Sorry for the Hiatus. I have been super busy with my new project(s) YES that’s plural. I have been working diligantly to enter into a new “competition” by the end of this month; NBC/Universal’s writers on the verge program. This is the first time I will be writing for television and I am kind of nervous. Television plays the same game as film, but plays by different rules.

So the competition has writers turn in spec scripts for shows that are currently on the air. You write an episode that would seamlessly fit right into the season for which you are writing. In this case I am writing for season 2 of Fringe. Fringe is an odd little show, it’s right up my ally in terms of genre, and is quirky enough to keep my mildly entertained. The one good thing for me however, is that the show is EXTREMELY formulaic. You can almost predict exactly what is going to happen each episode, as far as what characters will do, or where the plot is going. I guess that’s why they like to keep the audience going with their little secrets, so we miss the fact that every episode is virtually the same. Well, that and J.J. Abrams’ little love affair with mystery’s that don’t play out…don’t get me wrong he is no M.Night (as far as bad secrets go), and I have no real angst against the guys work, even though I couldn’t sit through clover field…I want my 8 bucks back now.

Any way, I will be entering this one head on and will post some excerpts from the script here as soon as it is done.

And as for the other project I mentioned two posts ago…don’t even ask, we are at a tiff.