Second to the Right - A Writer's High

It's suffice to say I'm always searching for an idea to turn it into a script, regardless I follow through and actually put the idea on the papers. Now that's a different story. Some would say an idea is nothing if not executed, and I agree 110%.

I woke up 5 am in yesterday morning with a flash of title in my head--literally. It was as if God endowed me with a flash of creative genius that bubbled up from my unconsciousness. The title in question is the title of this blog, Second to the Right. It's a Romantic Drama (!!!) about second generation Korean-Americans, whom I can related and have intimate knowledge of, trying to make relationships work amid living in America as well as Korea. I will elaborate more about the story/script later when I finish the script, probably around next week.

Anyhow, I couldn't go back to sleep even after I scribled the title and some ideas down hastily in the darkness. The story kept growing and the characters kept talking in my head. In order to calm my nerves down, I just gave up and boot up my computer. I proceed to write first 20 pages in flash before I can finally crash back to my much needed morning sleep.

I once wrote a script over a night after I got excited about an idea, and that was Vivre Sa Vie! (Yes, I lifted the title from the Goddard's film), which was well-received by my film school instructors and peers before going defunct after my failed attempted to produce/direct it.

However, this one is a feature and I can easily see this going over 100 pages. Would I be able to carry enough torch/interest to slug through the pages after pages to see the end? So far I've passed the 30 pages mark and I'm already sweating. I already pictured the ending, but how to get there, that will the challenge and the interesting journey no less. I put every other scripts-including the short scripts that I promised repeatly to finish, in order to finish this and hand it over to couple of friends to gauge their interest/reaction. I think this film could be made for modest 1 or 2 millions dollars if I shoot it in HD.

Yeah, every script I write is a dream that's yet to turn into reality. That's the most exciting part of working in this entertainment industry, sharing your dreams that becomes shared reality.