Thank you for taking my comments into consideration and not dismissing them. I would hope that you would look into changing the language you’ve used online to describe your screenplay. Using a website as a promotional tool is all well and good, but your language is obviously targeting a specific audience – producers etc., but never forget that the Internet is a public domain and it is for this reason that my article about it is so negative.

I am flattered that you would consider sharing your screenplay with me, I’d actually be quite interested in having a read. You can email me sineadcochrane at gmail dot com.

But I can assure you that my intention with the script is to make a powerful, thought provoking drama about the famine (without too much “English bashing” – the main hero is English, the main villain is Irish).
I don’t apologise for it having a classic Hollywood movie structure. Some of the most powerful movies do.
So many Irish movies fail because they ignore the principles of mainstream movie-making. I don’t want this to fail. I want it to have a wide audience.

But I’m only a novice at this so I don’t know whether it’s going to be powerful or just a load of old tosh.
I would hate to think it would be seen as exploitation. I’d rather it never got made if that was the case.
While writing it, I’ve always tried to be respectful of the event and those who died (your James Cameron ref is a stinger but definitely something to keep in mind. The world doesn’t need another Titanic!)

Perhaps you would allow me to send you the screenplay and you can judge it on its own merits.

It’s good for me to hear comments like those you wrote above. It helps keep my head out of the clouds!

best regards,

Michael Creagh