It's entitled How to Breeze Through Life on Little or No Talent. Chapters one to three tackled singing, penning kiddies books, and back flipping one's way to the brink of emaciation. Chapter four is all about confronting the mere molehill of screen writing:
"I've just written my first screenplay. It is pretty incredible to finish it - the first draft. I got somebody to teach me - there's a programme called Final Draft. I had someone come round my house and teach me how to use it. I've got a few friends who are screenwriters and they said to write the premise of it first - like the whole story of it. Then every story has three acts whether it's a screenplay or not. Well, most of them do. The first act is the problem and by the end of the first act you know what the problem is and how you are going to go about it. The second act is like the highlight and by the end of the second act it has to go wrong. And the third act is the resolution. Normally in the first act you've got ten points to make, in the second you've got about 15 or 20 and I think it's about 15 in the third act. It's really exciting."
Not nearly as exciting as you, Geri. You're an inspiration to us all, especially the truly gifted. Sadly, said gifted sorts also have the burden of "thought" and thus find themselves often paralysed by self-doubt.. There's also the small matter of having to find the time to follow the 65 point screenplay plan, what with having to hold down a fulltime job to pay for bills, 'n stuff. So, the truely gifted, armed with their slew of self-defence mechanisms, will ultimately leave this life unfulfilled. Hey, maybe you can stick that in your next screenplay - it'll really strike a cord with people.
