ERIC WEBER
Where do you live?
Michigan. En route to Georgia to make more good films and good movies. Your script stood out among hundreds of others. What was the inspiration for your story, and why did you write a script instead of a short story or a novel? The inspiration for my script that is tentatively titled, I Have A Secret, is loosely based on a something that happened to my Mother. I want to make, I Have A Secret, a movie instead of a short story or a novel, because I think this is a story that belongs in front of the masses. How long did it take you to write your script...and what is your writing process? Do you outline... use index cards ? Two weeks before I started some sort of story outline, I had rough ideas for a feature length script pop into my head. One day, two weeks later, I sat down at Zou-Zou's coffee shop, looked out the window, and BAM! All these different elements for a script just fell into place. I spent the next hour grabbing napkins, paper place mats whatever I could find to write on. All the thoughts literally drifted into my brain, and made their way onto the paper completely unfiltered. Two hours later I had a good outline for my script. Then once I had a rough outline, I committed myself to writing 500 - 1,000 words a day, along the way I consulted with a script consultant, and one year later. I had a good 1st draft. What is your ultimate ambition as a writer? My ultimate ambition as a writer is to help create something that makes people say after they finished reading the script or watching the full-length feature film stop and say, 'I do not know what I just read or saw, however I really like it'. That's what I want. Was your entry at The Wiki Screenplay Contest a full script or “the first ten pages”? Why did you make that choice? My entry is a full-length feature screenplay. I wanted to get as much in-depth analysis as I could get for my screenplay as I could. What’s your all-time favorite movie or television show...and why? I'll answer that by saying the movie/television person that had the most influence on me is Alfred Hitchcock, especially his B and W show 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents'. What advice do you have for writers hoping to win a contest or place as a finalist as you have? The advice I have for other screen writers who are just starting out is, surround yourself with at least one or two good, quality people who are more established than you as a writer, but whom you can trust and they value you as a writer AND a human being, then just write, and write, and write some more. Get your ideas and thoughts for a script onto paper as much as you possibly can. |
