Just yesterday, I signed up for two online writing classes, which will begin this September. The classes are "Your Screenwriting Career" and "Writeriffic" (basic writing course.) Hopefully these will help me sharpen my writing skills. We'll see how they go. I'm a little nervous, because I've never taken an online course before; but I think I'll survive.
Script Frenzy! 2007 is coming to a close. Everyone, in order to win, must finish and get their 20k (or more) validated by 11:59:59 (in their own timezone) tonight. Good luck, everybody!
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Thursday, June 28, 2007
The Show Must Go on!
Things for Script Frenzy! 2008 are looking bleak. The wonderful people at the Office of Letters and Light still need to raise around $100,000 to pay for costs this year. If you were a part of the Frenzy and want it to happen again next year, you need to donate! Think one person can't make a difference? Donate $10. Then 10 other people donate $10. That's $100. Then one hundred people donate $1,000. That's $10,000. Then 1,000 people donate $10. That's $10,000! And it all starts with one donation. If you don't donate, who will? Please go to the following link and make your donation today. As cheesy as it sounds, one person can really make a difference.
I made my donation (waiting for the ticket to prove it)...have you?
I made my donation (waiting for the ticket to prove it)...have you?
Sunday, June 24, 2007
On Your Mark, Get Set....
TYPE! (Okay, I first typed "typo", which would in itself be a typo. Hee-hee.)
The contest at Chamber of Secrets Forums has begun! I have received my ten quotes, which I must work into my story, and have begun to write. Over a page so far! And from this point on, I don't think I'm allowed to talk about it to any potential voters :)
I was going to do some JTR research, but I think I'm going to stick with the JFK assassination. I really sense a lot more evil with JTR; I just read a chapter about the supposed diary that he wrote, and I already have the creeps.
Well, on a lighter note...Let me try and find a lighter note....No luck. Oh well.
Keep writing always!
Lizzy
The contest at Chamber of Secrets Forums has begun! I have received my ten quotes, which I must work into my story, and have begun to write. Over a page so far! And from this point on, I don't think I'm allowed to talk about it to any potential voters :)
I was going to do some JTR research, but I think I'm going to stick with the JFK assassination. I really sense a lot more evil with JTR; I just read a chapter about the supposed diary that he wrote, and I already have the creeps.
Well, on a lighter note...Let me try and find a lighter note....No luck. Oh well.
Keep writing always!
Lizzy
Friday, June 22, 2007
CoS Writing Contest
...that's what's next on the docket :D I can't write my progress online, though, since it's an annonymous competition. (www.cosforums.com)
I'm doing some Kennedy research, see if I can come up with a new angle for a play. Great thing about presidents: The book/play/movie doesn't have to be authorized! They're "public domain".
Oh, and I got my Script Frenzy! T-shirt yesterday. Whoot-whoot! Already got one compliment :D And today I sent an excerpt of my script to a friend. Lisa is so supportive! She's been telling me for years now that one day she's going to see me on Jay Leno XD
Well, I guess that's all for now. Got to get back to my Cherry Coke and lemon poundcake :P
I'm doing some Kennedy research, see if I can come up with a new angle for a play. Great thing about presidents: The book/play/movie doesn't have to be authorized! They're "public domain".
Oh, and I got my Script Frenzy! T-shirt yesterday. Whoot-whoot! Already got one compliment :D And today I sent an excerpt of my script to a friend. Lisa is so supportive! She's been telling me for years now that one day she's going to see me on Jay Leno XD
Well, I guess that's all for now. Got to get back to my Cherry Coke and lemon poundcake :P
Thursday, June 21, 2007
The Inner Critic/Editor/Jerk
I want to write an article on Script Frenzy!, but my Inner Critic is telling me that there are thousands of other people who did Screnzy who could write the article twenty-times better than I could. That my little cousin could write it better than I. Ouch. I think depriving my IC of meat for a month has made it ravenous. Given, my younger cousin is a superb writer, but still....
Then I start thinking: My script is a piece of nonsense, that it won't go anywhere and who am I kidding? Yes, just a few seconds ago I said these words aloud: "I can't write! Who am I kidding?" Uh, hello? 20,036 words says that maybe I can. But my IC points out that it was utter drivel. Touche.
Who will win? Most likely the Critic. She usually does nowadays.
