And a day off today.

Migraine.

Day off

on Saturday.

Page 89

Not entirely happy about this part of the script - at this point I'm just trying to get down the beats I need to happen in some kind of rough order. Result is I'm kind of finding the script a bit boring. I'm not sure if that's just because I've been writing for so long or what. At the moment I'm kind of just running through the beats to get to the second turning point. Maybe that means I should just jump ahead and throw the second turning point in now. (Though I'm on page 89, the script is running a bit long in this draft). Dunno.

Page 85

Knocked off a few plot points, not perfectly, but hey, knocked 'em off. Towards end of second act now and a cluster of scenes that won't quite fit in coming up. Will squeeze 'em in somehow. Looking forward to second draft now!

Page 81

At this stage my script is feeling a lot messier than it did earlier in the draft. Maybe that's inevitable, a function of being in the second half of the second act. I've decided to write up the beats/scenes that need to happen and not worry too much about whether they're in the right order. It's hard, though, to lower the bar a bit qualitywise. But I don't think it would be productive to spend time obsessing about making this draft tightly structured.

Page 78

Chugging along. Short session today so didn't get as many pages done as I maybe would have otherwise. But not too bad. A little uncertainty as to order of scenes. But, again, not too bad.

Page 75

Finally through the first half rewrite and onto new territory. Rewrote the midpoint scene, it's not perfect but now is roughly the beat I need at that point. Right now am grappling with the imperfection of my first draft. Not keen on imperfection at all! Can't believe how imperfect this first draft is despite all my labours! Even though I know that's the nature of first drafts. Nice to be onto new ground though.