The holiday limited my keyboard time, and now I’ve got two notebooks filled with plot sketches and dialogue for existing works-in-progress. Most of the new ideas are short stories I hope to write someday >_>
I completed all the planning I could on ‘We’re Not Brothers’, cracked open Final Draft, and began scripting. So far, it’s pretty clutch. Oddly enough, I never utilize the index cards, notes, and other perks in Final Draft. I use only the beat-board function and the screenplay template.
Celtx had been my go-to when I worked at WB, but once I retired, so did my access to the free software.
I saw a statistic online that said screenwriters work on a page a day – and I laughed. Not on free writes, we don’t. We type when the ideas are hot—then during the editing process, maybe a scene a day? Your mileage may vary.
I got up to page 60 (halfway mark for an average run-time feature) or the scene where the men have killed the Colonel and have wintered over in the bunker without the bastard for the first time.
On the music front, I rediscovered Eleven Pond, and the current earworms are Watching Trees, Black Keys, and Portugal. They’ve become the literal soundtrack to The Lion & the Owl—of which, I haven’t worked on in weeks.
In other news – the 15th Anniversary release of Gadarene (my first co-authored horror novel) is set for June. I’m excited by the edits, not so excited by the new cover. Will post links here when the new edition is released.
Guns, Guys, & Yaoi 2.0 