Re: DS 1x02 Feedback
Wow. I'm REALLY behind on responses.

Admittedly, pretty much the entire first season was us experimenting with different ideas of "w...
posted by Michael Jay

Episode 2.5x01 Feedback & Discussion
The boys (and a girl) are back! Talk about the premiere for the second half of season two here.
posted by Michael Jay

Re: DS 1x02 Feedback
1x02: Well, this one was certainly... interesting. Did I forget all the random sexual jokes/scenes in the pilot or did this suddenly ...
posted by islove

The origins of Desperate Screenwriters lie in, of all things, a casual between writers on a virtual series board. Monster Zero Production hosted a web series titled The High Life with essentially the same premise as DS, only the series was based in Los Angeles. Paul Robinson mused about a potential spin off series with a different set of writers based in New York. It was mutually agreed upon that setting the new show (which would become DS) in its own verse was the best option. Around this time, Tony Black's Blackster Virtual Community, another VS network, was starting up and Desperate Screenwriters was selected to be one of the shows for the inaugural season. Robinson brought aboard Michael Jay (who was also to be a cast member) to help run the series.

The show premiered in January of 2007 to largely favorable reviews. A slew of behind the scenes shuffles in the staff made for a tumultous first season, but despite all that, the first season's finale aired in May of that same year. Then things got interesting. BVC would merge with MZP shortly thereafter and eventually close up shop altogether. There was dicussion between Jay and Robinson of penning a movie to keep the show going before BVC shut down. A lack of time rendered the possibility of a second season in 2008 impossible. Robinson would leave the show for personal reasons shortly before GVP was born. GVP owner, Michael Jay, who did not want Desperate Screenwriters to die with Robinson's departure, brought the show with him and that brings us to the present. Season 2 will consists of 22 half hour episodes, expanding from the inaugural season's run of fourteen episodes.

::Warning - contains spoilers up to the end of season one::

It's been a rough start for Michael, Tony, Paul, and Arcadio, the four aspiring writers who left their lives behind to move to New York City in the hopes of making their literary dreams into reality.

The whole story started on the internet. Tony ran a semi-successful hub for virtual web series and after discovering that he wasn't the only one who envisioned actually making a living on his writing someday, he spearheaded a mass exodus to New York. His and Arcadio's flight from England to New York was just about the only thing that went according to plan.

Upon their arrival, Tony and Arc were shocked and dismayed to learn that Michael had invited Paul Robinson, another member of their web community into the fold as a fourth roommate. Despite reservations about Paul's presence due to his unlikeable demeanor from the internet, the four boys came to be friends. However, the entire reason for being in New York, a series codenamed 'Project X' that they planned to complete and shop around the industry, was soon put on the backburner due to real life commitments. Michael became the de facto breadwinner of the house due to the others' jobs paying much less than his. His nonstop work eventually burned his body out and eventually landed him in the hospital. However, while Michael was putting his knuckle to the grindstone just to make a buck and get by, the other three were distracted by a more attractive vice. Romance. Tony and Paul both found themselves in ill fated, short term relationships with co-workers while Arcadio bounced between several wome until landing a girl that seemed to be his counterpart, which would've been all good and well had he not already gotten another girl pregnant.

All the while, Project X remains virtually untouched. It's been a few months since Michael's brief stay in the hospital and the news of Arcadio's impending newborn and not much has changed. Michael has a new restaurant job while Tony has acquired a position at a trashy newspaper.

And this is where we pick up their story...

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