Week One

Well, it's officially the last day of week one in the Frenzy. (That's what us savvy participants call the contest, the Frenzy. Or Screnzy if you want to get silly.) The Pages Per Day average should be 3.3, if you want to finish 100 pages in 30 days. So far, I've powered through 45 pages of scripted material. At this rate, my movie should be about...four and a half hours long. ;)

This process is amazing though! I've rarely been able to tell a story on paper from beginning to end. Or even come up with an ending! Or even wanted an ending! (I think I really like the idea of stories, but I love my characters so much that I don't want to end it.) And now I'm outlining plots like a pro!

It's actually thanks to the Young Writer's Program that this contest also hosts. They have some basic tools (meant for high schoolers....) that get you thinking about your story and how to tie it all in. I was afraid it'd be over outlined, thus making the writing process not as fun (because half of the excitement comes from letting my characters do the work), but it totally wasn't. It actually got me to rein in my ADD habits of story telling and forced me to organize them.

And being 45 pages in, I'm about halfway through my plot! Which means I'm right on target - story wise. If I finish this project early (ahem, like by the end of week two), I've got another one floating around in my head. So who knows, maybe I'll come up with two scripts by the end of this month!