Dig revisited

I just submitted Dig to the Nicholl Fellowship competition again. It's a completely new script than it was when I entered it a year ago. Four rewrites and a lot of learning. I gave it a different title for the competition: Peoria and the Pit of Demons. I think I might like the new title better! I also wrote a new logline, which I also think I like better. The old one was: "Killer con men, a runaway child, an introverted cop, abused trailer trash, a cartoon dog, and an old Indian woman all battle real demons while unwittingly collaborating on a quest to discover a higher power." The new one is: "The cop is after the brothers, the brothers just want money, the old woman is looking for God, their hostage is seeking something to seek, and Seamus McKinney wants everyone dead."

Jason, I'm thinking you keep up with my blog -- thanks for the notes! I went through them all on Monday when I spent the day revising. And Julie if you ever read this thing, your thoughts shared over sandwiches were very useful as well. If fact, it was your thoughts on Anna, and the tweaking of her character that I did because of them, that led me to the new logline.

I'm glad I just did this process. I've been disappointed with how Outside the Gate is coming along, and as I read over Dig on Monday, I realized how far that script came in all the rewrites. So Outside the Gate can be a total mess in its first draft and can still ultimately be an awesome script as. Good to know.