Then I start thinking: My script is a piece of nonsense, that it won't go anywhere and who am I kidding? Yes, just a few seconds ago I said these words aloud: "I can't write! Who am I kidding?" Uh, hello? 20,036 words says that maybe I can. But my IC points out that it was utter drivel. Touche.
Who will win? Most likely the Critic. She usually does nowadays.
Next on the list....
I have finished Script Frenzy! 2007! Yeah! Now, back to the "real world". Here's a look at my writing summer:
What's left of June minus this Saturday to the first of the next: CELEBRATE, BABY! Take a break and enjoy the sweet taste of Victory...until this Saturday.
Saturday-?: Work on my piece for the Quote!Fic Challange at CoS Forums (www.cosforums.com)
August: (Hopefully) [F]inish my first draft of my Pride and Prejudice playscript
September: Write a second draft of my screenplay
That may seem jam-packed, but it's really not. I won't be writing 24/7, and there isn't the pressure of deadlines...unless someone approaches me about P&P, wanting to direct it. THEN it's pressure-cooker time. I'd be writing my ifs, ands and buts off 'til the break of every dawn...maybe. I don't know if I'm that dedicated ;)
What's left of June minus this Saturday to the first of the next: CELEBRATE, BABY! Take a break and enjoy the sweet taste of Victory...until this Saturday.
Saturday-?: Work on my piece for the Quote!Fic Challange at CoS Forums (www.cosforums.com)
August: (Hopefully) [F]inish my first draft of my Pride and Prejudice playscript
September: Write a second draft of my screenplay
That may seem jam-packed, but it's really not. I won't be writing 24/7, and there isn't the pressure of deadlines...unless someone approaches me about P&P, wanting to direct it. THEN it's pressure-cooker time. I'd be writing my ifs, ands and buts off 'til the break of every dawn...maybe. I don't know if I'm that dedicated ;)
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
The light at the end of the tunnel...
Is growing closer. No, I am not dying...at least, I don't think so. I mean, we're all dying...but that's for a different post...on a different blog ;)
18,500 words! Dude, I am so close. I only have two scenes left to write. I am eight days ahead of schedule! Yipee! Hooray! Hoorah!
The characters--at least two of them--are doing weird stuff. It's kind of fun. They hate each other, now they're kissing. Huh. Well, anything can happen in a comedy, I guess :D
1,500 left! I want to win soooooo bad I can taste it.
18,500 words! Dude, I am so close. I only have two scenes left to write. I am eight days ahead of schedule! Yipee! Hooray! Hoorah!
The characters--at least two of them--are doing weird stuff. It's kind of fun. They hate each other, now they're kissing. Huh. Well, anything can happen in a comedy, I guess :D
1,500 left! I want to win soooooo bad I can taste it.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Just Type (5 AM)
5 AM and you e- me
And I'm still awake
Can you help me unravel my latest mistake
I can't write it, summer just isn't my season
Yeah we type through the night, a word count we've in mind
Like they have any write to critisize
Hypocrites, you're all still around 10 thousand
'Cause you can't write ahead,
We're all stuck on a outline
And this really stinks
Am I out of my right mind
No one can find the delete button, girl
So cradle your keys in your hands
And type,
Just type.
Whoa Type,
Just type.
May we reach 20k on the day before last
Just today you sat down with 20k to hack
Ain't been sober since maybe the beginning of this month
Here in town you can tell I've been gone for awhile
But, great Scot! it's so beautiful when they all smile
"Who are you?" "Remember, I'm your next-door neighbor?"
'Cause you can't write ahead
We're all stuck on an outline
And this really stinks
Am I out of my right mind
No one can find the delete button, boys
So cradle the keys in your hands
And Type,
Just type.
Whoa, type,
Just type.
There's a light at the end of this tunnel, you shout
But you're just as far in as you'll ever be out
These mistakes you've made, you'll just write it again
But don't you try turning around.
5 AM and I'm still awake, writing a script
If I get it all down on paper, I'll just flip
It's inside of me, threatening the life it belongs to
And i feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd
'Cause these words are my word count, screaming out loud
And I know that you'll use them, however you want to
'Cause you can't write ahead
We're all stuck on an outline
And this really sucks
Am I out of my right mind
No one can find the delete button now
Write until you can't understand
And type,
Just type.
Whoa, type ,
Just type.
Ooooh, type
Just type.
