OK, this is not going to be the mega-recap blog post loaded with great pictures and video of the event. However, I did want to put something up that encapsulated my thoughts on my experience at 140 Characters Conference or, as we’ve all come to know it, #140conf :)

First off, THANK YOU JEFF PULVER (@jeffpulver ) for inviting Jay ThePal! It was a truly great experience for both myself and for my wife Sierra (@Siskita ) and for Jay ThePal and Kay ThePal, too ;) Not only did we get to network and meet a lot of great people, we also learned quite a bit from the talks given by some really intelligent and interesting people. I’ve been to other conferences/conventions and usually the panels and talks are kind of on the “meh” side of things, but I think I managed to pick up something from every talk/panel we watched. My only gripe is that they seemed too short. But short makes sense at a conference based on microblogging and how it is changing our world. Besides, all the folks who spoke were so friendly and approachable, we had no trouble just walking up and talking to them after they were done speaking.

Be sure to check out JeffPulver.com and 140conf.com!

Second, I’d like to throw a HUGE THANKS to Sol Lipman aka Sol on 12seconds.tv and @thesolster on Twitter. Without his support and enthusiasm, we never would have gotten into #140conf. (Hell, Jay wouldn’t be as popular either!)

I have STACKS of people to say thanks to beyond Jeff and Sol, but I want to make sure I have a comprehensive list before I go and forget to mention someone. I hope to have that up in the next day or two.

Until then, go check out Jay ThePal and his Jay TheVlogs! Or check out Kay ThePal and the videos she has at her site.

You can also check out two flickr sets that I’ll be adding more pics to soon:

#140conf Day 1:
www.flickr.com/photos/thepete/sets/72157619816438619/
#140conf Day 2:
www.flickr.com/photos/thepete/sets/72157619901583210/

You can also check out The12stream for a couple of #140conf-related vids I’ve already posted on 12seconds.tv.

This is only the beginning… YEAH!

OK, so I set up a new page on TheWikiPeteia which you can get to easily here: sn.im/wiseday1 That’s also a link you should hit up if you have no idea what I’m talking about. :)

So, here’s a link to Chapter 3 of my novella-in-progress Wise: Day 1

sn.im/wised1c3

Here is an embed of the same PDF so you can read it right here on thepete.com:

If you can’t see the embed, just click on the headline of this post.

Please feel free to leave comments! Just don’t bother being critical with any spelling or grammar mistakes–THIS IS A FIRST DRAFT and I have not even proofread it. I’m just getting the story out, warts and all. Giving me feedback about those kinds of errors won’t help me. Telling me what you think works with story, character, and other, similar, elements will be of great help. So will nagging me if you don’t see new pages up within the next 24 hours, so please feel free to bug me. Thanks!

OK, so, I know I was supposed to have another chapter by midnight, but I got a little carried away and did seven pages instead of the usual two. I’m now just way too wiped out to upload anything now, but I will do it when I wake up. I really wish there was a way to easily provide PDFs on the fly–as soon as I save them, they’re available. Ah well…

See you soon with 7 more pages. It gets exciting! We get answers! Who is Wise? Where/when is he from? Clues abound!

OK, remember my Battlestar Galactica series finale scripts? Well, I’m trying out some prose this time ’round! Here are the first 2 pages of a novella I’ll be writing daily (starting yesterday). I aim to update every night at midnight.

What’s it about?

It’s called Wise: Day 1 and it’s about a guy from the future who is trying to catch up with an alien who has trapped his body in a… well, it’s better if you just read it–not that this first chapter explains it. But have a read and feel free to let me know what you think. Just don’t be upset if I don’t agree with you or don’t reply immediately or at all. I’m really swamped and barely have time to write, let alone thank/interact with everyone for/about their thoughts. Just know that I do appreciate any constructive criticism. Comments about typos and grammar mistakes are useless to me as I am not editing this or even proofing this as I go. It’s first draft all the way through. If typos bug you, DON’T READ IT.

OK, enough of this! Here goes the PDF embed and feel free to download the 60KB PDF for yourself here.

Chapter 2 will happen tonight with any luck :)

Remember Our Leaky Ceiling? Well, It’s Getting Fixed!, originally uploaded by thepetecom.

