The challenge laid down by a friend: get back on the horse and write a “mainstream” script. I accepted and raised the stakes: not one script but two! So Psycho Ex and Dead Guy (working titles) are moving along. Deadline: December 31, 2007 2008.
Current Status (9/8/09):
Front burner = Psycho Ex. First draft complete! 114 pages. It was sent out to the first 5 readers over Labor Day weekend. All readers have provided comments; now I need to sit down with these and get a revision out to another round of readers.
Back burner = Dead Guy. 66 pages written (script + outline document). Into Act Two now. I have a very deep connection to this territory. There is definitely something here for me. This is the much more rewarding but more difficult script to write. May or may not fulfill original requirement of “mainstream.” May actually be a novel and not a screenplay.
July 18, 2007 at 11:30 am |
I love that the surprise element is experienced by authors as well as readers. Stephen King once wrote (I am paraphrasing) that his characters often act differently than how he assumed they would at the beginning of a project.
Once the creative process begins, even the author/creator doesn’t know what to fully expect.
September 12, 2007 at 1:02 pm |
What percentage of each script would you say has been done?
September 12, 2007 at 4:33 pm |
As of 9/12, Psycho Ex is probably 35-40% done. I won’t even venture a guess on Dead Guy, which will not be finished this year. Psycho Ex will be completed by the end of this year.
The full rundown on the “Projects” page (tab on top of every page) gives a better idea of my progress than a flat perecntage number, and it is updated regularly.