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Friday, May 9, 2008
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SFWriter13
I've spent the past week editing my progress to date and starting to fill in some of the blanks. It took me two days to untangle the time sequence mess I had knotted myself in (kind of ironic, considering the subject matter of the story), but I'm pretty sure that is all straightened out now.I ended Script Frenzy on April 30th with 43 "[insert more here]" markers where I knew I needed a few more lines of dialogue or a bit of action to close the scene. I now have 38 of them remaining. That seems like I haven't made a lot of progress, but as I've added new scenes to fill in some of the blank spots, a few more of those markers got added.The script now runs 123 pages. There's still several more scenes to write, so I fully expect that it continue to grow. There's a fairly lengthy scene in there now that will likely get either cut or seriously trimmed. While the concept it discusses is interesting, I think at might be better to leave it an ambiguous loose end to explore in a later episode.The main story is essentially finished except for two key scenes. I'm really struggling with the secondary story for various reasons. I'm sure I'll get past them and wrap this whole thing up soon.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
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SFWriter13
Finished, but not done. I ended the month of April with 115 pages.(For the mathematically-inclined among you, that averages out to 3.8 pages/day. Not a bad average at all when you consider that I lost three days.)The script is not quite finished. There's mostly a handful of transitions and two or three key scenes still to write, but it's close to being done. Before I do any more work on it though, I want to fix some of the sequencing and tighten up a couple of scenes so I don't end up adding transitions or dialogue that won't really be needed.I'm generally pretty pleased with the final results. There were some twists and turns that I didn't expect when I started the project. I know of several sections that would be approached far differently in a novelized version.All that said, I'm most pleased to have just finished and achieved the goal of at least 100 pages by the end of April.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
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SFWriter13
Only a few more days to go . . .I actually hit 100 pages on Sunday night, but intend to keep going to see how far I can get before midnight on April 30. (As of last night, I was at 105 pages.) I think the final version (after editing) will be somewhere around 120 pages. Probably slightly less, but around that.Most of the week has been spent filling in the gaps I had left during the previous three weeks. There are some nice pieces of character development and relationship building that got worked into those sections. In general, I'm fairly pleased with it.On the other hand, there are a few key sequences that I'm not sure how to handle yet. I'm also concerned that I might be trying to introduce too many elements for only a two-hour pilot. I'm hoping the muse will perk up with some ideas, but we'll see how that goes . . .
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
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SFWriter13
I'm pleased to report that I'm pretty much on schedule.
As of last night, I'm at 70 pages—dead-on where I should be at this point. I suspect, however, that this week is going to be very tough going . . .The story has taken some interesting turns, but still remains very true to the original Emerald Flight story and concept. I'm also feeling a little smug that I figured out how to write my way out of a corner that I had accidentally written myself into the first week.Not a whole lot more to report this week, other than relieved that I was able to catch up after losing several days last week. I already know that I'll need to be some restructuring, resequencing of a few events, and a handful of other edits before I'll let anyone's eyes but my own see this.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
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SFWriter13
Holding steady at 47 pages . . .That's slightly behind where I should be, but at this point I'm not overly concerned about catching up. A bad cold had kept me from writing for 3 days . . . and I know better than to write when under the influence of cold medication. Been there, done that . . . cringed for days afterward.One of the most interesting things I'm discovering as I'm structuring this script, as it's intended for to be a two-hour pilot for a television, is what I'm deciding to explore and what I'm leaving out or only leaving as hints. To draw a comparison, it's more Battlestar Galactica than Star Trek. I had not originally intended it that way, but I can see how it might be a more effective way to kick off a potential series than trying to do a completely self-contained episode and then try to expand from there.I guess we'll see how this next week progresses . . .Oh, another item on the "plus" column: I've gotten much further than I did last year! :)
Monday, April 7, 2008
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SFWriter13
Slow and steady wins the race . . . or so they say.At the end of the first week, I'm at 26 pages. That's a little behind where I wanted to be, but just right about where I need to be. So, all told, it's been a productive week. I can't say that the muse has been entirely cooperative, but we're managing . . . mostly . . .For those who are interested, I decided to write the Emerald Flight story as a two-hour pilot for a television series. It's interesting to note some of the changes I've decided to make in terms of the flow of the story when developing it as a script instead of a novel.
Unlike last year's NaNoWriMo effort, the muse is jumping all over the place this time, wanting to write this scene here and that scene there. As long as I end up with 100 pages at the end of April, I guess it really doesn't matter. And I can always fill in the gaps later.
See you next week . . .
Monday, March 31, 2008
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SFWriter13
Yes, faithful readers (all three of you :) ), it's time once again for Script Frenzy. Brought to you by the folks you organize NaNoWriMo, it's the chance to terrorize your muse by writing a script of any kind—screenplay, stage play, teleplay, anything.(For those of you who followed along last year, I'm going to treat that attempt as a practice run disrupted by a plethora of real-life events. Pay no attention to the bound muse stowed behind the curtain.)The goal is 100 pages by the end of April.The math breaks down like this: 3.34 pages per day needed to meet that goal. My personal goal: a minimum of 4 pages per day. That's a definitely achievable goal if the muse cooperates.What's my story concept for this event? As of this moment, I have no freaking idea . . .If you wish, you can watch the progress here.
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