Day 110: Writing on the Redeye
Much of today was spent travelling across the country, making my way from sunny southern California to sunny southern Florida. The only white I’ll be seeing this Christmas will be on the white sand beaches of the Gulf of Mexico. While I’ll be spending most of the holiday season visiting with family, I hope to find some time to squeeze in some writing. I’m severely behind schedule and may not even make my minimum writing quota for the month. That will make December even worse
Day 103: Changes for Change Sake?
I thought I would have a finished draft of Come Ups completed this weekend, or at least a draft very close to finished. It seems, however, that I can't leave well enough alone. Instead of moving on to the second half of the script, I went back over my changes leading up to the midpoint, hoping to get another page or two out of the script and realign my plot points. I actually managed to remove nearly 6 pages, but created a whole host of other problems. Shep's love interest wi
Day 102: The Rewrites Continue
Today was better than yesterday. I still had to drag myself to the keyboard, but I managed 6-7 productive hours and made it to the halfway point. I certainly felt better about re-entering the Come Ups world. I started with the new Shep/Cody scene, which I had given a basic structure to yesterday. I'm not entirely happy with the dialogue, but it may work as part of Shep's character as he tries to reassure a young boy about his father while having no experience with children. W
Day 101: The Journey Resumes
Wow, talk about approaching a script with fresh eyes. I haven't looked at the script for Come Ups in about 40 days. I haven't done any creative writing in about 25 days. As a result, I had some problems easing myelf back into the writing mode. Frankly, I just didn't want to do it. After finding numerous ways to engage myself to keep from sitting down at the computer, I finally just accepted that it was something I needed to do. It was downright painful, but I managed to get i
Day 100: November was a Bust
Hi, and welcome back to the Screenwriter’s Journey. It’s been 25 days since my last post. Essentially, a month has gone by, and, unfortunately, I have little to show for it. My big push was to write 25,000 words for NaNoWriMo in November. To say I fell short would be laughable. I managed only 6,600 words on the novel plus another 1,200 words on an essay about homelessness. My total output for the month was 7,800 words, not even a third of my stated goal. There was no writing
