I don't know why this happens. In first drafts, it gets to the point where I get bored of the screenwriting and just synopsise what happens instead. It seems to work though and helps with my plotting. The dialogue will flow naturally when I understand the meaning and direction of the project. Despite not knowing all the characters names, personalities and styles of talking.
I'm pretty happy that I have figured out how it is going to work and I can write it for real now. That is after some more detailed plotting and learning some lingo and business stuff that people in my office do so it makes my screenplay stronger.
The only day I didn't write was yesterday. It doesn't bother me, being draconian in my efforts to better myself will not be rewarding in the long run. The muse doesn't come to me, but I will look for the muse in those 25 minutes. If I miss a day, no pressure.
Thursday, 13 June 2013
Monday, 10 June 2013
zefrank
Sunday, 9 June 2013
I don't know why it is so difficult to write. I think about writing, but I find the act of doing it in equal parts challenging and depressing.
It is only because I am not a master of writing yarns as of yet. This 25 minute writing thing that I am doing seems to have an effect, but I am still not sticking with it everyday as I initially wanted to.
Another thing is I think this story is too close to my heart and I might need some distance to be able to create situations that I find more entertaining.
Finding ideas that you think are great and then struggling to make them as you intended leads a realisation of either you aren't cut out for this, or you're not cut out for this yet.
Writing a blog seems to be easier to do than a screenplay. I wish it was the other way around. I'm only on page 41 of 120 and the story is just dross. I have no one I can trust to talk to about it and I think that kills the desire and passion for me. I can't find my audience because I can't gauge responses when I talk about it. I don't want to talk about it to people at work, because it's about them and where they work. I would rather they didn't know otherwise I'll end up spouting what I believe and why this job sucks and I am wasting life being there.
It is only because I am not a master of writing yarns as of yet. This 25 minute writing thing that I am doing seems to have an effect, but I am still not sticking with it everyday as I initially wanted to.
Another thing is I think this story is too close to my heart and I might need some distance to be able to create situations that I find more entertaining.
Finding ideas that you think are great and then struggling to make them as you intended leads a realisation of either you aren't cut out for this, or you're not cut out for this yet.
Writing a blog seems to be easier to do than a screenplay. I wish it was the other way around. I'm only on page 41 of 120 and the story is just dross. I have no one I can trust to talk to about it and I think that kills the desire and passion for me. I can't find my audience because I can't gauge responses when I talk about it. I don't want to talk about it to people at work, because it's about them and where they work. I would rather they didn't know otherwise I'll end up spouting what I believe and why this job sucks and I am wasting life being there.
Monday, 3 June 2013
Saturday, 18 May 2013
6 rules to success
I just wrote a blog post of the same title about how hard it is to write at the moment. It was just going to be that and a video. Then I wrote about four pages of something that can help me become a better writer.
I'm keeping it to myself because I'll put it into my work.
It's scary but I will be changing.
Go on YouTube and loo at Arnie's six rules to success.
Monday, 6 May 2013
Recracking
I started today by thinking the opening to my screenplay was rubbish. No one wants to see a family talking at a pub. Especially with horrid dialogue.
My approach to it at the moment is to write it with Annie Hall in mind. It is however, nothing like Annie Hall.
Then I sat down. Page 29. Waiting to write. Having no idea what to write.
If you cannot think of anything, just get on with the day. Clean, cook, exercise, watch films, read books, listen to podcasts and read blogs and get some sunshine.
Then it came to me. A flash forward of a moment that I didn't intend to write, then it won't be a boring repeated moment. It would instead get into a readers head that the script is going in a distinct direction.
When flash forwards are shown in films, eventually we get to it and it doesn't surprise me. So it is a technique that'll work.
Not too sure if I am ready to write this screenplay. I'll just force it through, one of my lecturers had a great rule for writing that is common, but still worth remembering. Don't get it right, get it done.
Cheers for that Morris. Just got to break on through to the other side.
Every time I feel that the writing is easy and fun. I go away positive and when I come back to the keyboard the next day. The angst returns. I have to keep recracking. As someone who hasn't written a lot of anything, constant stop and starts, not knowing what I'm doing is part of getting away from failure. By embracing failure, it makes things more interesting.
Life is an experiment. You have the beakers, the liquids and a bunson burner. You can do whatever you want. Mix the liquids. Use the bunson burner. Or just throw it on the floor.
