Ennui
Now waiting for the 'other writer' to deliver his
3rd draft. Allegedly going to meet with the producer, Jeff, regarding that
original movie I'm allegedly committed for. I'm also waiting to hear back from
my feature agents regarding the latest draft of my spec. I'd posted last week
that they both e-mailed me to say they would read over this past weekend. A
phone call to one of their offices revealed no sign that this actually happened.
They'll call me when they've read it. In the meantime, I'm in limbo -- waiting
as usual. Should probably be writing THE SILO, but have only sketched in basic
act structure. I'd prefer to wait on this until I get this typewriter I'm
ordering (of course, my ability to order it depends on the B-Movie people at UFO
paying me for services). Yes, I said 'typewriter'. I've gone Luddite...or at
least, I've gone luddite when it comes to first drafts. Some creative writing
theory I've found recently that claims a manual typewriter forces you to think
and focus before putting anything on the page. Having written a couple of my
early scripts on an electric typewriter, I can vouch for at least part of this
theory. If you decide to rewrite a passage of dialogue or description, at best
you have to retype the whole page. At worst -- the whole
script.
Watched X2 twice in the last
two days.
Marcello, I'm so
bored.
Posted: Tue - May 25, 2004 at 06:34 PM