Finished. (Page 100).

Phew. First draft finished.

It was getting pretty ropey towards the end but I pressed on. Will put it on ice for a while (maybe a week or two, not sure) before I reread it and tackle the next draft.

Will be starting something new in the meantime, in the next few days.

Page 97

Halfway through the climactic scene. Can't wait for it to be finished... right now am forcing myself to get on with it just so I can finish it and put it aside for a while. Keep thinking 'that'll have to change' about this and that of the script. Like I said, getting there though.

Page 93

Did a little bit, but was out and about a lot yesterday and am quite tired today and it's gone to my brain... so am stopping now. Will resume tomorrow.

Page 92

Have moved things forward quite a bit today. Rewrote the last scene I wrote yesterday, changed it completely, feels like it's going along the right track now. Decided how the climactic scene is going to play out (for now anyway). Looking forward to finishing this draft so I can look back over it and re-sort things.

Page 90

Have moved forward with my new philosophy of 'just get it down'. My final scene on page 90 was pretty bad though, it's the second turning point, and I haven't figured it out much at all. Don't know if a scene that bald is still really functional or not. I haven't figured out exactly what it is that triggers my protag's decision, and I suspect I do need to. Kind of hated writing bad scenes, but still, I did have some newish ideas and am moving forward. Was somewhat comforted by reading novelist Rachael King's blogpost about the difference between the perfect script/manuscript in your head and the ugly reality of the actual draft. But only somewhat comforted. When other writers write about their bad first ideas, I always tend to take it with a grain of salt... 'but yeah, your writing doesn't ultimately suck' is my thought... I don't tend to be quite as generous with myself. Need to work on that.

Still, page 90! Getting there.

Page 87

Have got through the rewritten pages and am breaking fresh ground. Operating on the 'just write bad scenes' principle. Not so happy though with how the story side of things is panning out. But I feel I just need to push on and get it done, no matter how badly...

Page 80

On page 80, back on doing pages. After beating myself up a bit for my scenes sucking, have decided it's okay if they suck. As right now am working out story. Plenty of time to sort out scenes once story is locked down. Hope I can keep to that.