Ron:
Thanks for the advice. Now that the field season in the Sierra is over and
the rainy California fall is upon us, I will heed the advice of my
Co-Conspiritor and put some of my "adventures in archaeogeophysics and
archaeogeochemistry" in writing using the software your recommend-if I can
make something readable out of these dry "adventures" it will be a miracle.
I have been working, on and off, on a novel about our Nova Albion Project
for seven years and with this software, I MAY be able to get it in a form
that it is of interest to American Zeotrope Studios, who, AMAZINGLY, have
agreed to fund the excavation of what we think is the Tello Frigate of the
Drake Expedition IF we can prove that it REALLY is a 16th Century ship and
not just some wiggly lines on paper indicating a bunch of old refrigerators
or a 19th Century lumber schooner.
Regarding an earlier post about the screenplay based on the adventures in
Mexico in the 1920's of a Cultural Anthropologist, I really hope that they
don't butcher Norm Tessman's fine screenplay like that. I would really like
Hollywood to "discover" some of the really great, historical figures of the
American West and do a decent job on them. Dona Marina (La Malinche), Fr.
Junipero Serra, Fr. Eusibio Kino, Juan Bautista de Anza the Younger, Edward
Beale, and Kit Carson immediately come to mind as individuals who had great
character and led adventurous lives that are much better than any fiction
that Hollywood could imagine.
Thanks, Again! for your thoughtful input.
Rich Lundin, WRI
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron May" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: an archaeological mystery
> Cathy and others involved in writing,
>
> When Jack Hunter brought this topic up a few weeks ago, I tried to expose
> everyone to the writing software the studios want creative writers to use
> for
> screenplays and books. Several studios set up a large booth at the 2005
> and
> 2007 San Diego ComiCon (comic convention; 120,000 people were there).
> They want
> us to churn our stories through "Dramatica Pro - The Ultimate Creative
> Writing Partner" and then send the screenplays and scripts to "Screen
> Shark." The
> literature shows the software analyzes your plot and shows alternatives,
> creates scenes, does a plot view, helps cast the characters, and provides
> structure templates. For more information, you can call (818) 843-6557.
> You need 8 MB
> of hard disk space and a CD-ROM drive. I want you to know that I do not
> make
> a dime on explaining this and did not invest in the company stocks,
> assuming
> they sold stocks. I just think it would be great if you guys started
> getting
> the Hollywierd Industry involved in real archaeology messages.
>
> Ron May
> Legacy 106, Inc.
>
>
>
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