Okay, anyone who knows me knows I'm not really cleaning my closets. I save that for before I go on a trip, because I'm paranoid of dying in a fiery plane crash and having strangers going through my closets saying "Wow, what a pig!". Notice how I'm more upset about the stranger's opinion of my housekeeping than I am about the plane crash? If it wasn't for company I'd never clean my house...sad fact.
I just finished a rewrite on one of my optioned scripts, so now I'm feeling in the mood to start on something new. Here's where the cleaning comes. I have a half dozen scripts in various stages of disrepair: unfinished, only the outline, snippets of ideas in the form of loglines etc. They're like abandoned puppies all jumping up saying "pick me! pick me!". But much like a puppy I know it'll be a long commitment when I do choose, so I better be smart about it. Should I go with the one that has the most commercial value, or the one that would be a tough sell, but emotionally satisfying to write. Comedy, drama, or thriller? A few years of experience has taught me that the "idea" is the smallest part of the process. The execution is everything. The most important question: Can I pull it off?
Life is too short to work on something that feels like you're chewing glass - so I'm going with the one that will be a blast to write! It's going to be a high concept fantasy comedy feature - but the downside is that it's going to have a studio sized budget, and last time I looked I wasn't having lunch with Spielberg and my agent at the Ivy. But at least at the end of 6 or so months I'll have it in my back pocket in case that lunch ever happens....pass the Grey Poupon.
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