Comments on: Write a Screenplay in One Month: Week Three (Prizes Announced)

By: Write a Screenplay in One Month: Week One :

Write a Screenplay in One Month: Week One : — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:43:43 +0000

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By: Write a Screenplay in One Month: Week Two :

Write a Screenplay in One Month: Week Two : — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:43:13 +0000

[...] Week Zero, Week One, Week Two, Week Three, Week FourTRIVIA: Did you know that script pages are terrible for fire kindling? They stink and [...]

By: Write a Screenplay in One Month: Week Zero :

Write a Screenplay in One Month: Week Zero : — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:47:13 +0000

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By: Write a Screenplay in One Month: Week Four :

Write a Screenplay in One Month: Week Four : — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:46:38 +0000

[...] and wrote a script in one month — congratulations Muzz! To make it official and win your prize Muzz, please register your script with WGA or Copyright before sending it to me by August 31st, [...]

By: Jaden

Jaden — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:30:12 +0000

Karen and the rest of you crazy kids –
Thanks so much for the kind words, extra advice, and support; it means so much to me. Helping just one single person means I have done at least one good thing on this planet, which is my aim.

By: Karen Swim

Karen Swim — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:54:59 +0000

Jaden, I wanted to pop in and say that although I did not participate what you are doing is phenomenal. Inspiring, motivating and coaching writers to finish a screenplay. Sometimes all we need is someone to believe and push us gently to get it done. What an awesome gift to give in addition to sharing your own wonderful talent.

By: R.J. Keller

R.J. Keller — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:52:47 +0000

When I get the ‘edit bug’ I change my font to white so I can’t see what I’ve written. Those stupid MS Word red squiggles do drive me nuts, though.

Prizes. Dang! I shoulda done this instead of my novel. ;-)

By: Ellen Wilson

Ellen Wilson — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:47:47 +0000

Jaden,

Just read the revised note. That sounds like quite a prize! And well worth all of the effort. It sounds even better than the brownie I’m contemplating eating.

@Muzz – I guess we have to work as fast as we can to honor the story. And our sanity.

@t.sterling – Good luck with your script and your contact. That sounds very exciting.

By: t.sterling

t.sterling — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:19:07 +0000

Muzz– I’m going to take a guess and say that there is a lot of harmonizing, humming, moans, oooooh’s, aaaah’s and other vocals that aren’t words but are stressed for a few seconds every minute. I’m glad I’m not writing a James Brown script. My spell check woud crash.

Anyway, I think songs tend to repeat themselves, ya know with the chorus and refrains and such. Then there’s the “holding the note” which makes me want to type ooooooh!, but once hearing the song, it’s clear what I mean when I just type oh…! …unless there’s a trick to writing that in scripts I’m unaware of. If so, please tell me.

By: Muzz

Muzz — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:23:01 +0000

Hi Ellen,
I sent that link along more as a novelty item than anything — “what will they think of next?” type of thing! Wondering if the day will come that computers actually write the novels, screenplays, etc. How 1984 would that be? :-)

My late father always said “a page a day” — but somehow I could never get that together. It was either a bunch of pages, followed by extensive revision, or no pages. Ah, wasted youth…that was me, then! Actually not so different this time, just more pages at once — record was 12 in one day.

But I have to say that for some things, the novel I’m working on in particular, I have to go slowly because it is just that difficult to address the subject, characters, etc. (Maybe they speak more slowly. They are more cautious about sharing? Hmmm…)

Congratulations to t.sterling — was thinking of you yesterday actually, remembering that singing would take longer than talking. Why is that? ;-?