Deb Montague
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#screenwriting #solareclipse I've been struggling to write. I know why but fixing the "why" is tough right now.
I have 64 hand-written pages (I like to write the first draft by hand.) on a new script, but I can't progress.
02:05 PM - Mar 14, 2024
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Deb Montague
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I wrote part of the ending and it feels awful, as if I'm forcing all the words to cooperate and they'd rather be somewhere else. I know the adage, "Write, even if it's garbage, because you can't edit a blank page," but things aren't flowing.
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Deb Montague
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I feel as if I've lost the theme and what I was trying to say through the script.
I could type up what I've written in an attempt to work through whatever this block is.
I have two new ideas which sound interesting.
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Deb Montague
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I could write outlines of those; decide who the characters are, what the theme(s) are, etc.
I'm not sure what to do. For good news, the package of eclipse glasses arrived today.
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Linda Eisenstein
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In response to Deb Montague.
2. When I can't seem to write a scene I make myself skip ahead & 90% of the time it turns out I didn't need the scene.
02:14 PM - Mar 14, 2024
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Deb Montague
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In response to Linda Eisenstein.
That's why I went to the end. I wasn't completely sure how it ended but had a vague idea. Ugh. I wrote four pages and stopped.
02:15 PM - Mar 14, 2024
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Linda Eisenstein
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In response to Deb Montague.
1. As one who has struggled with blocks, I can say "been there". Sometimes a block forces you to look at something in the script that shouldn't be there. I understand about forced endings. What happens if you temporarily throw it away? My most produced play wouldn't go where I'd planned: good thing.
02:09 PM - Mar 14, 2024 (Edited)
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Deb Montague
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In response to Linda Eisenstein.
I make file folders for all my scripts where I put research, notes, hand-written pages. I thought about simply putting this one aside, for now, and moving on. I feel more than a little defeated.
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