Another take on FIND's Screenwriting Lab

I took the plunge and sent in my materials last Sunday. Actually, the post office people weren't going to postmark it until Monday, the 10th, but that was okay with me. The 10th was the deadline. I scrambled to brush up my bio and write a synopsis and logline and my letter to the Lab people...all to meet a deadline that got pushed back.

The new deadline is now May 1st. I'm okay with that b/c it'll give more people a chance to scramble to get their materials together. It'll also give me more competition, but I'm okay with that, too. I'm kind of convinced that Labs like this, ones that provide intense feedback sessions and learning tools to make our work better, need to have the right mix of people. So maybe having a new deadline will give that magic 8th person a spot at the round table.

Of course, I still hope that I get in along with Joey, my fellow SoCal member. That would be cool. We've worked together on short films so I know how she thinks. Oh, and we both attended FIND seminars last year as part of the LA Film Festival.

So, if you're one of those who thought you'd missed an important deadline, take heart! And get your act together pronto. If nothing else, we can all commiserate over the wait, the long, agonizing wait to find out if we got in or not.

Here's hoping!