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Creative Writing Update #1
I’ve been re-visiting a screenplay I started writing about two, maybe three years ago. It’s interesting how a story can develop from one re-write to the next. It started out as a psychic horror movie. Now it’s turned into a Hallmark made-for TV movie.
I”ve been working pretty consistently on it over the last few weeks. I wrote myself into a corner about a week ago, so I posted what I had so far to a casual writer’s group I’m a part of, hoping some feedback would give me more ideas. No feedback yet.
While I’m been waiting to hear from my colleagues I’ve been working on a short story. The screenplay was foremost in my mind when I started writing the short story, so I recycled some of the character and location names. I figure I’ll just think of new names after I’m done.
I’ve gotten into the habit of writing on the subway. Not much to do when you commute, few distractions, and it’s something you have to do. It’s the perfect time for writing.
When you write a story, you can’t stop. You have to keep the ball in the air. You have to play through. You can’t call an unlimited number of time-outs, otherwise you’ll loose momentum. The ideas you were working with will get pushed out the door by new ones that pop into your head. I can really feel it, after not having worked on my screenplay for about a week.
I still haven’t heard anything from my writers group, so I’ll have to forge ahead on my own. I want to have at least half of the first draft done by the end of the month. I already have some ideas about where the story can go. Hopefully things will be a bit darker this time around, and pull the story away from the pit that is the Hallmark made-for-TV movie. Oh, the horror!