I only have two corpses, but I'm up to page 20. Meeting my 10 page a day quota. As I've been writing, I've had to ponder where the story is going. I don't necessarily know the next scene, but I've got a couple of killer twists, and I think I have my ending. If it works out that way, that's a sweet ending.

I've been taking story notes as I've been writing so I don't forget the ideas as they come out of sequence. Now if only I didn't have this pesky job to do on this end...

On page 14, real lite on corpses at the moment, but that is going to change in the next few pages...

Like the story revisions, fleshed out the diabolical plan and added a 70's tough guy with a massive 'fro and Village People mustache. Also bought a Congressman, nearly destroyed an innocent blue Toyota and got a hot chick half naked...

Around pg 11, hopefully can make it to pg 15 within today. Moving at a slow pace, but feel confident in what I'm creating.

Quoted from Mr.Ripley Around pg 11, hopefully can make it to pg 15 within today. Moving at a slow pace, but feel confident in what I'm creating.

Same with the exception of the page 11 part. But, in my own defense, I edit as I write which slows me down, but it's also part of not being motivated that I write slow. Up to 9. Also hope to be around 15 when today's over. =)

EDIT: It's amazing the turns these scripts make. When this scene began, I didn't expect it to become a five-page torture scene. But I like the tone it has. I just have to end it quickly, because from what I've planned ahead, there's nothing like this again in the script.

Went through a rewrite and the bad news is that  the thrill is gone.  I mean, somehow when I was filling in the holes of the plot and correcting errors the various "thriller" elements in my screenplay now seem to have a lot less punch in them -- maybe they were weak all along.

That's one of the things about writing a lot of pages in a short time -- I thought the pace of writing would sustain the pace of the plot, but... not so much.

I'm starting another rewrite, I know there was a plot in there, someplace.

Hope you're feeling better, Dreamscale.

C

On 11, now. Fell seriously short of my goal for yesterday, but if I can keep up the pace of today and yesterday, I should be able to make it this year.

Two corpses, one scene down. Yes, the opening scene was 11 pages, but pacing always been my second weakest aspect. =(

Sorry, when is the due date again? Sept. 6?

I believe we said Sep 4th....but, this is not a competition we're just trying to help everyone write a feature. If you finish on Sep 5th, no one is going to think you failed.  

There have been times I've meticulously planned every detail from start to finish including every scene and character bios. There have been other times that I have a skeleton outline and basic characters. There are other times that I just write.

For this one, I'm just writing and taking notes as I go as to what I think will happen in pages beyond where I am. In my first 20 pages, my guy wakes up, finds the obligatory body, gets picked up by the mob, threatened, escapes, goes to the dead guy's apartment, meets a girl there, goes home with her, and ends up sleeping with her. I'm not sure I would have consciously outlined that much in act 1. Today, I'll find out what happens next.

At a goal of 10 pages per day, I should be able to revisit it at least once prior to the deadline to make sure it all actually works. I mean, this isn't reality; it's fiction, so it has to actually make sense.

Almost finish my outline. Mine will be a very tame PG-13. No corpse, no swearing, no drugs, no alcohol, no sex, no nudity, but plenty of violence.

I'm up to 31 pages. Weird stuff going on. Seeing if any other stuff will eek out. I'm in the middle of a scene, but not sure how the scene will end.

Mine has evolved into a porno.  For dialogue, I now have "insert classic porn dialogue", or "ad lib dialogue here".

The animal sex scenes will have some Barry White and Tom Jones tunes playing over them.

Just finished writing my opening sequence. 6 pages.

Hey,

Do you guys and girls want me to clean up this thread a bit so you can get to the end of it easier?  Let me know.

Michael

Do it!...please.