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I seem to always have a handful of stories rolling around in my head and even more written on paper. I love coming up with ideas and often write the initial seed for a story idea when I'm driving or doing something completely unrelated to writing. Over the years I have collected a lot of …
It is often said "a film is made 3 times", once when the screenplay written, once again when the film is shot and again when it's edited. With few exceptions every film changes during each of the three processes. Ideally the changes are evolutions that move the story toward a better place. Sure, there are …
Day 16 of Nanowrimo is in the books. We're over halfway through. I'm writing this update later in the day than I normally would but that's ok. At least I'm getting it in. Do you guys listen to music or anything else when you're writing? I used to listen to all kinds of music when …
Yesterday I talked about writing outside of the house. Changing the scenery. Scenery and location also plays an important role in stories as well. Every story has a general setting in terms of time and space. Within the setting of the story itself are the locations of each scene. Coming up with intriguing ways to …
For the past couple of weeks I have been writing at my desk in my home office. This has been good to help get me into a writing routine. Writing at the same time and same place every day. Every once in a while I like to get out of the house and write at …
Today's update will be very short. Yesterday was a pretty slow writing day. I was able to get a little bit of writing done on my phone which brings me to today's subject, using the smartphone for writing. I would not want to write a full screenplay or novel on a phone but there's no …
Day 12 of NaNoWriMo has come and gone. During the work week I have 2 times of the day to write, in the early morning and at night before bed. I first have to block this time out for writing and then I have to be ready to write when I do sit down in …
This will be a shorter update than usual but I want to try to keep these daily entries going. One thing that's been on my mind lately is the fact that a screenplay is meant to be made into a film. It is the roadmap for a story. This is not new discovery. We all …
Day 10 of Nanowrimo went well. It's always nice to have more time on the weekend to write. I can have a morning session take a break for a good part of the day and then come back to it later. Yesterday I talked about the challenge of the second act of a screenplay. Today …
Day 9 of NanoWrimo. I made some good progress but I'm hoping this weekend I'm able to tackle larger chunks of the script. It seems common for screenwriters to have struggles with the second act of a screenplay and I'm no exception. I buy into the idea of second acts often being split up. With …
