes fun. Adding music and a cool intro makes the whole process completely worth it. I'm experiencing a similar turn of events with my script. On February 2nd I started my reread and finished this week. A few days later, I started the reread once again. In my second attempt to read my now 134-page script, I discovered so much more. I thought all the grammatical errors where gone, I was wrong. I found many more errors. Plus, I'm still getting more ideas. I'm now obsessed with my script. Never in a 1000-years did I ever think I would become obsessed with a document this long. Now I know it's possible and I'm enjoying it. I'm now enjoying it because the ugly part is far behind me. My initial write added the bones. The past few years I added some meat. Now I'm dressing this script up with some nicing looking clothes.
Sunday, February 24, 2019
* Script re-reading completed with my new opening scene. I believe I started on February 2nd.
* Fitness Boxing...
* I think started watching Netflix's Trollhunters day. It's really good. I love it.
Monday, February 25, 2019
* Movie Monday: Batman: Bad Blood
* Created a TMMS reunion system
* Fitness Boxing...
* Less than 24 hours after I completed my script read the weather got better. The sun came out and new opportunities came my way.
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
* Basketball...I lost an Avocado on the way back :-(
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
* Smart & Final pick up. I got $10.00 cash back and the cashier gave me $20.00. I immediately brought it to her attention. I could've been $10.00 dollars richer but I'm proud of what I did.
* Another script read initiated. I completed my script re-read/re-write on Monday and I'm still pumped. I started again. Little did I know I would discover and new ideas. I'm obsessed.
* I started adding new information to my script's synopsis. It was good before but now it's even better. I wish had those updates before, hence past submissions.
Thursday, February 28, 2019
* Basketball...
* Script synopsis work...
* Watching Castle Rock...
* My landlady gave me two large Avocados for helping the other day. Yeah!
Friday, March 1, 2019
* 99 Cents Store pick ups...
* Ross...I purchased a back support cushion for my chair for when I'm writing. Body investments baby.
* Tonight I put in several hours of writing on my script and when I attempted to back it up I copied over the old version on my updated version. In an attempt to fix this, I lost everything. I mean everything. Both versions disappeared. It was terrible. I have a backup on an external hard drive but it's very old and doesn't include any 2019 updates. I was in panic mode. I didn't know what to do. I was looking into restoring my computer but it didn't look promising. Finally, I Youtubed how to restore Final Draft file. The voice in the video taught me something I never knew excited. I've been using Final Draft for years I never knew it automatically backs up your scripts. I would've been in serious trouble without this solution. God bless Final Draft. Thank the lord the whole ordeal didn't last very long and I didn't lose any sleep over it. Before this mishap, I had a good time writing. I even recovered myself and I found a fun song to play with, "Taking It To The Streets."
Saturday, March 2, 2019
* I put in over for hours of writing on my script today. 12pm - 4:11pm without any food. That's a typical day of writing. Later in the day, I put more time in writing.
* Netflix...
* Fitness Boxing...
As the quest continues...
The future of Late Night
Motown Maurice
I've written about the creative process before. It's ugly. The process is different for everyone but in general, it's not a pretty sight. I started editing video around 2000-ish. I began editing professionally a few years later. I rarely enjoyed the early drafts of editing. Organizing the footage and separating the good clips from the not needed clips. It sucks. Eventually, once I get past the beginning phases, editing actually becomes fun. Adding music and a cool intro makes the whole process completely worth it. I'm experiencing a similar turn of events with my script. On February 2nd I started my reread and finished this week. A few days later, I started the reread once again. In my second attempt to read my now 134-page script, I discovered so much more. I thought all the grammatical errors where gone, I was wrong. I found many more errors. Plus, I'm still getting more ideas. I'm now obsessed with my script. Never in a 1000-years did I ever think I would become obsessed with a document this long. Now I know it's possible and I'm enjoying it. I'm now enjoying it because the ugly part is far behind me. My initial write added the bones. The past few years I added some meat. Now I'm dressing this script up with some nicing looking clothes.
Sunday, February 24, 2019
* Script re-reading completed with my new opening scene. I believe I started on February 2nd.
* Fitness Boxing...
* I think started watching Netflix's Trollhunters day. It's really good. I love it.
Monday, February 25, 2019
* Movie Monday: Batman: Bad Blood
* Created a TMMS reunion system
* Fitness Boxing...
* Less than 24 hours after I completed my script read the weather got better. The sun came out and new opportunities came my way.
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
* Basketball...I lost an Avocado on the way back :-(
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
* Smart & Final pick up. I got $10.00 cash back and the cashier gave me $20.00. I immediately brought it to her attention. I could've been $10.00 dollars richer but I'm proud of what I did.
* Another script read initiated. I completed my script re-read/re-write on Monday and I'm still pumped. I started again. Little did I know I would discover and new ideas. I'm obsessed.
* I started adding new information to my script's synopsis. It was good before but now it's even better. I wish had those updates before, hence past submissions.
Thursday, February 28, 2019
* Basketball...
* Script synopsis work...
* Watching Castle Rock...
* My landlady gave me two large Avocados for helping the other day. Yeah!
Friday, March 1, 2019
* 99 Cents Store pick ups...
* Ross...I purchased a back support cushion for my chair for when I'm writing. Body investments baby.
* Tonight I put in several hours of writing on my script and when I attempted to back it up I copied over the old version on my updated version. In an attempt to fix this, I lost everything. I mean everything. Both versions disappeared. It was terrible. I have a backup on an external hard drive but it's very old and doesn't include any 2019 updates. I was in panic mode. I didn't know what to do. I was looking into restoring my computer but it didn't look promising. Finally, I Youtubed how to restore Final Draft file. The voice in the video taught me something I never knew excited. I've been using Final Draft for years I never knew it automatically backs up your scripts. I would've been in serious trouble without this solution. God bless Final Draft. Thank the lord the whole ordeal didn't last very long and I didn't lose any sleep over it. Before this mishap, I had a good time writing. I even recovered myself and I found a fun song to play with, "Taking It To The Streets."
Saturday, March 2, 2019
* I put in over for hours of writing on my script today. 12pm - 4:11pm without any food. That's a typical day of writing. Later in the day, I put more time in writing.
* Netflix...
* Fitness Boxing...
As the quest continues...
The future of Late Night
Motown Maurice
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