And I'm still awake
Can you help me unravel my latest mistake
I can't write it, summer just isn't my season
Yeah we type through the night, a word count we've in mind
Like they have any write to critisize
Hypocrites, you're all still around 10 thousand
'Cause you can't write ahead,
We're all stuck on a outline
And this really stinks
Am I out of my right mind
No one can find the delete button, girl
So cradle your keys in your hands
And type,
Just type.
Whoa Type,
Just type.
May we reach 20k on the day before last
Just today you sat down with 20k to hack
Ain't been sober since maybe the beginning of this month
Here in town you can tell I've been gone for awhile
But, great Scot! it's so beautiful when they all smile
"Who are you?" "Remember, I'm your next-door neighbor?"
'Cause you can't write ahead
We're all stuck on an outline
And this really stinks
Am I out of my right mind
No one can find the delete button, boys
So cradle the keys in your hands
And Type,
Just type.
Whoa, type,
Just type.
There's a light at the end of this tunnel, you shout
But you're just as far in as you'll ever be out
These mistakes you've made, you'll just write it again
But don't you try turning around.
5 AM and I'm still awake, writing a script
If I get it all down on paper, I'll just flip
It's inside of me, threatening the life it belongs to
And i feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd
'Cause these words are my word count, screaming out loud
And I know that you'll use them, however you want to
'Cause you can't write ahead
We're all stuck on an outline
And this really sucks
Am I out of my right mind
No one can find the delete button now
Write until you can't understand
And type,
Just type.
Whoa, type ,
Just type.
Ooooh, type
Just type.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Strawberry Seeds
Okay, I only have 14.5k and already my plot is winding down and getting ready to stop. Urgh! Oh well; there's always padding...though I really don't want to do that. I think I'll have to go back and expand scenes by some way or another. *sigh*
On a lighter note...I am FOUR days ahead, people. Yesterday I was five days ahead, but oh well.
Well, I'm off to write...or sleep. Don't know which yet.
On a lighter note...I am FOUR days ahead, people. Yesterday I was five days ahead, but oh well.
Well, I'm off to write...or sleep. Don't know which yet.
Friday, June 15, 2007
13k!
I have surpassed 13,000 words! Only a little under 7,000 to go...*insert large groan here* I sure hope I can write enough to finish it...there's always padding, but I really don't want to do that.
Everyone's still behaving. A few surprises (Jake shows up in jail for something involving Victoria's Secret), but nothing too exciting.
Might write some more tonight, not sure. I'm tired and want to sleeeeeeeeeeeeep! Oh, and I'm also crazy. I signed up for a writing competition and sent in an entry for a small one last night. Also, I am waiting to hear about a playscript I sent into a competition, but I probably won't be hearing from them until sometime in November. I am also writing for fun every night. Writers write always...even if it's just writing out checks for the utility bills.
Well, that's all I could think of. Just thought I'd give you an update. G'night.
Everyone's still behaving. A few surprises (Jake shows up in jail for something involving Victoria's Secret), but nothing too exciting.
Might write some more tonight, not sure. I'm tired and want to sleeeeeeeeeeeeep! Oh, and I'm also crazy. I signed up for a writing competition and sent in an entry for a small one last night. Also, I am waiting to hear about a playscript I sent into a competition, but I probably won't be hearing from them until sometime in November. I am also writing for fun every night. Writers write always...even if it's just writing out checks for the utility bills.
Well, that's all I could think of. Just thought I'd give you an update. G'night.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
I Forgot Why I was Going to Post
Hmm. I was going to say something, but I totally forgot. Weird. Well, not so much so. My brains have been stretched this way and that this month. Ack!
Well, to celebrate my 10k mark, I had a champagne Tuesday. J/J; champagne is nasty. I opened the bottle of sparkling cider I was saving for when I finished Frenzy! entirely. But, since someone in my family was having a really rotten day, I thought it would be fun to crack it open and drink it out of our fun glasses. I'll get another bottle when I go to World Market next week. They're not expensive at all. A little over 3 dollars a bottle...and it is sooooo worth it. Yum!
Now I have to study Stanislavski for the next director I am introducing: The Method Director. He is going to be so Method, it is sickening. I do not like the Method. Too much brain work.
Well, I'm off. Just checking in. I'm pooped. Must go to bed. Good night.
Are you always popping out at parties? Are you unpoopular?
(sorry; I Love Lucy moment)
Well, to celebrate my 10k mark, I had a champagne Tuesday. J/J; champagne is nasty. I opened the bottle of sparkling cider I was saving for when I finished Frenzy! entirely. But, since someone in my family was having a really rotten day, I thought it would be fun to crack it open and drink it out of our fun glasses. I'll get another bottle when I go to World Market next week. They're not expensive at all. A little over 3 dollars a bottle...and it is sooooo worth it. Yum!
