Chasing the Dream — Christopher Read

Preface

Good writing requires creating "the need to read"

Christopher ReadSeptember 9, 2019Writers Grotto, Ethan Watters, good writingComment

Intro

…an aspiring screenwriter followed a dream…

Christopher ReadSeptember 8, 2019California paradise, 1990s, aspiring screenwriter, lazy writer's life

1 - Valencialand

the streets are braided with grated youth

Christopher ReadSeptember 7, 2019Valencia Street, San Francisco, misfits

2 - Pre-Cali: Chasing the Dream

And then a familiar goofy face pulled up in a white Jetta

Christopher ReadSeptember 6, 20191989, Belle Haven Club, Moron Overboard, gap semester, Doug MacElwee, California Dreaming

3 - Hitchhiking the Southwest

"Get out of L.A. as fast as you can."

Christopher ReadSeptember 5, 20191989, hitchhiking, gas nozzle, Pasadena

4 - Pep Talk

Zack wants to be a movie director. Way to keep it real, man.

Christopher ReadSeptember 4, 2019ambition, occupation, director, film, Pasadena Community College, screenwriter, L.A., Zack Snyder, 300, dawn of the dead

5 - Crunchy Town Gets Crunched

An hour after the first rattle, I realize I'm still clenching a napkin.

Christopher ReadSeptember 3, 2019Santa Cruz, Loma Prieta, earthquake, UC Santa Cruz, Polar Bear ice Cream, Lord of the Flies

6 - Ice Cream Amour

On my mind — all the youngsters selling 6-figure movie scripts.

Christopher ReadSeptember 2, 2019Rory's Ice Cream, Pacific Heights, Regarding Henry, JJ Abrams, writer's holy grail, phone sex, yogurt bitches, Lehua, Tom Waits

7 - Paradise

Green Day lays down the welcome mat

Christopher ReadSeptember 1, 2019San Francisco, 1991, California paradise, Green Day