The internet is fab and full of wonder

You know I’m right.

Not convinced?

Consider the evidence:

Everything you need to know about the BBC Radio 4 commissioning process, thanks to Michelle Lipton

The shiny new UK Writers social network, thanks to Joanne Smedley

A big list of who’s commissioning what from whom, thanks to Broadcast

and a bloody great list of web resources for writers, thanks to Michelle Goode.

I rest my case.

Dear Internet

Dear Internet,

I just thought I’d ask you what you think I should do.

See, at some point in the not too distant future I’m going to start work on my spec feature script. And I was just wondering which story idea I should pursue.

One is a black comedy that condemns the consumerist society via the metaphor of Zombie Cake Addicts.

The other is a straightforward bioficpic set in 1969 that traces the meteoric rise and tragic fall of the British rock band The Rocketmen.

(You might, dear Internet, recall The Rocketmen from my earlier blog entries, back when I was still writing The Novel)

I feel that Zombie Cake Addicts are probably more saleable than a rock’n'roll movie. But have Zombies had their moment? Did the Lesbian Vampire Killers put the final nail in the genre’s coffin?

And, well, I’ve got 169,000 words worth of Rocketmen material just waiting to be adapted for film. But turning a novel into a screenplay is far from easy.

Oh, I don’t know. What do you think?

Laurence