wonderfully supportive Producer<\/a> has pointed out that without a script, I can’t attract actors. A script also tends to have things like the number of characters, a description of where those characters are, what they’re wearing, and what utensils<\/strike> instruments\/tools they are handling.<\/p>\nSo.<\/p>\n
I flash on Writing fast is really about writing smart<\/i> which means that for the first five days of my ten day writing schedule, I do a Game of Thrones<\/i> season one marathon, knock a few outstanding DVDs off my to-watch list, and circle and circle and circle the idea<\/i> of a script.<\/p>\n
With five days remaining, I decided to —<\/p>\n
1. rework something I had lying around; and<\/p>\n
2. eschew my current timekeeping programme —<\/p>\n
\n
WRITER<\/p>\n
Today I spent four hours working on my pilot!<\/p>\n
THE GODDESS<\/p>\n
(without looking up from “You & Your Horse” magazine)<\/p>\n
That’s nice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
— for something more goal oriented like a page count.<\/p>\n
I’m six pages in and I’ve got four days to go.<\/p>\n
Whoa Nellie!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ve got two months until we open. Working backwards from mid-June, I’ll have three weeks of rehearsal, leaving me with five weeks to write a script. But I don’t have five weeks to write a script. Did I neglect to mention that there’re two readings in the schedule? Part of the fixed-and-unmoveable-deadline package. The first … <\/p>\n
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