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.

Obligatory Eureka post

Yes!
My new method worked.
I've plotted out my screenplay.

Three more screenplays to go.
Oh, and a novel.

It's midnight -

I've just hit page 40 aka the end of the first act/descent into hell of the second act.

I'd keep at it but I've slept two hours in two days and my brain has turned to sludge so I'm signing off.

WIP: Control - a script (sex update)

On page 32 now and have officially written my first sex scene.

Since the catalyst (page 12) I've been a little late on my beats - perhaps by five or so pages - but I think my screenplay flow better this way.

Keeping the beats in mind does help remove unnecessary fluff though, which is good since I tend to be long-winded.

WIP: Control - a script (quick update)

I've just hit page 12.

According to Blake Snyder's Beat Sheet I should be hitting the catalyst right about now, the second part of which is coming up in the next page or two.


Whether or not I do, so far I'm really enjoying my scenes and coming up with the dialogue.

Long live Excel spreadsheets

I wish I'd discovered them sooner.
In addition to using them for my rewrites, I've planned what I think is a pretty damn good script treatment and am using them for another script and a short story.

To say I used to hate Excel.