Someone once told me that writing a pilot...a killer pilot, for a televison series is going to take some time and a lot of hard, hard, work. Ok, so far, I would have to agree with this producer/director of daytime soaps, but, I found it extremely fun and exciting, as well as challenging. Hard? No! Time? Time is not on my side right now, but when I get going, that mind of mines is like reading a Stephen King novel...you can't wait to get to the next page to see how everything is going to turn out. By the way, I adore Stephen King...110%. If there ever was a wish to wish (for me anyways) to have anything in this world, I'd wish for the smarts (or mind set) of this man. I would like to know how he does it! How...just how. I hated reading, even my own scripts, until I read my first Stephen King novel...On Writing:Memoir Of The Craft! I have no idea how this book ended up in my house since I couldn't stand reading. I didn't buy it! My, then, husband didn't read, wouldn't read! I honestly do not know how that book ended up in front of me. No kidding! I am so super glad I did read it.

I was just starting out with this screenplay writing thingy, no prior knowledge of screenplay writing, no schooling, nothing! It was my 'Strategic Writing for the Criminal Justice Major' professor (try saying that all in one breath) who edged me on to writing, except he suggested I write a book. I was like, "What? I don't do books!" Come on now! Write a book? I don't like reading as it is. Then he asked if he could use an essay I wrote about Juvies and what we SHOULD do to the really bad ones (I got 100% on it, which he praised) to use as a teaching tool for his upcoming classes. It wasn't something I tried to get 100% on. As a matter of fact, I tried to make it as funny as possible. The 'Accidental Writer' he called me after that.

Nevertheless (which is really a one word-three--word-word! Couldn't make that up!) I didn't think I had it in me to write anything, let alone another essay to please Mr. Professor dude! Somehow, my sister got ahold of 'said' essay and laughed her a** off. Yes, I like to make people laugh, but come on, an essay? She lead me to a website called "Funnyordie" dot com and challenged me to write funny skits. Just like they produced on that site. I said ok, and when I do and you LYAO, leave me be! Leave me be! Now that's funny! But she didn't "Leave me be"!

So here I am, 56+ scripts later, LMAO! I tell ya, it was fun and very easy for me to write such humor in such a short amount of time. I guess one can really say...'If you enjoy writing, it comes easy"!!! Right, it does! But writing a killer pilot for a television series is kinda hard. I do like the series I'm writing, but hook, line, and sinker, is what I want it's viewers to see, need, and want more of! Geeze, it's hard. Now if I can just apply my comedic side to the seriousness of a drama, I know I will have a hit show. I want it to come so easy for me so that I won't have to think so hard that I forget the concept of the show. It has happened to some of the now 'cancelled' tv shows that didn't make it another season. Poor guys! So I know it can happen! I just hope it won't happen to me...at least anytime soon!

(No spell check was harmed during this extremely long body of a blog)