We started right on time and finished early. Even got in a bonus shot! Having fun, so far. But of course, any script that features a meeting of the VSA (Viking Students Association) can’t go too far wrong.
The script in question is a first script from a new writing team: Richard Rabkin and Matt Simmons. Richard’s someone who was introduced to me a few years ago and has been impressing me his writing over that time, and Matt is a friend of Richard’s who blew me away with a feature script he had written. I thought the two of them would make a good team and suggested that they pitch some ideas for OVERRULED. They did, one of them clicked, and their script is now the lead-off script for season 2.
There is a lesson in there about networking, persistence, and looking for creative opportunities. Will this lead to more writing for them? Who knows. I know I’d hire them again.