Now I have to study Stanislavski for the next director I am introducing: The Method Director. He is going to be so Method, it is sickening. I do not like the Method. Too much brain work.
Well, I'm off. Just checking in. I'm pooped. Must go to bed. Good night.
Are you always popping out at parties? Are you unpoopular?
(sorry; I Love Lucy moment)
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
3 Days Ahead!
I am more than three days ahead of schedule...and still coming off that crazy sugar-high from last night and this morning (er, afternoon.) If I reach 10,682 before midnight, I will be FOUR days ahead of schedule! Right now I'm at around 10,300.
I was climaxing waaaaaayyyy too early, so I'm adding some stuff between the climax and the beginning of the rising tension. I hope that'll at least get me to 20k! Eeek!
18 more days! Go team, go!
P.S. I heart Celtx!
I was climaxing waaaaaayyyy too early, so I'm adding some stuff between the climax and the beginning of the rising tension. I hope that'll at least get me to 20k! Eeek!
18 more days! Go team, go!
P.S. I heart Celtx!
Oh Yeah!
Around 12:00 a.m. on the 12th of June, I hit 10,000 words, baby!
Half-way there, dude. Squeeeeee!
Half-way there, dude. Squeeeeee!
Monday, June 11, 2007
The 12 Days of Frenzying!
On the first day of Frenzy! my true friends said to me:
You must be really crazy.
On the second day of Frenzy! my true friends said to me:
Get off the computer!
and
You must be really crazy.
On the third day of Frenzy! my true friends said to me:
We're out of ink!
Get off the computer
and
You must be really crazy
On the fourth day of Frenzy! my true friends said to me:
Dude, take a shower!
We're out of ink
Get off the computer
and
You must be really crazy
On the fifth day of Frenzy! my true friends said to me:
Who drank all the coffee?!
Dude take a shower
We're out of ink
Get off the computer
and
You must be really crazy
On the sixth day of Frenzy! my true friends said to me:
Good, you aren't dead
Who drank all the coffee?!
Dude take a shower
We're out of ink
Get off the computer
and
You must be really crazy
On the seventh day of Frenzy! my true friends said to me:
No, you can't quote me!
Good, you aren't dead
Who drank all the coffee?!
Dude take a shower
We're out of ink
Get off the computer
and
You must be really crazy
On the eighth day of Frenzy! my true friends said to me:
Your clothes are inside out
No, you can't quote me
Good, you aren't dead
Who drank all the coffee?!
Dude take a shower
We're out of ink
Get off the computer
and
You must be really crazy
On the tenth day of Frenzy! my true friends said to me:
You really should eat something
Your clothes are inside out
No, you can't quote me
Good, you aren't dead
Who drank all the coffee?!
Dude, take a shower
We're out of ink
Get off the computer
and
You must be really crazy
On the eleventh day of Frenzy! my true friends said to me:
20k already?
You really should eat something
Your clothes are inside out
No, you can't quote me
Good, you aren't dead
Who drank all the coffee?!
Dude, take a shower
We're out of ink
Get off the computer
and
You must be really crazy
On the eleventh day of Frenzy! my true friends said to me:
This is an intervention....
20k already?
You really should eat something
Your clothes are inside out
No, you can't quote me
Good, you're not dead
Who drank all the coffee?!!?!
Dude, take a shower
We're out of ink
Get off the computer
and
You must be really crazy.
You must be really crazy.
On the second day of Frenzy! my true friends said to me:
Get off the computer!
and
You must be really crazy.
On the third day of Frenzy! my true friends said to me:
We're out of ink!
Get off the computer
and
You must be really crazy
On the fourth day of Frenzy! my true friends said to me:
Dude, take a shower!
We're out of ink
Get off the computer
and
You must be really crazy
On the fifth day of Frenzy! my true friends said to me:
Who drank all the coffee?!
Dude take a shower
We're out of ink
Get off the computer
and
You must be really crazy
On the sixth day of Frenzy! my true friends said to me:
Good, you aren't dead
Who drank all the coffee?!
Dude take a shower
We're out of ink
Get off the computer
and
You must be really crazy
On the seventh day of Frenzy! my true friends said to me:
No, you can't quote me!
