I wrote 5 pages in my first hour awake this morning. Even before my first coffee. The only reason I'm here now is because my gf is hoovering. I think it's deliberate because we had a falling out over who was going to clean the cat litter tray last night.

So I just finished a draft for this challenge. Found out about it a few weeks late - but wanted to give it a shot. I have a fifty year old protag. Suppose there's some thriller elements. The ticking clock grew wings and flew out the window. The idea of it is buried in there somewhere. Went down the rabbit hole a bit.

Log: An aging, alcoholic western film director takes in his long lost God Daughter, who unbeknownst to her, is being tracked down by the mexican cartel and psychotic hollywood hit men after a botched money exchange.

I think it almost turned into a satire. Convoluted much? Decisions, decisions.

Quoted from JimiLamp Log: An aging, alcoholic western film director takes in his long lost God Daughter, who unbeknownst to her, is being tracked down by the mexican cartel and psychotic hollywood hit men after a botched money exchange.

An aging, alcoholic, film director takes in his long lost God Daughter who, unbeknownst to her, is being tracked by the Mexican cartel and psychotic Hollywood hit-men after a botched money exchange.

Careful where you put those commas.

Up to page 76.

You can't stop the bum rush.

I'm up to 81. Just the end sequence, then the boring grab-your-coat happy ending and I'm done. Plenty of time.

Good lad.

Quoted from DustinBowcot I think it's deliberate because we had a falling out over who was going to clean the cat litter tray last night.

Just clean it out, Dustin. Take it from me. Less trouble that way.

I'm not really one for backing down once I start something. Which probably accounts for the multiple beatings I've endured. You can't buy brains, I suppose. Unless they're faggots.

I was being optimistic and thinking I would work on the script this evening, but after spending a few minutes trying to open my hotel room door with my car key, I'm beginning to think it's not going to happen.  

I went on and submitted mine. I'm going to have a drinking night tomorrow...I've decided....so mine is in.  It is a rough draft, but I need to step away from it after writing twenty pages of two first tens...then switching to this...just a lot of pages in 6 weeks

I'm coming into my final stretch now. Been writing for a few hours straight so needed a quick break. Hoping to get to FADE OUT tonight so I can give it a quick once over tomorrow.

Problem is, it's 4:20 am here, and I'm getting a little sleepy. Just over 24 hours to go though, so I need to soldier on. I'm so close I can almost taste the satisfaction of finishing my first feature. I feel quite proud of what I've managed so far, but will be even prouder if I can make the deadline.

Impossible is nothing.

Quoted from Grandma Bear I was being optimistic and thinking I would work on the script this evening, but after spending a few minutes trying to open my hotel room door with my car key, I'm beginning to think it's not going to happen.

Indeed. Something came up with me today and I couldn't work on it. I'm only arounf 70 pages in, and while I like some of my characters and situations, I am not liking the draft thus far. It goes against my grain - I'm writing in too much filler. and cliches---the kind of junk Robert McKee and John Truby warn you about. I never do these things---yet now I'm finding I am doing them just to increase a page count and I'm boring myself.

I'm going to do one of the following:

* Say screw it for now
* Say screw it and revise the problem scenes/edit them out and risk a lower page count.
* Say screw it for now and roll with it knowing that it is fuull baloney , submit and face the music / rewrite later.

to recap:
*I don't like any of my characters. One character does something repulsive and I myself can't recover from it. Even if he is a bad guy.

*I think the premise is good, but it needs better execution

*It's very likely the challenge was out of my wheelhouse.

If I don't make deadline my submission will be removed, and I'll talk about it in this or another related thread. The draft will crop up later on in any case - with my adjustments.

Quoted from ArtyDoubleYou I'm coming into my final stretch now. Been writing for a few hours straight so needed a quick break. Hoping to get to FADE OUT tonight so I can give it a quick once over tomorrow. Problem is, it's 4:20 am here, and I'm getting a little sleepy. Just over 24 hours to go though, so I need to soldier on. I'm so close I can almost taste the satisfaction of finishing my first feature. I feel quite proud of what I've managed so far, but will be even prouder if I can make the deadline. Impossible is nothing.

Never write when you're tired. The time you start rambling is probably the time for a rest. Well done for completing your first feature.

I've got around 10 pages or so to finish off today then I'm going to submit as is.

Today is the day I guess. Well, mine is not ready, not that I was going to post it - I wrote a lot but rereading now and have trouble understanding what my characters are saying and why...

There's a good story somewhere in there and I actually like my characters - I just need to get a hold of myself and do a major rewrite. It's so hard to cut and throw away!! so hard...

Quoted from Pale Yellow I went on and submitted mine. I'm going to have a drinking night tomorrow...I've decided....so mine is in.  It is a rough draft, but I need to step away from it after writing twenty pages of two first tens...then switching to this...just a lot of pages in 6 weeks

Wow Dena, contrats on finishing! And you have a consider... so it must be a good read...