Finally have arrived in Nineveh. Okay, I mean Jonah has finally arrived in Nineveh. He's got to deliver a message that is maybe the shortest prophetic message ever given after such a long, roundabout journey to deliver it. And maybe the most dangerous ever, pound for pound.
Weighing in at 8 words, here's what Jonah has come to say: Yet 40 days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
Right now in the script, I'm working on how well that message is received. About page 45. Love this story. Hope we get to make it someday.
In Lightstone land, we're cranking hard a number of fronts. The timeframe we have left before this Christmas season is upon us is down to a few weeks. Much to be done. One front is a pair of Sing Along DVDs. Each contains 10 songs. The projects look nice and have some nice features. In a way, it's a bit of a referendum for the Liken series. We're hopeful people will buy them up to show their support of the series and help us have the funds to create more. We have a devoted following, but it is a modest-sized following, insufficient thus far to enable to fund future titles from past titles alone, which is what we're trying to work toward.
Another element we're working on is building awareness of the series beyond our local market. Right now, we have about 100 television stations that have committed to airing Liken titles in November and December. We shipped the first title, "David & Goliath," out the door this week. Next will be "Daniel," followed by "Esther" and closing the air window with "The First Christmas."
We're hopeful the increased awareness will mean increased sales. Time will tell.
But back to Nineveh. I'm hoping to reach FADE OUT this week. Then take a few days to polish. Then share it around for input.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Sunday, October 14, 2007
A little more "Jonah"
More stations are picking up the Bible titles, so that's good news. We've shot the commercial break bumpers for two of our shows, and tomorrow we shoot them for "Esther," with Lauren, the young actress who plays Amelia in the shows. Lots of late nights working on the production of those, the production of the commercials that will go in those, the preparation of our shows for broadcast, and the production of the two Sing Along DVDs, with all the marketing and graphics that goes along with it.
Plus our efforts to get into more Christian bookstores continues. We had good news this week that a chain of 25 stores has placed a sizable order.
All that has left little time for writing. But most mornings are starting this way. Leave the house at 6:50 to get the girls to school (school started at a much more civilized time when I was their age), get into the office at 7:35. Park myself in the back conference room overlooking the golf course, put on my writing music (soundtracks, mostly -- current fave is "Lady in the Water"), and dip into the world of Jonah -- at least the Liken version of it -- for about an hour.
It's not the speediest of paces -- right now, I'm on page 20. But at least it is a pace.
So far, I like how it is coming out. I thought it would go a little faster than it is, since I already have an outline. I've spent a week on one page, but I was okay with that, because before I could write it, I had to work out about 15 characters that would appear in that scene. Sometimes in the past, I would insert placeholder-type characters, if I'm more interested in establishing the plot at that point. But this time, I had already done that and was needing to take it to the next level, with actual characters. That's part of the fun for me, anyway, since that's when I can start more fully imagining these characters -- what they look like, how they sound. It may get changed a lot before it gets to the screen, but it's all part of the process.
Plus our efforts to get into more Christian bookstores continues. We had good news this week that a chain of 25 stores has placed a sizable order.
All that has left little time for writing. But most mornings are starting this way. Leave the house at 6:50 to get the girls to school (school started at a much more civilized time when I was their age), get into the office at 7:35. Park myself in the back conference room overlooking the golf course, put on my writing music (soundtracks, mostly -- current fave is "Lady in the Water"), and dip into the world of Jonah -- at least the Liken version of it -- for about an hour.
It's not the speediest of paces -- right now, I'm on page 20. But at least it is a pace.
So far, I like how it is coming out. I thought it would go a little faster than it is, since I already have an outline. I've spent a week on one page, but I was okay with that, because before I could write it, I had to work out about 15 characters that would appear in that scene. Sometimes in the past, I would insert placeholder-type characters, if I'm more interested in establishing the plot at that point. But this time, I had already done that and was needing to take it to the next level, with actual characters. That's part of the fun for me, anyway, since that's when I can start more fully imagining these characters -- what they look like, how they sound. It may get changed a lot before it gets to the screen, but it's all part of the process.
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