Script redux, inspiration and taglines

It's 11:45 and I just finished up another rewrite of the script. It's coming along very nicely and we're at 56 pages. May not sound like much but it's close to 90 minutes. We trimmed the dialog and want the moments between characters to be more unspoken: looks, attitude, etc. We also added a character based on our first staged reading where we asked some friends to read the script to breathe life into it. A fun and rewarding event, to hear what true professionals can bring to your words. Mike Kosinski read a couple of parts and he really nailed them. He's such a funny and talented guy that Berka, Tiddy and I all agreed we had to find a part for him. Plus, he's a great guy to have on set for extended periods of time. So we added a character "Gregory", another server, who pops in and out of scenes. And Tiddy and Berka wrote some funny lines for him. He makes a strong showing at the soccer match between the Trubadeaux staff and a certain celebrity chef's staff. The more we write, the funnier that scene becomes.

I find inspiration comes two ways. First, it's that kind of inspiration I feel that's very manic and almost uncontrollable. Like times I write where I can't write fast enough. The words are spilling out and I'm trying to capture them all on a page. I start a sentence, write enough words to hopefully go back later and finish it, while I start another sentence. I am hoping to put as much of this inspiration on the page before it's gone. The other kind of inspiration comes from just doing it. Just sitting down and writing. Like what I'm doing now. Sometimes, inspiration comes from the act of just plain hard work.

We've got a couple of taglines we're working on:
Working title: Trubadeaux, a restaurant movie.
Possible Taglines:
The small movie about the biggest industry in the country.
Or:
You might as well 86 yourself
Or:
I won't be here very long...This is not my career.
Or:
A small look at the largest industry in the country.
Or:
A brief glimpse into the largest industry in the US.
Or:
Why working in a restaurant is a horrible existence.
Or:
Why you've never heard of someone retiring from being a waiter.
Or:
Why death is better than waiting tables.

Maybe we'll have a contest and see which tagline gets the most votes.

First day of shooting: October 31. That's 50 days, folks.