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I just signed my first option! Whoo!

The option is for the aforementioned Omission script which my writing partner will be directing and I will be co-producing a little later this year.

We had to go to the Argentine consulate in the Hollywood Reporter building to sign and have it notarized. It happened fast and without fanfare. People stood behind us while my writing partner hassled over the cost of a notary stamp like the toppings on a Whopper at BK. My mind was on getting back to work before my lunch hour was over.

This was the last step in our hands before the Government officially announces the production in the next couple weeks, the money comes through (supposedly) a couple weeks after that, and the IMDB credit looms on the horizon within the same timetable.

Shipping the pages to Argentina (they had to be the originals) cost us thirty bucks each.

The notary stamp next to our signatures: 40 bucks each.

Knowing your script is getting made: Priceless.