The Jukebox at The Diner: "Back To School" Folie a Deux
I guess I wasn't "joking" around about the movie titles...
Previously on The Jukebox at The Diner: “Back To School”…
This week, as class started, there was another conversation about Daisy Jones & The Six. I knew that I would go over my story this week with James and the class in more detail later on in class, so I kept quiet, and before we walked through my revised pitch, I reminded James of that conversation as the class began. He’d mentioned that he’d wished there was at least one more original hit song in the show. It was almost like I paid him 20 bucks or something for the setup, but I promise I didn’t. It was another classmate who brought up Daisy Jones & The Six.
So I took a little time to talk about how my novel series The Jukebox at The Diner came about, from watching Daisy Jones & The Six and connecting with my musician friend Maddisun over it, realizing that not only did she have an amazing story to tell, but I had a great idea on how to present it, except at the moment wasn’t the writer I needed to be to pull it off.
So I wrote.
While I wrote, Maddisun toured, and along the way, she connected with another musician and wrote “All or Nothing”, a Fleetwood Mac / Daisy Jones & The Six-infused vintage rock song. For the release of that song, I wrote a profile piece on Maddisun, recapping her tour and the genesis of the new song, that I released on the eve of the release of “All or Nothing”.
That piece was called “She’s So F*cking Cool”.
Hopefully next week I can share some feedback once the class has had a chance to read it and listen to the song on their own.
Then we reviewed my 1-page pitch, and it’s coming along nicely. Here’s the new version after class today.
The Jukebox at The Diner Volume One Pitch, Rev. 3
Afterward, I answered a few questions. I recorded the Zoom meeting, so I have this on video, but this class is the first time I’ve talked about the novel or how I got to that point. I’ll try and find a clip that won’t make me cringe over sharing it. If there’s no clip below this sentence on Monday when I post this, I’ll try harder next week to get you one.
Honestly, I did try and pick one, but I’m concerned I’m vibing a little too much Jeffrey Goines. Is that a bad thing? Maybe I’m just being theatrical. Seriously though it’s funny because Mouse mocks Charlie for this in the novel…
Finally, The biggest update is that I’m putting The Jukebox at The Diner together as a collection to submit to The Library of Congress to copyright it. I’m pulling everything from Substack and putting each part into a Word document that includes the prequel “Year of The Cat”, all three volumes of The Jukebox at The Diner, through the Epilogue, and including Night Shift. I’ll update you on how that goes in next week’s recap/update. I might not get it all scraped together.
I wish I could share some of the stories that are being told, from a WW2 biopic to an ancient mythological tale that rivals Game of Thrones, but alas dear readers, I can’t. We’ll have to wait for me to tell you “Hey, remember when I took that screenwriting class and couldn’t tell you about this epic story a classmate was working on?”
Next week is the third class so learn the rules.