Signs and Portents in Carmel
BY CYNDI GREENING, PHOENIX, USA — If Mohammed won’t go to the mountain, then the mountain must go to Mohammed. Imagine my surprise earlier this week when I was walking down Ocean Boulevard in Carmel-By-The-Sea and I see Screenwriting Master John Truby! It took me a few seconds to recognize him. “John Truby?” I said. He turned and greeted me warmly. I thanked him for the wonderful classes I’d attended in the past and told him that I mentioned him frequently on this blog. He introduced his companion and we chatted a bit about the lovely fog and cool climate.
Frequent readers of this blog already know that I think Truby is the BEST screenwriting instructor on the planet! After I learned his 22-step process, EVERY screenplay I wrote was produced, optioned or stolen. I decided it would be fun to enter the NYC Midnight Moviemaking Madness Screenwriting contest. They assign place you in heats and assign a topic. My CHALLENGING topic is Romantic Comedy about Senior Citizen Dating. It’s going to take Truby and a miracle to make this dog into a decent script. I really wanted to be in the Horror film about Family Reunion but we don’t always get what we want. I’ve got 7 days to write a 20-page script. I’ll post a link when it’s done.
