This particular Development Hell is of my own making, but there's a lot to be learned here. I had some hard desicions to make over the weekend and having made them it feels much better.

The more I write of this story the more I realize that a backstory should remain just that. Zone 63 started life as a little story to support an idea for a faux reality show that I had and I thought, "Why not make a movie out of that too?" Some stories don't need to be movies and this is one of them. Taken alone it's just not that filmic. However, as a supporting story to a more interesting premise (my original intent) it works fantastically. So we're taking another tack here.

No I'm not throwing the baby out with the bath water. The work that I've already done, specifically the short contained within the Zone 63 story structure, is still solid and a viable piece that will go far to help promote this other project, the name of which I'd like to keep on the QT for now.

Where does this leave me? I have an awesome backstory for my mock reality show. Also, I just now completed the third draft of the short. That's right third! And am ready to let some people in the know have a look so I can polish it and shoot the darn thing. That's right shoot! I'll be posting a bit about what I need cast, crew and equipment wise once the breakdown is done.

Looks like we'll be shooting this far sooner than I expected. Cool!

Thank goodness for Syd Field and this little gem.