I Think It Just Might Work

Okay, here's the deal. I'm about ten percent of the way through the screenplay. The weird thing is, I know this. Yes, there will be a good number of edits and whatnot down the line, but knowing exactly where I am in the first draft is something I'd never been able to do before. Maybe there's something to these "outline" things after all.

In this case, of course, I'm working from a book. So, it's more of a hyper-detailed outline. I think this could turn out quite well. But that's largely because the story itself is so intriguing. My job, in essence, is to not botch it too much in the conversion. Which is where the whole edits and revisions part comes in.

Also, I had a bit of a week off from teaching, so it was good to have that break in order to start into the script. Starting is tricky, sometimes. But now I'm into it, and I don't think it'll be too very long before it's completed. Well, before the first draft is completed, anyhow.

More posts later. Now I must eat spaghetti.

JF

Well then...

So, I didn't make my goal of writing 100 pages of screenplay in April. But I'm strangely okay with that. I was far too bogged down with a ridiculous workload to be able to accomplish what I had set out to do. I didn't know it at first, but there it is. But there are a couple spots of good news as well.

First, that workload is officially over for the nonce (at least until I get another class or until the end of May--or if I find other work in the meantime). So, I have some time to dedicate towards writing specifically.

Second, I came out of April with a lot of ideas about where to go with the screenplay that I started. I need to pursue that, but I think it'll have to be set on the back burner awhile, because...

Third, I was recently in contact with an author I highly admire, and he gave me the go-ahead to try for a screenplay of his most recent novel. I don't know exactly what will come of it, but I think there is definite promise here. If any of you are familiar with the legalese of a writer adapting someone else's novel for the screen (while not being the producer as well), I'd be quite grateful for your input, because I'm not at all sure of what specific things need to be signed, looked at, and so forth.

So, here's to new projects and taking back up old ones.
*sips some Tullamore.*

JF