So. Pretty good page count today.
I found that with the outline as it is I can move forward fairly quickly. The complications though were that - well, in one scene, I took out one of the twists I was going to put in there, as that was going to overcomplexify the scene. But the twist that I left in still is maybe sending the wrong message for the following scene... I put it in anyway, as I figured it'd be better to take out (or possibly move around) later than cut it and maybe forget to use it.
I am writing overlong (as usual, it seems). At this rate this script is going to be really long! Never mind, I can lay waste to it in the second draft. Just as long as it's all in there.
I'm going to start keeping a tally total of:
Days outlining
Days drafting
And days not writing.
For each project.
This is to keep me scrupulously honest (especially as far as days not writing are concerned). I think a day off every six days is about right for me, in general - but I've had rather too many days off lately (even if some of them were unavoidable).
So, for this project so far, the Thriller (no, I don't like sharing, even titles!)
Day 48 since starting this project. Page 26.
Days outlining:15
Days drafting: 7
Total days writing: 22
Days not writing:26
Ouch! Thought I was doing better than that... Okay, I had flu, and was out of town a bit, but really... Well. That's what reality checks are for. And scrupulous honesty. And why this blog is anonymous.
2 days ago
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Daniel Waters (writer of "Heathers", and twice winner of the golden raspberry worst screenplay award... but that's beside the point) says that he has to write on paper because the computer screen always goes to sleep between sentences because of how much time he takes to write them. He's also come to realise that his 9 months for a screenplay is long for Hollywood, but it's just the amount of time it takes him.
I guess what I'm saying that the fact that you're consistently writing is more important that how much you're writing.
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