Darrell Reeves: Screenwriter, actor and comedian in Hollywood, California.

Here's my latest video project. Trying to emerge this format to something more formal as a movie format or episodic. Working towards a better product. Always learning.

ACCOLADES:

"The Golden Boys, Comedy TV Series"

"The reader believes there is a strong story here. A cool concept, the dialogue very funny and there is campy banter among the characters. This oddball ensemble will definitely shine in an episodic sitcom structure."

The Script Lab

https://www.facebook.com/The-Golden-Boys-TV-Series-112695513415857

"The Golden Boys TV Series" Script selected to be in the "Out of the Can International Film Festival!" Woohoo! 

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My "The Golden Boys" TV Series, TV Pilot, Selected as a Quarterfinalist to the Austin Screenplay Awards. #AustinScreenplayAwards

I'm flattered!

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Thank you to the "Los Angeles Independent Film Awards" for selecting my "The Golden Boys" TV Pilot as a Finalist in the "Best Screenplay Short" competition. See you in August 2020, hopefully in person for the Awards! I'm flattered!

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I submitted my script to a few film festivals. I should have waited. After several revisions my new version is much better. I'll try to resubmit and see if they will accept it. Wish me luck!

Finding myself continually revising my script. Listening to people's feedback is helpful, but also feeling like I'm losing sight of MY story. So, if I keep listening to feedback, my story continually gets watered down. Don't tackle that, or you should do this, is all great and all, but I'm finding myself using feedback as a tool for either formatting or making my story more compelling, but trying not to lose sight of MY story. Be careful of feedback as everybody is different, has different backgrounds, and they have their own agendas. Improve your formatting. Make sure you have a compelling story. Follow the formula. I'm learning as I go and I think I'm on to something. I find I'm most creative after I've rested a bit and I am more inspired when I come up with a compelling idea, not what others think.

Well, got my draft of my script, well, 3rd or 4th draft completed. I'm so new. I sent out for coverage, for the second time. Got my notes back. Though the script got a "pass," (a pass, meaning a NO), I didn't feel defeated. The reviewer gave me some extremely good notes that are encouraging me to continue to improve. I'll keep re-writing and re-writing until I get it right! The education I am getting in class, the networking that I'm doing, the company that I keep are very inspiring and continuing to move me forward. I live smack in the middle of Hollywood and everybody I know is in the "Biz," and I must say it's quite intoxicating. So much inspiration and I'm so happy I made the move. I don't know if I would be moving this along as quickly if I continue to try to write living out of state. Feeling inspired!

My goal is to get on a TV Comedy Writing team at one of the major networks or streaming serves in the Greater LA area. I live in Hollywood and I'm surrounded by ALL the studios. I can throw a rock and hit almost any of them!

Finished taking Script Anatomy's "TV Pilot Script" & "Draft Intensive" classes in Culver City/Los Angeles. The class was taught by an actual Netflix writer and the class was filled with actual writers either from Netflix, or were in the biz. Very insightful process to writing your first TV Pilot. Feeling a little overwhelmed, but much more educated. Hoping to get my first TV Pilot either sold, or use as a writing sample. It's still a little rough around the edges, but damn, I must say, a vast improvement from when I started this journey. Whew! Keep on writing and improving!