Luckily, it hasn’t been leaky the whole time. In fact, the only reason it was leaking in the first place was due to a plumbing issue. Still nice to have them fix it.

Missed this story when it broke? Watch the video I shot the night it happened.

My Own Battlestar Galactica Series Finale Script (Part 2 COMPLETE), originally uploaded by thepetecom.

IT IS DONE!

Two weeks ago, I began to worry that I wouldn’t like how my favorite show currently on TV would end, so I made sure to avoid that by writing my own damn two-part finale.

Note the start and finish dates listed up there in that cover image. I started this 55 page script on the 17th of March. It’s now the 20th. Now read it and tell me it reads like something written over three days. OR tell me it DOES read that way and I’ll tell you to find me someone who can write something as good as that is in the same amount of time.

OK, /grandstanding.

Now, for the good stuff!

Here is the 57-page script for part 1 in PDF format (163k):

snurl.com/bsgthebigendpt1

Here is the COMPLETE (just finished) 55 page first draft of part 2 (including the teaser and five acts) in PDF format (155k):

snurl.com/bsgthebigendp2

As promised, I had acts 4 and 5 of part 2 done by Friday morning (right now!), well ahead of the airing of the actual final episode of Battlestar Galactica, tonight on the SciFi Channel.

BOILER PLATE STUFF:

Battlestar Galactica is (c) Universal Studios. HOWEVER, the specific story, settings, structure and even a couple characters are (c) ThePete (ME). That said, if UniStu wants the scripts, they’re welcome to them–I just ask for some pitch meetings in return (don’t know why they’d want them since the series is over, but what the hey).

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ACTUAL SERIES FINALE OF THE BATTLESTAR GALACTICA REMAKE. It’s just the finale I’d like to see (as of this writing I haven’t seen either of the finale episodes). As the final few episodes aired (and before the 2-part finale began), I found myself kind of disappointed with the convoluted plot and taxing expectations of the series. I found myself wondering about the odds I’d actually like the finale. Then I decided to jam out my own finale. It picks up right where the real finale begins, two episodes before the end of the series.

PLEASE REMEMBER: Both of these scripts are first drafts. They contain mistakes of both a grammatical and technical nature because when you’re jamming out a script, the best way to do it is Bushido–samurai-style–straight through, stopping for as little as possible. So, newsflash, I’m not Mozart. I want to hear what you think, but don’t expect a polished script.

And thank you so much for reading! We writers get immense energy and focus knowing that our work is being read (even if it isn’t being liked). So, thanks so much for downloading and reading. I do hope you enjoy it. Whether it’ll be better than Ron Moore’s version or not will be interesting to see, but not my main concern. I just want the series to end the way I want it to end. I still think Ron Moore is one of the best TV writers who ever lived.

My Own Battlestar Galactica Series Finale Script (Part 2 Teaser + Act 1), originally uploaded by thepetecom.

If you are curious why I am writing my very own Battlestar Galactica series finale script read below. If you just want to read my very own Battlestar Galactica series finale script, check out the PDF links below.

Here is the 57-page script for part 1:

snurl.com/bsgthebigendpt1

Here is the first 15 pages (Teaser + Act 1) of part 2:

snurl.com/bsgthebigendpt2t1

I hope to have acts 2 and 3 done by Thursday morning and then acts 4 and 5 done by Friday morning, in time for the actual final episode of Battlestar Galactica to air.

Battlestar Galactica is (c) Universal Studios. HOWEVER, the specific story, settings, structure and even a couple characters are (c) ThePete (ME). That said, if UniStu wants the scripts, they’re welcome to them–I just ask for some pitch meetings in return (don’t know why they’d want them since the series is over, but what the hey).

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ACTUAL SERIES FINALE OF THE BATTLESTAR GALACTICA REMAKE. It’s just the finale I’d like to see (as of this writing I haven’t seen either of the finale episodes). As the final episodes aired, I found myself kind of disappointed with the convoluted plot and taxing expectations of the series. I found myself wondering about the odds I’d actually like the finale. Then I decided to jam out my own finale. It picks up right where the real finale begins, two episodes before the end of the series.

