GETTING STARTED.

I often wonder what starts someone on

a project. Let’s say writing a book picked up

by a publisher.

It comes out with the usual blurb to catch

a possible reader’s imagination.

On the inside cover of WANTED: Donald Morrison

(Doubleday) it tells the true story of someone who

fought a courageous battle against injustice

in the Eastern Townships of Quebec: and lost.

Or a screenplay called WYATT & WYATT: with this

to catch a producer’s eye:

‘Twenty-eight years ago Martha Wyatt gave up law

to raise a family. She’s back facing a counselor

as tough as she is compassionate: Her daughter.

Writer’s comment: One more? ‘A seasoned rodeo

rider Is dragged back to the 1880s to remedy an

oversight in a cowboy’ s untimely death.’

A western? You bet.