Writing a Screenplay

I've been writing a screenplay. I've been working really hard on it, as you can see here. It's called "The Untitled Joe Chidester Project" right now because we don't have a name for it yet. We call it that for now because it's about a guy named Joe Chidester; a teacher. He started this school for dyslexic children back in the 70's when the disease was just beginning to be diagnosed and treated. He ended up being quite the force in many kids' lives in overcoming the problem, inspiring them to become whatever it was they wanted to become, and teaching them in ways that would connect to their minds unlike any teacher before or after. The story I'm writing is about the passion Joe had for teaching, and how that same passion was able to both lift a child from no hope and no possibilities, and at the same time, separate Joe from his own family - his wife and three kids. We're exploring the dichotomy of those two worlds in this script, and as you can see from the picture, it's a strenous mental exercise. But no worries. I'll "get 'er done!" I just had a meeting with the producers about the first draft, and they liked it. They like the direction it's going. They gave me some great suggestions that I'm now working on implementing, and once that's done, we'll have another meeting. And after that meeting, there'll probably be a couple more changes, at which point, the script will be complete and we'll be ready to take it out to the market and get some actors signed and shoot it and get it in some festivals and sell it!

Wouldn't that be sweet...