Aborted Projects
Posted on September 6, 2007
I thought this might be a fun topic. I’m sure every writer out there has a slew of half-written projects lying around, discarded or set aside for one reason or another. I figured you might enjoy a look at some of the things I started and then tossed out in my short tenure as young writer.
FOR YOU - A Horror screenplay about a college student stalked by a psychopath. Two drafts completed, then tossed away because it was just a basic slasher film.
AFTER MIDNIGHT - Same deal, only set in high school.
STRANDED - Another screenplay. Four high school kids stranded at a rest stop furing a storm are stalked by a psychopath. I never said I started out with original ideas.
ALMOST BULLETPROOF - Screenplay, then comic book. Romantic comedy about a loser kidnapped by a beautiful bankrobber. Always fell apart about halfway through.
DOC’S - The last screenplay. Empire Records set in a restaurant. I loved the characters, and it had some great stuff in it, but it’s still Empire Records set in a restaurant.
GREEN RIVER - Comic book, then novel. Four friends stab each other in the back after a backwoods heist goes wrong. The first issue was written, then I decided to turn it into a novel rather than search for an artist. Sadly, I hadn’t even completed a short story yet. The results were as bad as you’d think.
TO THE LAST MAN - Comic book, then novella. A revenge story/action piece. Always fell apart in the third act.
THE PROGRAM - Worked very briefly with Randy Lander on a comic pitch about a villain serving his community service on a super hero team. Still a good idea, and I’ll probably have to rope Randy back into it sooner or later. Then again, these things rarely work outside of Marvel or DC.
SAVAGE TOM - Comic book. An Old West horror story. Y’know, maybe I’ll get back to this sooner or later.
THE STARECROWS - Novel. Really, the less you know about this one, the better. Shitty with a capital SHITTY.
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