Script Frenzy 2008 Report: Week 4

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 0 comments
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 . . .
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Script Frenzy 2008 Report: Week 3

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 0 comments
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.
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Script Frenzy 2008 Report: Week 2

Tuesday, April 15, 2008 0 comments
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! :)
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Script Frenzy 2008 Report: Week 1

Monday, April 07, 2008 0 comments
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 . . .
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