New guy, sort of.

Hi all.
I used to come here but its been a while. I have been slacking off on my writing for a while now but lately I can't get one of my back burner scripts out of my head. So now I am back at it and do not intend to stop until its done.

Title: Floating On Sycamores

Logline: A charmed life of stardom is the result of a young girls wish. A wish reconsidered when she is given a glimps of the life she missed out on.

Please give me your opinions.
Thanks...........
........Billy........

Hi Sara, nice to meet you.

I will try to elaborate a bit.
The concept comes from the old wivestail that if you make a wish while blowing away the seeds (little fuzzy things) of a dandelion, your wish will be granted.

11 yr old Hally Rosenthall, aspiring drama student makes a wish on a dandelion to become a star. The next day she finds that local the small town playhouse where she studies is being sold and torn down to make room for a bank. Saddend, she vows that this snag will not stop her from reaching her goals. The story moves 22 yrs ahead and we find Hally Rosenthall(now known as Hailey Rose)has indeed become a superstar. With a phone call from home comes the bad news that her father was killed while trying to subdu a gunman in a robbery attemp at the very bank that replaced the old playhouse. She returns home for the funeral and eventualy returning to the hillside overlooking a sycamore grove. This is where she made the wish. While reflecting on her life and the time she has missed with her family, she meets a native Ameracan(that in the end turns out to be a tree spirit) who tells her that it was her wish that sent her life in the direction it had gone. He shows her a glimps of how life would have been if the wish had never been made. She sees a life in which her dad still lives and the playhouse still stands, run by her and her childhood crush who is now her husband. Hally learns that lifes true riches can not be obtained by money or fame.


There are lots of plot points that show how the granting of the wish was carried out.


Any opinion on any aspect of this would be helpful.
Thanks...........
.......Billy.........

I have not seen either of those but my mom called to tell me that I should see Sliding Doors as it is in her words "your type of movie"

Thanks for the tip.............
...........Billy................

Hey Derek, I remember you from Before. You gave me some good advise on my comedy Script "The Accidental Monk". That was quite a while back though. Anyway it is great to see you are around.
.......Billy.........

Thanks Chris.