Here's the thing Bob (bob is my new name for the single solitary figure who reads these blogs. That would be you!) I've started writing again. Actually change that to I HAD started writing again and it was going well. I started another script, my strange take on a superhero film, and i made a dent on the zombie film. Well not so much a dent as a tiny bump! 25 pages to be exact. that was about a week ago since then nothing! The program's been open on my PC for all that time waiting for me to add to it. And i have kinda. Ive gone over it about 10 times making corrections on spelling and adding a line here and a comma there but not actually moving it on any. So when that happens I do this, I blog! It's not like there's any pressure to finish the script. we only have around 25 actors waiting to read the final script in just over 2 weeks time, locations all setup for filming in just over 3 weeks time and a possible venue to show the final product...that's not pressure is it? To be honest though it's how i work best. I NEED a deadline or else it just sits there. That's how i managed to get through the open uni course (still no word on that yet either btw). I was always one of those people who just finished in time for the cut off date. The thing with the script is i know how the plot goes, i know what happens in it I just need to get the dialogue down to get it there. I know who the actors are and i know the locations as well so all i got to do is sit down and write it, but i keep finding other things to do. I should be worried but I'm not. I know I'll finish it in time, i just hope the ink dries in time for the read through! cya later
Sent from my Blackberry wireless device....honest! Ok this one came from my PC but I swear Bob if you tell anyone I'll hunt you down and do something nasty! :P
Don't go dragging Bob into this - as I recall, he caused all sorts of trouble in the big bad Universe back in the day!
ReplyDeleteCreative blocks come in all shapes and sizes, at all parts of the process. Sorry to say. I've several of them at the moment, and every time I begin to make progress something comes crashing down to stop it. All the halts and delays are part of the process - sometimes your brain just needs a bit longer to chew something over before you can get it on the page. If writing just went from idea to paper without any hassle, well, there would be a lot more books in the world!
I like to keep Bob alive! :)
ReplyDeleteyour totally right. It's all part of the process. I suppose its being able to overcome those blocks, find a way around them, that makes it such an achievement when its finished. I'll have days where i just can't write, I'll switch to something else then suddenly it all just clicks and I'm off again.
Are you writing for work, pleasure or both?
Mainly writing for work with some doodling for pleasure on the side. That deadline is now some way behind me - and a nasty bout of ill health this week really didn't help that at all.
ReplyDeleteI've started several things including a bit of sci-fi and a couple of short stories that are more - well - surreal, I suppose. You never know, I might have something to share at some point (but not at this rate of writing, mind).