When Hageland Aviation flight 1453 crashed in 2013, I received an email from a reporter with a national magazine who wanted my advice on how to research it.
I love reading your stuff! Some of it is unbelievable, like the fact that Hageland couldn’t keep enough aircraft in the air to meet the minimum for more inspectors?? I’d love to read more about politicians and how they have impeded aviation progress in Alaska.
I'm not on threads - still hanging on twitter (@chasingray) because most of the aviation writers have stayed there.
And yes - that comment about Hageland crashing too many times to meet the minimum for more inspectors was wild when I first read it! The FAA manager who said it was so frustrated!
When I first started writing screenplays my agent told me, "You're going to get a thousand no's before that one yes." He wasn't far wrong. It seems to me that the story of flight 1453 is begging for an action/adventure screenplay. Hollywood is begging for good stories that can be filmed for a reasonable price. For a few weeks time investment you could write a ten or twelve page treatment and shop it out. My first, and probably my best, short story was about a female bush pilot's adventures. I haven't been able to sell it, but everybody that reads it thinks it's pretty good. I don't think it's good because I'm a great writer; I think it's good because of the subject matter and the locations.
Thank you, Ralph! Hearing someone else's story is so helpful because man....this is such a grind (as you know). I'm hanging in there and will just keep putting one foot in front of the other (or writing one line after another).
Hang in there, Colleen! Hope somewhere in all this you discover a way to nail down the elements that will make us all care. You have the passion and the skill.
I love reading your stuff! Some of it is unbelievable, like the fact that Hageland couldn’t keep enough aircraft in the air to meet the minimum for more inspectors?? I’d love to read more about politicians and how they have impeded aviation progress in Alaska.
Are you on Threads? If so I couldn’t find you.
I'm not on threads - still hanging on twitter (@chasingray) because most of the aviation writers have stayed there.
And yes - that comment about Hageland crashing too many times to meet the minimum for more inspectors was wild when I first read it! The FAA manager who said it was so frustrated!
When I first started writing screenplays my agent told me, "You're going to get a thousand no's before that one yes." He wasn't far wrong. It seems to me that the story of flight 1453 is begging for an action/adventure screenplay. Hollywood is begging for good stories that can be filmed for a reasonable price. For a few weeks time investment you could write a ten or twelve page treatment and shop it out. My first, and probably my best, short story was about a female bush pilot's adventures. I haven't been able to sell it, but everybody that reads it thinks it's pretty good. I don't think it's good because I'm a great writer; I think it's good because of the subject matter and the locations.
Thank you, Ralph! Hearing someone else's story is so helpful because man....this is such a grind (as you know). I'm hanging in there and will just keep putting one foot in front of the other (or writing one line after another).
Hang in there, Colleen! Hope somewhere in all this you discover a way to nail down the elements that will make us all care. You have the passion and the skill.