Success Stories: MAR'31 Captain Cobbler

Well now, It has only taken a year on Stage 32 to get my first serious script request on a twice rewritten script, so persistence does eventually pay off! It has been a steep learning curve and it is "just a request", so far, so I am not allowing myself to get too excited - yet! I am a retired business academic and it was only after retiring that I managed to finish my long historical novel (which had been brewing for a few years anyway) Having published my novel in late 2013 and had the Historical Novel Society call it a "Thumpingly good debut novel", I decided it was time to make it into a film or a TV mini-series, so started writing the script just about a year ago. My first effort was "too much like a mini-novel", so I discovered I had to learn a whole new set of writing skills. The first re-write looked much more like a script, but coverage told me there were still things that needed attention. Then I finished my second re-write about ten days ago, pitched once, without success (my pitch skills needed re-honing!) Then I submitted a written pitch from which I have yet to hear. And then, on Sunday I pitched again and EUREKA, it has worked. My script has been requested. So, I have sent it off and now the nail-biting wait for the reading process to conclude (except I have never bitten my nails in my life!) My thanks go out to Joey, who has patiently guided an aged "newbie" through a perilous quest. And to the various friends I have made through Stage 32 each of whom has added a little bit of encouragement along the way. So, after a very late start, perhaps I can look forward to "outrageous fortune" - no, I really mustn`t get TOO excited. Bad for the heart at my age! PS I just added my logline to the Stage 32 site, so do please have a read of that if you wish, but "Captain Cobbler" was a real ancestor of mine who led a rebellion against King Henry Vlll, so I think he deserved a long novel - and perhaps, now, a TV mini-series - to celebrate his life. Regards to all Keith Melton