Screenplay number two is going so much better than number one. This time the characters are completely my own so I can have them do whatever I want them to do - which is not always the case. They still surprise me completely by taking left turns when I want them to go right, sit when I want them to stand, etc. etc...

New characters have emerged who will be important to the story line. Complete histories have appeared on the page that I was completely unaware of. And risqué scenes have woven their way into my head and are itching to be written. I'm on page 72 and no where near the first-act-page-turner-main-event. I will be heavily editing this one also.

Speaking of editing, script number one has been put into script format and I find that it is now 157 pages so I have to trim 30 pages. The second draft has already trimmed 10 so I have another 20 pages of hard earned, well loved, important to the plot pages to cut, alter or otherwise trim to the bare minimum before I even consider sending it out.

But I'm having loads of fun with the second script and still have my eye on reaching my ScriptFrenzy goal of 100 pages in 30 days. I'm 27 pages shy at this printing but I have three days; the rest of tonight, tomorrow morning and all day Wednesday to reach 100 pages. So far my maximum page output has been twenty pages in one day. I'm sure I can repeat that if only I can get rid of this overwhelming headache I have at the moment. None of my usual remedies seem to want to work. Anyway, off to add pages...

 

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