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Day at Teaism – Getting Motivated, Getting it Done
I’ve been having a lot of trouble with my writing. Finding time, getting motivated and just getting it done. Today, I decided to go back to an “old technique.” Find a favourite coffee shop, get comfortable and write. When I lived in Chevy Chase, I think I spent more than 10 hours a week at their Panera Bread Company. To be honest, I haven’t been as successful since then. So, while Renee worked, I got to writing at Teaism.
Penn Quarter Teaism
From DLThurston:
…a posse.
Look out world, the Cat Vacuumers are coming.
From N.R. Brown:
CVS 2.0
My results today: 3 pages.
Not great. But for me, pretty good. I think that perhaps the biggest lesson I need to learn is that any progress is good progress. And not get overwhelmed when I don’t get as far as I’d like each time. Any additional words count. Now I just need to replicate it every day. Hmm…just not sure my budget can afford daily coffee-shop visits.
Suggestions?
Scripts Done!
The script for the local director is done! Actually, two are done. He gave me a loose idea of the concept that he wanted to see. While recognizing that we’re working with a limited budget (and that is if he decides to go with my script) I wrote out a short 7-8 minute short that was exactly what he was looking for story-wise. And then, because I could, and because I had an idea of how to take the idea further, I ended up writing a second version of the script. The second version is definitely written in my “style” (i.e. it reads a bit like a madcap comedy). It is longer, running at about 20 minutes but I really think there is something to it.
Regardless, both versions were emailed to the director and now I just have to hurry up and wait. I hate waiting. I hate not knowing if the person reviewing my work likes it or not.
So right now I’m trapped between relief that I completed both scripts and the walking on hot coals jumpiness of waiting for a response. And of course hopefully, there’ll be re-writes (meaning he decides to go with me as writer).
In related news, I just realized that the Nicholl’s are coming up and I need to prep a feature length script to submit. *grins* Nothing like completing one project and leaping off into another.
William Gibson and Science Fiction
Received a very thought-provoking quote from a co-worker that I thought I would share.
From the Rolling Stone interview with William Gibson:
It has to do with the nature of the present. If one had gone to talk to a publisher in 1977 with a scenario for a science-fiction novel that was in effect the scenario for the year 2007, nobody would buy anything like it. It’s too complex, with too many huge sci-fi tropes: global warming; the lethal, sexually transmitted immune-system disease; the
Writing Holiday Wish List
Inspired by the writers of Romancing the Blog, I thought it would be nice to put together my writing holiday wish list (also available in podcast form at Unleaded – Fuel for Writers) – Also check there for other writing-related podcasts.
1. Plot in a Boxes – preferably more than one in a box, I need all the help I can get.
2. My very own grammar guru to make all grammar and punctuation errors magically disappear. Like anti-wrinkle cream. Only better.
3. The Secret to Life, the Universe and Everything and if I can’t have that I’d just like to know how to write the next great classic. Forget classic, I’ll settle for Hollywood blockbuster. Is that asking too much?
4. Romancing the Blog suggested a chocolate that acts as a complete low-calorie, high fibre, balanced nutritional supplement…Only I would want additional flavors – caramel, toffee, oh and peppermint for the holidays. French fries would be good too.
And of course #5 – World Peace.
What would you ask Santa for?