23 pages and counting....only 77 to go!
This is getting good! OK, not the screen play, per se, but my story!
The difference between noveling and writing a movie is (I'm finding), the story has to be delivered largely through dialogue.
Instead of trying to weave the story into sentences and paragraphs of exposition, you have to sort of lay it out there. The action sections of the script are more like summary of what the viewer sees.
I'm not having to worry about wording everything and trying to craft language in a way that evokes the feel I want.
I'm just plopping it out there. And I'm having to make some quick decisions about plot- cutting here and adding there to make it more succinct. This is a very good thing for me.
I've been stressing so badly about the words I'm choosing, the sentence structure (or my lack of structure, that is), I've been short-changing my story itself.
So, this is good. I'm glad I'm playing around with this Script Frenzy thing!
(I'm not sure what the random web-cam shot of me has to do with anything, but I feel like blogs are more fun if there's pictures? Maybe I'm just a geek)
ReplyDeletelol..I dont' do much with pictures either, that's why I opted for a kind of artsy template..lol. I take lots of pics of my kids but never take anything relevant to the blog.
ReplyDeleteThe script thing sounds amazing! I thought it would be more challenging..dialogue is always my challenge so maybe it's not for me..but then..it's different right? Just he said, she said..next year I'll have to keep it in mind!
Breeze
PS..If I looked like you I'd post my pic every day!
Eh, I'm just a good poser. :) I look like a hippy mom who lives in the mountains in real life. :)
ReplyDeleteI like dialogue- I think a lot in what my characters say. It'd be a bigger challenge to write with no talking, for me.