Bob
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Jameson Parker:
Have you tried writing the scripts to any of your novels? I bet Return to Laughter would probably be commercial. Folks love a hero to zero, and redemption movies. Kirk Cameron does those kinds of non hollywood movies and has had some success via his independent company. Need to have a religious theme to the movie, which Return to Laughter has.
Jameson Parker
Interesting question. Writing scripts is an art form all its own and something I've never tried. Purely as a writing exercise it would be an intriguing experiment, but I would want to do it with a stack of original scripts by my side, all of them by geniuses I especially admire (William Goldman leaps immediately mind). The problem still becomes self-promotion, something I stink at, and something I have to work on. Writing is all very well, but marketing what you have written is equally as important and the businessman in me is a lazy slacker who'd rather write. Hell, I'd rather wash the dishes and mop the floor.
I'm glad you told me about Kirk Cameron. I will check out his website (I assume he has one) and see what he does.
JP
I'm glad you told me about Kirk Cameron. I will check out his website (I assume he has one) and see what he does.
JP
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Virginia Garrett
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Jameson Parker:
I miss you! You're going to write a blog post again sometime, right? Have you read Stephen King's memoir, On Writing? (Quite probably the only Stephen King book I'll read and the only one I'll fall asleep while reading. But that aside, it's fascinating. So if you haven't you really should read it.)
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Jul 11, 2016 02:29PM · flag