My approach to it at the moment is to write it with Annie Hall in mind. It is however, nothing like Annie Hall.
Then I sat down. Page 29. Waiting to write. Having no idea what to write.
If you cannot think of anything, just get on with the day. Clean, cook, exercise, watch films, read books, listen to podcasts and read blogs and get some sunshine.
Then it came to me. A flash forward of a moment that I didn't intend to write, then it won't be a boring repeated moment. It would instead get into a readers head that the script is going in a distinct direction.
When flash forwards are shown in films, eventually we get to it and it doesn't surprise me. So it is a technique that'll work.
Not too sure if I am ready to write this screenplay. I'll just force it through, one of my lecturers had a great rule for writing that is common, but still worth remembering. Don't get it right, get it done.
Cheers for that Morris. Just got to break on through to the other side.
Every time I feel that the writing is easy and fun. I go away positive and when I come back to the keyboard the next day. The angst returns. I have to keep recracking. As someone who hasn't written a lot of anything, constant stop and starts, not knowing what I'm doing is part of getting away from failure. By embracing failure, it makes things more interesting.
Life is an experiment. You have the beakers, the liquids and a bunson burner. You can do whatever you want. Mix the liquids. Use the bunson burner. Or just throw it on the floor.
Sunday, 5 May 2013
Failure #1
This failure 1 and a very small one at that. Skipping rope. Something I taught myself to do in my late teens, because, well... Boxers do it. It took time till it became second nature to get the timing right. I've come back to it again and again, adding different things each time.
So I went back to skipping for a 7 minutes. Running would antagonise my recovering knee, so this was the alternative. I decided to try that trick where you swing the rope to one side of you and then bring it back to jump over it. That worked, tried the other side. Kept trying that to get it down.
Then I decided double jumps, took a lot of attempts and counting up to 10, prior to doing it. Mixed those moves into a routine.
Rested.
Why the fuck don't I try triple jumps. The success rate wasn't high at first. After my time for training was up. I just wanted to keep going. I can do this. Even my lungs couldn't stop me from trying over and over. It wasn't just determination that pushed me, it was seeing what was possible. If people can squats three times their bodyweight, I can do triple jumps.
I achieved my goal. It was impossible to stop, I can do more. So I kept doing triple jumps on their own. After however many times, I decided to see if I could do it and then keep going. I got that.
In all my life I didn't imagine I could do this. Is it a necessary skill, no. I think it adds nothing more to my life apart from the chemical high that comes from doing things like this.
Failure #1 - Triple skips
Jotted down 5 pages for my screenplay. I have learnt one thing from this. Never show anyone your first draft. I could possibly write another 4 today, depending on how the rest of the day goes. I can't wait to figure out my second draft, it will be fucking amazing.
What did I learned from skipping was to approach it not with numbers or time, but technique. This led me to focus on getting it right no matter how many times I failed. This is working out.
So I went back to skipping for a 7 minutes. Running would antagonise my recovering knee, so this was the alternative. I decided to try that trick where you swing the rope to one side of you and then bring it back to jump over it. That worked, tried the other side. Kept trying that to get it down.
Then I decided double jumps, took a lot of attempts and counting up to 10, prior to doing it. Mixed those moves into a routine.
Rested.
Why the fuck don't I try triple jumps. The success rate wasn't high at first. After my time for training was up. I just wanted to keep going. I can do this. Even my lungs couldn't stop me from trying over and over. It wasn't just determination that pushed me, it was seeing what was possible. If people can squats three times their bodyweight, I can do triple jumps.
I achieved my goal. It was impossible to stop, I can do more. So I kept doing triple jumps on their own. After however many times, I decided to see if I could do it and then keep going. I got that.
In all my life I didn't imagine I could do this. Is it a necessary skill, no. I think it adds nothing more to my life apart from the chemical high that comes from doing things like this.
Failure #1 - Triple skips
Jotted down 5 pages for my screenplay. I have learnt one thing from this. Never show anyone your first draft. I could possibly write another 4 today, depending on how the rest of the day goes. I can't wait to figure out my second draft, it will be fucking amazing.
What did I learned from skipping was to approach it not with numbers or time, but technique. This led me to focus on getting it right no matter how many times I failed. This is working out.
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