Future Plans...
by Michael B. Druxman on 12/04/11
December 5, 2011
Last week, I read in Daily Variety that Alan Trustman, who wrote the scripts for BULLITT and THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, among others, had self-published six of his original, unsold screenplays via CreateSpace, the same company that I published my one-person stage plays through.
My plays have been selling quite well via CreateSpace (owned by Amazon) and Kindle, and I have been pondering the idea of also publishing some of my unsold screenplays through them. The fact that Trustman is now doing this made up my mind.
I plan to separately publish 3 of my scripts late in the 1st quarter or early in the 2nd quarter of next year.
Trustman's stated goal is to attract a producer that will turn his script into a movie. I'm all for that, too, but my main purpose in doing this is to allow the reading public access to my stories, some of which, I think, represent my best work as a writer. And, if a movie happens, terrific!
So, I'm currently formatting screenplays on the CreateSpace template. I have a total of 6-8 scripts that I really like and, assuming the first three are well accepted, I'll probably go ahead and publish the rest.
Tentatively, the first 3 titles will be: SARAH GOLDEN HAIR, GHOUL CITY and UNCLE LOUIE, all different genres.
I will keep you informed as this project progresses.
In the meantime, the reprint of my BASIL RATHONE: His Life and His Films should be available within the next week or two, I hope.
You have a creative day.
Michael
