Sunday, October 7, 2012

Screenwriting

I know August was "pursue a passion" month but I didn't feel very motivated to do so then. Over the past few days I've had this strong urge to complete a screenplay (movie) I began writing in the summer of 2002 while I was living in Europe. When I started writing it, I did not have a laptop or cell phone or anything with me to type on but I hand wrote it all and when I got back to America I almost literally couldn't stop writing. I registered it with the WGA. I even enrolled it onto Triggerstreet (TS) which used to be a site that you could upload your screenplay to and get feedback on and if you were really lucky, you could win a contest to have it produced. I am not sure what that site does now. I haven't touched that screenplay since 2007. It doesn't have a real title now - only a working title. I can't find the one
It was super crappy when it first started but after all the comments I got from TS it drastically improved. I read tons of books on how to write screenplays and I read actual screenplays of movies I'd seen, most notably Good Will Hunting. Screenplay writing has many rules including what needs to be capitalized, how many spaces can be after this symbol "-", how many montages a screenplay should have, and how many spaces to indent for exteriors and dialogue. All of which I have since forgotten but can easily relearn. I feel alive when I am in the mood to write and am actually writing. I wish I knew what dictates when I am in the mood to write and when I'm not. Writer's block sucks and this last one has lasted 5 years! Wish me luck as I edit this beast! 


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