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Comment on You will be disappointed by Brenda

Brenda — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:35:20 +0000

Very cool. I don’t know that I’m a perfectionist so much as I am in the throws of trying to figure out what I want to say.

How to say it is a terrific challenge (particularly when I get some phrasing down that I know resonates and then my laptop freezes and Word doesn’t recover everything I last wrote!), but as a lover of language, I am confident that if I write enough, I will discover the right words.

Where I struggle is in a lack of confidence about the relevance, validity, and originality of what I have to say. I have to keep reminding myself that my perspective on the world is not about being an expert about anything–it’s about the resonance of my journey. I’ve spent 90% of my career honing an inherited ability to communicate in writing–now is my time to serve my own thoughts with that skill.

And I, like you, am committed to getting some wheels on this wagon this year!

Comment on Feb. 2nd Daily Goals by Brenda

Brenda — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:19:36 +0000

Home you are feeling better. The last 4 nights I accomplished more than I thought possible:
- 1/30 – incl. the weekend, 12 pages
- 1/31 – 3 pages (oy, abysmal, but pages nonetheless!)
- 2/1 – 5 pages (on a roll again!)
- 2/2 – 4 pages (still rolling!), and revisited the outline, making some storyline tweaks that developed while I was writing.
I love the logjam that suddenly breaks if you just keep writing through it. It’s exhilarating.

As for goals, I’m going to sit down tonight and review the 48 pages I have and do a little more outline tweaking. Then the weekend is for hopefully another 12-15 pages.

Steve, can you point me toward any resources you’d recommend about writing a web series? I’ve had an idea for more than a year now but haven’t really plumbed the depths of scripting it. I assume it is like writing for television, which, although I’ve watched a LOT of TV, I haven’t really studied. No hurry on that, and certainly no pressure. I’ve only barely begun to map the story out from the standpoint of what my protagonist needs from this–just catching bits and pieces of ideas.

Comment on Jan. 28th – 29th Targets by Brenda

Brenda — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:03:23 +0000

Wrote 10 more pages over the weekend–which was really exciting. I broke through a barrier, which got me motoring along again. I also spent some worthwhile time outlining Baby Boom and Roxanne to bone up on identifying the key turning points in a script (I’m still a bit of hit and miss on being able to see them!)–enjoyed the exercise and learned some more!
Intending to finishing up 5 pages tonight.
Thanks, Steve, for the perspective and encouragement. You are absolutely right that the bull’s-eye is ON the target–and don’t worry, I’m not fretting my way into freezing my progress; I’m very satisfied with what I’ve accomplished.
It looks like you are making terrific progress and getting some meetings in among your writing goals. That’s very inspiring. So, ONWARD!

Comment on Jan. 26th Daily Goals by Brenda

Brenda — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:53:57 +0000

Wrote no pages — Went to The Table and didn’t have the gumption to work when I got home.

Just a little FYI: I mentioned my struggles with maintaining 5 pages a day during the week before/after work so was considering dropping my goal to 3 pages a day. Marc said that he thinks of it as a weekly total–he also felt it was best to maintain a goal of 25 per week but to work within the schedule I have for time to write. So if I target 5 pages a day (Mon-Fri), which I plan to continue targeting, I just need to be sure that I make up the balance over the weekend. That is much more workable for me–the guilt was starting to get to me!

- Plan to write 5 pages tomorrow.

Comment on Jan. 25th Daily Goals by Brenda

Brenda — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:44:51 +0000

Wrote 3 pages.

Goal of 5 pages.

Comment on Jan. 24th Daily Goals by Brenda

Brenda — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:58:29 +0000

Got a bit bogged down — wrote 2 pages last night and 4 this evening.

Plan to write 5 pages tomorrow.

Comment on Jan 23rd Daily Goals by Steve

Steve — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:24:15 +0000

Cool. I love it when things start to flow. I wasn’t as productive as I wanted to be over the weekend. My nose is definitely pressed to the grindstone this week.

Comment on Jan 23rd Daily Goals by Brenda

Brenda — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:09:16 +0000

Wrote 5 pages of script on Saturday (I forgot how easy it is to get swept back up into writing pages–very exciting!)

- Planning to write 5 more tonight.

Comment on Jan. 20th Daily Goals by Brenda

Brenda — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:14:26 +0000

Went to The Table last nght but still got some writing in yesterday morning and before calling it a night. Inched forward on my outline to a midpoint. Plan to finish the rough outline tonight and begin writing pages tomorrow.

Comment on Jan. 18th Daily Goals by Brenda

Brenda — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:03:59 +0000

- Completed VERY ROUGH draft outline of setup and story opening up to inciting incident.
- Plan to continue draft outline from inciting incident through end of “act.”