I submitted my script yesterday. Today I woke with The Sads.
For nearly ten months it seems like every thought I’ve had has been filtered through the gold-pan of TINYBAND. If I fell over in the bathtub I’d consider if that could be of service to my story. If I looked down to see my poo [...] Read More…
It’s often hard to tell when staring at the wall is productive writing time and when it’s procrastination.
So if you’re like me and unsure if you’re using your limited time to its fullest then check-out the Centre for Clinical Interventions’ resources on overcoming the problem. They’ve made a handy module-based kit that looks at procrastination [...] Read More…
I just got a minor note that I should’ve seen coming.
In an early character description I’d written:
“Kirk - tall, rigid, controlled - assaults his blue imitation Fender Stratocaster, churning-out infectious BLUES ROCK.”
Can you pick the problem?
In my mind, the fact that it’s an “imitation” Fender is an important detail that helps us get an idea [...] Read More…
Here’s an easy way to tighten your script easily, quickly and without losing any of the good stuff.
Just go through your screenplay and look for paragraphs with what I’ll call “hangovers”. These are paragraphs with a few words dangling on the bottom line. If you restructure the sentence/paragraph you can usually shorten it enough [...] Read More…
