*heh heh*

[dianeduane]

A moment from a screenplay:

EXT. SCHOOL -- AFTERNOON

The door into the playground cracks softly open. Kit peers out, 
looks around. Then he slips out, followed by Nita.

From around the corner of the building, Joanne and her crowd emerge. 
Nita and Kit pause, look at each other. Then, together, they head 
toward Joanne and her gang. 

A "High Noon" moment: the two factions move toward each other, Nita 
and Kit grim and determined, Joanne and her bunch furious and bent on 
revenge. As they close -- 

A REALLY BIG BANG of displaced air -- and, out on the playground, a 
LEAR JET (with its engines idling) APPEARS out of nothing and DROPS 
a couple of feet to the ground. Everyone stops right where they are, 
staring. 

                      KIT
              (astonished, impressed)
        What. The.

Joanne's gang, also astounded, do what everyone else in the area does: 
they run over to look at the jet. Joanne, angry, goes after her posse.

                      JOANNE
              (to Nita)
         Later. Believe me.

Nita and Kit glance at each other, then at the still-flickering Fred 
as he REAPPEARS between them. 

                      KIT
         Fred! Nice going.

                      FRED
               (sounds sick)
         I saw them, so I exerted myself a little. 
         Can we go now?

                      NITA
         Yeah.

They head off around the corner of the building. Kit glances back 
at the playground, full of the vast assortment of Fred's emissions.

                      KIT
         What're they gonna do with all that stuff?

                      NITA
               (shrugs)
         Ebay?

They hurry O.S.

(snrk)

Comments

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

Screenplay?

Screenplay!

(Aw, his poor gnaester.)

[tiggsybabes.livejournal.com]

I read that book last week & loved it :) I was origianlly reading it loud to my 4 year old, but stopped as it got a bit scary for her.

[batyatoon]

...


*swoon*

[replica.livejournal.com]

heheh. Ebay.

<3

[cee-m.livejournal.com]

So, You Want to Be a Wizard is turning into a movie? Wow.

Also, what color mittens do you want?

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

YES!!!!!

About time!

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

Ooooooh film!
When? Any say in who they get to play the characters?

Love "Ebay"!

[tysolna]

Oh yes, please! *jiggles up and down with excited impatience* :-D

[mercuriazs.livejournal.com]

Best school fundraiser EVER.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

You know, if you'd asked me yesterday I'd have said there was no way to improve on that book, and maybe there isn't, but you've convinced me that a movie is a great idea.

[gfish.livejournal.com]

I'm utterly thrilled at the idea of a movie being made... except for the part of me that used to dream of directing it. =\

[blues-dream.livejournal.com]

A movie? Really?? Awesome!

Man, first Ice & Fire, and now this! This is a great day for fantasy novel-related movie news.

[atrypical.livejournal.com]

AMAZING. I'm so freaking Happy-with-a-capital-H right now.

Happy when I should be doing Statistics.

In any case, all the YW fans are going to FREAK.

UP WITH FRED.

[brightling.livejournal.com]

I'm smiling so hard I think I might scare my roommates! Ooh, best screenplaying wishes your way - I have no idea what the ups and downs of the process are so I quite happily leave those details to you.

Yay! Hopes of this to come, and Golden Compass later this year if all goes well. [Here's hoping my favourite books become my favourite movies!]

[wetdryvac.livejournal.com]

Ooo, draft one - good to hear!

So Psyched!!!!

[(Anonymous)]

A movie is SUCH a good idea! I am so excited! With you writing the script I have no worries at all about being disappointed.*Jumps up and down in an 
undignified manner*

-Lamae

[chattycheese.livejournal.com]

Screenplay? That just about makes my day.

Poor Fred, though. I always feel so bad for him and his Gnaester.

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

ALL RIGHT! Am very happy about this. CONGRATS!

[conmoto.livejournal.com]

I almost thought you were teasing, now I'm glad I read the comments! =)

Will you be putting up anything more of the screenplay? I'd definitely be interested in seeing how one of my favourite childhood books is developed into a screenplay.

[aaangyl.livejournal.com]

Dear Powers That Be,

Please let the actors be better than in Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King. Failing that, turn the "High Camp" meter up to 11 so I can make another drinking game.

Love,
Angyl

[krisw.livejournal.com]

oooooooooh..... shiny.....

[mitchy.livejournal.com]

*fails to find her copy of SYWTBAW*

What did Nita originally say here instead of Ebay? And great update :)

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

I'd slip into netspeak to indicate how excited I am at the prospect of a movie for a fantasy book with the screenplay that's actually written by the author of said book, but that would probably make your eyes all sore.

So I'll settle for: WOOHOO!

[lilly-rose.livejournal.com]

Ebay! Nita for the win!

Okay.

I greet this possibility with equal parts hope, trepidation, and sheer fan girl squee. But mostly squee. I read SYWTBAW when it first came out and I have been a fan ever since. To see these characters I've grown up with on the screen? Awesome. Bittersweet. Mindblowing.

Here's wishing!

[bakazaru7.livejournal.com]

I just squeed so hard I hurt myself. Will there be any open auditions? ::is crossing fingers and hoping very hard::