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Was this the new script you were going to write, man? Or your original one?
I'm actually going to try and write 2 features for this 7WC. Got an amazing idea yesterday, one that uses the phone to its advantage rather than just a catalyst. Hopefully I have enough time!
Was this the new script you were going to write, man? Or your original one?
I'm actually going to try and write 2 features for this 7WC. Got an amazing idea yesterday, one that uses the phone to its advantage rather than just a catalyst. Hopefully I have enough time!
This is the original one, for some reason I feel compelled to finish it. Even though I have a great idea for another(actually my wife's) but I'm stealing it we pretty much laid it out from start to finish. It's a thriller, which is something new for me.
I gotta give a big thanks to Gabe for giving me the boost I needed to move along with the original.
23 Days, depending on where you happen to be on the planet...
Hate my title. "Smart Phones, Stupid People" worked to get the 10 pages done, but not so good after that. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently - Dove Chocolate Wrapper
Dena - nooooooo. Sad to hear. Will read it when you are done- might take me a while to get through everyone else's first though - as I've previously said, I'm a really REALLY slow reader - I have to let everything sink in before moving on to the next page.
Pia - After reading your post, I was trying to come up with ideas on something to put up here that wouldn't reveal my whole story, but in the process I seemed to have worked things out and am now at page 51. So in a way - thanks.
Phil - Your trilogy idea also kind of helped me move things along in a way. Got my mind tinkering. So thanks to you too.
Well, I'm 60 pages in and on course to get it finished within the deadline... Barring any disasters! Good luck to everyone else involved - I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with.
97 pages in, finally got my mojo back. I think it was the idea of writing a second feature that gave me this boost - but I'm suddenly doubting that I'll have enough time to write it (my second feature).
But a little upset, had to shave about 30 pages from the script and I do think the story actually suffers because of it. Have concluded three of my storylines and finished the first act of my fourth, let's hope I can finish that one in less than 23 pages.
Dena + everybody else who's struggling. Don't give up so easily, guys! I think a little determination can go a long way.
Mine is a tad short, 85 pages, but the first draft is finished. Maybe some readers can help offer some suggestions for things to add? I sent it out to the same guy that did FK and Blackout. They liked it! How weird is that?
Woohoo!! Mine is a tad short, 85 pages, but the first draft is finished. Maybe some readers can help offer some suggestions for things to add? I sent it out to the same guy that did FK and Blackout. They liked it! How weird is that?
At 85 pages, it shows a job complete. All embellishments can be done afterwards.
As I recently read, someone spent a huge amount of time-- like three years on a first act. A damn good first act, but it was only a first act.
From a real beginning to a real end is difficult thing to master. I speak about that feeling that one would get inside. It's done. (Well maybe not all pretty yet) But the shell so to speak is done.
My goal is to keep mine at around the hundred page mark.
Mostly, at this point, it's about my protagonist needing to save the antagonist who has suffered a terrible fate worse than death.
I'm struggling with a lot of sub-plot and backstory and trying to do a lot of re-arranging. I can feel the thing, but I just can't nail it yet. Why do I like my life simple but my scripts complex? Still, I feel it's been worthwhile even if I can't finish this challenge.
I'm going to try my best. I just don't want to submit something that I know in my heart is undone.
Unfortunately, besides work really interfering with my writing at the moment (I didn't think about tax season when i committed to this) I can't make my mind focus on writing a "vomit draft" just so I can get to the end. I keep trying to re-write scenes as I go, which makes it a real slog to get through and I worry what it would look like if I just wrote 20 pages in a night without looking back. After April 15th, I'm going to Vegas for three days, then I'm sending my wife to Atlanta for a week and that's when I'm going to focus on bringing this to completion. Vomit or not.
Some of my scripts:
Bounty (TV Pilot) -- Top 1% of discoverable screenplays on Coverfly I'll Be Seeing You (short) - OWC winner The Gambler (short) - OWC winner Skip (short) - filmed Country Road 12 (short) - filmed The Family Man (short) - filmed The Journeyers (feature) - optioned
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we pretty much laid it out from start to finish.
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