April 2010
3 posts
4/25/10 - super quick update.
Some more bumps in the road, but mainly due to the content nature of my writing exercises. If it’s related to the teleplay I’m working on or deeply personal, I’m choosing not to share it with the public. I’ll try to balance it out more as we continue.
4/4/10 - Looks like I'm starting to hit every...
I’ve mentioned before that I really like word economy. I enjoy looking at the blank screen before I start writing. Ideally, I’d like to say as much as possible in as little space as possible. Why tell a story in 1,000,000 words if you can tell the exact same story in 1,000? It’s the whole notion of “curating a museum” that I’ve covered in previous entries. And,...
4/2/10 - Food for Thought
I find myself in a bit of an additional challenge now: my deadline is June 1st for the teleplay and it’s April 2nd. I’ve got to write this thing FAST. Well, ideally I’d like to get a functional draft going so I can revise it several times and replace dead scenes with better ones in time to make my deadline. First, I’ve got to have a good premise. I thought for a month about...