PLEASE REMEMBER: Both of these scripts are first drafts. They contain mistakes of both a grammatical and technical nature because when you’re jamming out a script, the best way to do it is Bushido–samurai-style–straight through, stopping for as little as possible. So, newsflash, I’m not Mozart. I want to hear what you think, but don’t expect a polished script.

And thank you so much for reading! We writers get immense energy and focus knowing that our work is being read (even if it isn’t being liked). So, thanks so much for downloading and reading. I do hope you enjoy it. Whether it’ll be better than Ron Moore’s version or not will be interesting to see, but not my main concern. I just want the series to end the way I want it to end. I still think Ron Moore is one of the best TV writers who ever lived.

Yep, it’s the middle of the night, here in NYC, what ELSE could I be posting, HM?

It’s another updated version of part 1 of my very own Battlestar Galactica series finale script!

This edition has up to the end of Act 4. I’ve made no changes to the previous acts, so you can skip directly to the beginning of Act 4 if you’ve been keeping up with me as I’ve been writing. THANK YOU for doing so, if you have! It’s a big help to know that people are reading my stuff as I go (it’s how I read it!).

New to my site or don’t know what the heck I’m talking about? You should probably read my blog post that explains why I am writing my very own Battlestar Galactica series finale script.

Without further babbling from me, here’s the link to the Drop.io-housed PDF:

drop.io/thepetecom/asset/bsg-the-big-end-20090315-pdf#

And here is the requisite Scribd window if you just want to read it right here:

Battlestar Galactica is (c) Universal Studios, etc, etc. But the script is MINE, but I’ll trade UniStu for it in exchange for some pitch meetings. :P

Not much to say about this one. It did run a bit long again and there’s a scene I didn’t write (basically left out the B plot–whoops! But really it’s sort of in there), but generally everything went fine and I even surprised myself and veered away from my outline a bit.

That’s always the big worry for some writers (like me)–we’re afraid if we do an outline before we start writing it’ll dominate and limit what we write. For me, in this instance, that’s not happened. So, YAY!

One more act to write and then it’s on to part 2 of my very own Battlestar Galactica series finale script!

I’ve got just about six days to get this thing done! Wish me luck and feel free to hurl encouraging words at me! They really help!

All right, so I just finished up Act 2 of my very own Battlestar Galactica series finale script–well, part 1 of the finale, anyway (my finale, like the real one will actually be two episodes long). I’m very happy with my second act and I’m shocked it went as smoothly and as quickly as it did. Maybe outlines really ARE a good thing?

Anyway, so here it is in two forms for easy reading:

1) The below link will send you to a Drop.io page with a direct link to a PDF of the entire script so far (sorry, it’s just easier to include the previous work with the new):

drop.io/thepetecom/asset/bsg-the-big-end-20090313a-pdf

2) You can read it below in a Scribd window:

Battlestar Galactica is (c) Universal Studios. As I said last night, the story elements in this script are (c) ME, but if Universal Studios wants the thing, they can have it. Just give me credit and let me come in and pitch some series ideas I have. ;)

No big notes here. I wish I could include more of the extracurricular characters but I want to tie the major plots up and I don’t want to shortchange them by getting distracted.

Don’t know what the heck I’m talking about or want to read the original teaser and Act 1 (I’ve rewritten both) from my very own BSG finale script? Go to my original post on it.

Actually, this PDF is the complete script so far, but I’m only as far as Act 1 as I type this. PLEASE REMEMBER: this is a first draft, not (effectively) proofread and running a little long. For more on why and what this project is, check out the original post here:

thepete.com/my-own-battlestar-galactica-series-finale-script-teaser

OK, here is the teaser and Act 1 to my very own Battlestar Galactica series finale script!

PDF link (brings you to drop.io and you can view or download the PDF from there):

drop.io/thepetecom/asset/bsg-the-big-end-20090310-pdf

Embedded PDF from drop.io and Scribd:

Comments welcome, though trolls are not. Feel free to be critical, just don’t be a dickweed about it. :)

Battlestar Galactica is (c) Universal Studios
I’m not claiming any copyright (but I do claim the core story of this script) and make no money off of this. Google Ads don’t let me break even.