Good, you aren't dead
Who drank all the coffee?!
Dude take a shower
We're out of ink
Get off the computer
and
You must be really crazy
On the eighth day of Frenzy! my true friends said to me:
Your clothes are inside out
No, you can't quote me
Good, you aren't dead
Who drank all the coffee?!
Dude take a shower
We're out of ink
Get off the computer
and
You must be really crazy
On the tenth day of Frenzy! my true friends said to me:
You really should eat something
Your clothes are inside out
No, you can't quote me
Good, you aren't dead
Who drank all the coffee?!
Dude, take a shower
We're out of ink
Get off the computer
and
You must be really crazy
On the eleventh day of Frenzy! my true friends said to me:
20k already?
You really should eat something
Your clothes are inside out
No, you can't quote me
Good, you aren't dead
Who drank all the coffee?!
Dude, take a shower
We're out of ink
Get off the computer
and
You must be really crazy
On the eleventh day of Frenzy! my true friends said to me:
This is an intervention....
20k already?
You really should eat something
Your clothes are inside out
No, you can't quote me
Good, you're not dead
Who drank all the coffee?!!?!
Dude, take a shower
We're out of ink
Get off the computer
and
You must be really crazy.
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Weird!
Okay, my last post is totally not showing. Anyhoo....
I have 8,455 words and around fifty pages! Meesa so excited! Yehaw! I got really discouraged the other day and almost put the script aside. I'm so glad I didn't! I just got rid of my second director. Bwa-ha-ha-ha! Well, one of my characters did. Actually, I should give all them a little credit, but most of it goes to Jake. Thank you, Jake, for putting on that drop cloth. Poor Terrie is in quite a state XD
That's it for my update. Old CJ Ware is staring down at me right now, asking me why I'm not writing my script. Good ol' CJ. Always good to give you that parental "Shut up!" stare. *sigh*
I have 8,455 words and around fifty pages! Meesa so excited! Yehaw! I got really discouraged the other day and almost put the script aside. I'm so glad I didn't! I just got rid of my second director. Bwa-ha-ha-ha! Well, one of my characters did. Actually, I should give all them a little credit, but most of it goes to Jake. Thank you, Jake, for putting on that drop cloth. Poor Terrie is in quite a state XD
That's it for my update. Old CJ Ware is staring down at me right now, asking me why I'm not writing my script. Good ol' CJ. Always good to give you that parental "Shut up!" stare. *sigh*
4ish am...*yawn*
Well, I have 6,717 words. This only means that I have today's word count. I am no longer "one day ahead". But I'm writing, and that's what's important.
Right now, I have a very superstitious director, a cast of actors/actresses who couldn't care less about anything, and a president of the board who is on his way to a Rage-a-holics meeting. Hee-hee. Everyone's pretty much acting as they should, which is making me think: Is my writing too controlled? Hmm. Might be. But for write now (pun intended) I'll just keep writing.
Dares taken: Over 12
Dares applied: 2
Sleepless nights: 0
Pages written: 40
Tantrums thrown: 1/2
Right now, I have a very superstitious director, a cast of actors/actresses who couldn't care less about anything, and a president of the board who is on his way to a Rage-a-holics meeting. Hee-hee. Everyone's pretty much acting as they should, which is making me think: Is my writing too controlled? Hmm. Might be. But for write now (pun intended) I'll just keep writing.
Dares taken: Over 12
Dares applied: 2
Sleepless nights: 0
Pages written: 40
Tantrums thrown: 1/2
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Frenzy Update
Well, I am 1, 2, 3--7 days into the Frenzy! I am off to a great start. I am ahead of my word count schedule, which is a whopping 5,874! I am hoping to surpass 6k tomorrow.
Right now I have roughly 35 pages, which translates into around 35 minutes of screen time. At this rate I could very well end up with over 100 pages!
I will try to keep you updated, but no promises. I wast two days ahead of schedule yesterday, and since I've slacked off I am now only one day ahead of schedule.
Check out an excerpt from my script on my profile (Bethywoo) at: www.scriptfrenzy.org!
Right now I have roughly 35 pages, which translates into around 35 minutes of screen time. At this rate I could very well end up with over 100 pages!
I will try to keep you updated, but no promises. I wast two days ahead of schedule yesterday, and since I've slacked off I am now only one day ahead of schedule.
Check out an excerpt from my script on my profile (Bethywoo) at: www.scriptfrenzy.org!
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