Looking for a Screenwriter

[marc2274]

Hello all,

I am new to the forums here and thought this would be a good place to find the right fit for some projects I am working on.

I am a director/photographer in the adult film industry. I have some concepts I have been working on to develop some feature films and could use help in the screenwriting department. I don't have issues fully realizing concepts and developing characters, it's just the actual scriptwriting I could use help with... although I would love to discuss the process overall.

I'd like to toss around ideas at first, but this would be a paid gig as I am always in search of ideas for individual scenes as well.

Thanks for your time.

M

 

[JohnnySavage]

Hello all,

I am new to the forums here and thought this would be a good place to find the right fit for some projects I am working on.

I am a director/photographer in the adult film industry. I have some concepts I have been working on to develop some feature films and could use help in the screenwriting department. I don't have issues fully realizing concepts and developing characters, it's just the actual scriptwriting I could use help with... although I would love to discuss the process overall.

I'd like to toss around ideas at first, but this would be a paid gig as I am always in search of ideas for individual scenes as well.

Thanks for your time.

M

Will there be lesbians?

 

[marc2274]

Always... something for everyone.

 

[Desiremakesmeweak]

Why not maybe, go to the Authors' Hangout section here and ask...

The practical reality is there are 'workhouse' scriptwriters (I won't say 'professional' - it's complicated, trust me, and I have worked on MAJOR films) and these types know the whole nine yards when it comes to format and what is 'meant' or 'supposed' to go into a screenplay or script. More or less people assume that 'script' implies dialogue.

But that's where you will run into the HUGE GULF between 'talking' and those superlative sentences that come OUT OF PROPER NARRATIVE WRITING - and NOT just 'dialogue.'

'La La Land' is a great example of 'workhouse' 'professional' dialogue.

Wall Street is an example of real movie/drama dialogue.

Which do you want?

 

[marc2274]

Why not maybe, go to the Authors' Hangout section here and ask...

The practical reality is there are 'workhouse' scriptwriters (I won't say 'professional' - it's complicated, trust me, and I have worked on MAJOR films) and these types know the whole nine yards when it comes to format and what is 'meant' or 'supposed' to go into a screenplay or script. More or less people assume that 'script' implies dialogue.

But that's where you will run into the HUGE GULF between 'talking' and those superlative sentences that come OUT OF PROPER NARRATIVE WRITING - and NOT just 'dialogue.'

'La La Land' is a great example of 'workhouse' 'professional' dialogue.

Wall Street is an example of real movie/drama dialogue.

Which do you want?

I am leaning more towards the real movie dialogue side of things I think. One of the elements definitely missing in adult feature production is narrative driven storytelling. The idea is to make a film that is an actual story using hardcore sex rather than sugarcoated softcore sex.

I'd like to stay away from the "voiceover narration while a girl writes in her diary about her sexy summer vacation" kind of drivel.

Thank you for your thoughtful response.

 

[AwkwardMD]

It might be worth your time to keep an eye out for a writer whose 'voice' you like. Poking through stories of the authors who you think you might be able to get a hold of and start there. A lot of us think we do a great job of capturing realistic or natural dialogue, but if you're the one paying then it's your opinion that counts.

 

[AwkwardMD]

I'm not trying to create a "You come to US" scenario, but it's hard to know what you want.

 

[Desiremakesmeweak]

Yeah I think that's a good point, AwkwardMD - about the 'voice.'

It also sort of ties into the sentiment I was endeavoring to express, namely that good screenwriting is not a 'one size fits all' kind of thing.

Even the incomparable William Goldman - king of modern contract screenplays - might agree.

...Nevertheless, this probably IS the place to look around for the right person or people.