Why is there a brand new FLETCH no one knows exists?

It's a short one today, but for good reason

It’s Friday, September 16th, and here’s where we are…

I’m going to have a wild next eight to ten weeks.

I’m not going anywhere, but I am definitely going to be busy on an exponentially different magnitude than I have been over the last few months, and it’s absolutely going to impact the frequency with which I’m able to post. We’ve been chugging along at two fairly lengthy emails per week every week for a couple of months, but I’m going to have to make things a little more sporadic. I would say once every five days or so is going to have to be the new normal until I can get this new creative project pinned down.

These early days on something, when you don’t know yet if it’s going to live or die, are some of the most exciting, and part of what I find so invigorating right now is that I didn’t expect it. There have been several moments in my life when someone has reached out to me with an idea or an opportunity that ends up becoming a major pivot point for me. The last one that felt this way this early was Masters of Horror, when Mick Garris laid this incredible opportunity out for me and Rebecca Swan. That was a huge shot in the arm, and knowing Mick had that faith in us really pushed us to do our best work.

Rebecca and I started working together when we were fifteen years old, and our collaboration would be impossible to describe to anyone. Because we worked together for so many years, it became easy for me to think that collaboration was unique. The last few years have been a process in which I’ve come to the realization that I can absolutely have more collaborations that productive, and the early days of starting to explore a new collaboration are some of the most exciting.

I’m taking the boys to see Tucker: The Man and His Dream in the theater in a few weeks, and I’m excited to see it again. It’s been on my mind during these early days in this new project, though, and in particular, I keep thinking of Martin Landau telling Tucker that he caught his dreams. That’s what collaboration is, trying to create this shared dream, and it’s amazing to me how a few weeks ago, I had no inclination towards telling this particular story this way. Now, after just a handful of conversations and notes, I’ve got this thing living in my head now, and even when I’m working on other things, it’s sitting there, nagging at me, getting more insistent every day.

I’ve missed this feeling. And I love it. And damn it, I’ve caught this dream.