One lesson I learned this summer

is that screenplays take longer than I thought to write.

Far longer.

And without proper preparation that time increases.

I'd say 80% of my script is outlined by now. I feel I'm missing some logical connecting scenes and only one of my main characters gets all the fun stuff. Work and procrastination make it hard to beat it out on a regular basis but bit by bit I'm fleshing it out.

I hope my UCLA class helps me out with creating a fully fleshed out script by the time it's over.

In writing news...


Yesterday I received the three books assigned to me for my UCLA class.

Never has reading assignment been such fun.

I finished Blake Snyder's Save the Cat this morning - a book I'd heard about and had been planning on getting for a while, specifically for the BS2, which I've seen posted on a number of sites.

I got so much out of this book. I wish I didn't have to work today so I could immediately put it all to use on creating next summer's blockbuster :)

The next book on the list is Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud. I don't yet understand why this one was on the assignment list but given my own latent comic project, I'm excited about it.

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In other news...


I'm defending my thesis on pole dancing this Saturday.