So, back from ten days in Winnipeg, what a great way to end my Winter.  There's just something about the Praries that's so, so, desolate.  It might be that everything looks the same in every direction, I don't know.  Still, I got some writing done and it looks like my wife is up for one of the films coming to Toronto (regardless of the aftermath of the strike).  So things are looking up.  If the weather breaks and the wind picks up, I am literally going to fly my kite.

I picked up a really nice geodesic kite a couple of weeks ago and I find kite flying one of the most relaxing things you can do.  I could fish I guess but that requires way more equipment and if it ain't paintball related, equipment isn't my thing.

Now that I've had a few weeks to lick my wounds, the world is once again a brighter place.  I'm back working with people who I can trust and more importantly, who have a clue.  Having a clue, it turns out is the most important thing of all and it speaks to a major part of the film industry's problem as a whole. 

I know, the current trend in film is to rewrite and develop something to death after you option it.  Thus killing any of the original spark that made the producer option the script in the first place.  This has always seemed counterproductive to me.  I'm not saying that every optioned script is perfect as it stands, everything needs a good rewrite to make it all work.  I'm just opposed to taking a square peg and bashing the shit out of it until it does fit in the round hole.  Cause bottom line, the mass hasn't changed, just the shape.

The spec I'm in the process of finishing up now is still with it's flaws.  There's plenty about it that works and more than a couple of scenes that sort of work but feel like they're falling a little flat.  I'll get some good people to read it  and offer coments.  Any help they can shed will be appreciated.  Whole new story lines, not so much.  You get the idea.  Mainly, I want to keep the central storyline intact.  Not pristine but mostly intact because I think it's interesting and in some ways very real and human.  I want it to break down into the voice of the main character and stay true to that.  I'm not bashing the edges of the square peg round for this one.

And so, it may not sell, it may not appeal but it'll be true to itself and that'll be good enough for me.