{"id":2133,"date":"2012-04-21T23:22:26","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T11:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/?p=2133"},"modified":"2012-04-21T23:22:26","modified_gmt":"2012-04-21T11:22:26","slug":"goodbye-my-feleni-the-first-draft-final-postscript","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/goodbye-my-feleni-the-first-draft-final-postscript\/","title":{"rendered":"GOODBYE MY FELENI: The First Draft – Final Postscript"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recap:
\n  –  a 23-page working first draft of the script was submitted on Sunday (15 April);
\n  –  on Wednesday (18 April) an actual, like, complete<\/em>\u00a0first draft of the script was demanded by the coming Saturday (21 April);
\n  –  Thursday was day-job day, and was full-on, maaan;
\n  –  Thursday was so full-on that it spilled into Friday, duuude;
\n  –  Friday was further made exciting by having to wake up at 0430 to ensure The Goddess<\/strong>\u00a0caught an 0640 flight, and lengthened by having to stay awake to collect Her at 2400 later that day.<\/p>\n

Friday, I must say, for all its excitement and marathon-like\/-lite duration, was a little frustrating.<\/p>\n

Oh, and then I was reminded that:
\n  –  Saturday we were expecting seldom-seen relatives.<\/p>\n

Forcing<\/del>\u00a0condensing\u00a0three potential writing days into five hours can be an exhilarating experience. \u00a0I love it. \u00a0After the fact.<\/p>\n

Experiencing<\/em>\u00a0it is another matter as the knot in the stomach gnaws and gnaws, your fingers won’t type fast enough – and they keep inserting typos! – and a headache tries to distract you with variations of “How you like me now?”-type pain.<\/p>\n

But it’s not all bad. \u00a0Honest. \u00a0There’s the actual exhilaration – the fevered and\/or inspired connection and transformation of notes-to-self into a story, the page count in the bottom corner of the screen clicking over and reinforcing the sense of hard work in progress, and the process of writing<\/em>, throwing shit down, cursing as you delete, mentally high-five-ing as it just flows<\/em>. \u00a0Five minutes to the contracted deadline, and you’re done<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

One thinks, Gaw, that weren’t so bad!<\/em><\/p>\n

Oh how quickly one forgets.<\/p>\n

(Final page count: \u00a033 pages.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recap:  –  a 23-page working first draft of the script was submitted on Sunday (15 April);  –  on Wednesday (18 April) an actual, like, complete\u00a0first draft of the script was demanded by the coming Saturday (21 April);  –  Thursday was day-job day, and was full-on, maaan;  –  Thursday was so full-on that it spilled into … <\/p>\n

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