To borrow from the lovely Daily Screenwriter (and a nod to Phill Barron):
- 16 June – Receive email from producer about a one-hour concept I pitched oh, almost a year ago: If you’re able to get me a first draft by June 26th…. Collapse to floor laughing/crying.*
- 17 June – Rearrange workload. Start outlining (current fashion is to write in block letters on recycled paper).
- 19 June – 22 pages of handwritten notes. Count ’em and weep.
- 20 June – 4 pages (plus title page).
- 21 June – 6 pages.
- 23 June – 22 pages.
- 24 June – 42 pages.
I only have tomorrow to finish it off but the numbers (and rate of progression) are heartening. And I’m taking a rain check on parts 2 and 4 of the McRae Cranial Therapy.
Just remembered this post was gonna be about superstition and how my hair is so long I think I look like George Hamilton… until my reflections and silhouette show that the hair is really more Krusty the Clown.
Next post. Maybe.
* I already have a 30 June feature deadline to meet.
