So I had a rough start to the day, not rough mood wise just
super fricken tired and decided to stay in bed... and in bed I stayed. I think
it was about 1PM or so when I finally dragged my ass out of bed. I wish I could
say I was sleeping that whole time, but no just kind of in and out of sleep. I
kind of just didn't want to face the day - not sure why.
Then I had a small brunch of a piece of toast and a coffee,
followed by a shower. When I put the dog out I noticed how nice it was outside,
and I looked at the dead leaves along the walkway at the side of the house for
the millionth time and figured "dude you have got to clean that up - screw
your back) - so I raked them up. Of course I must admit that they are still in
a pile in the back, as I couldn't do the bend pick up dance after I did the
raking. I will have to 'hopefully' get some help from my son to finish the
clean up. Anyway, the side walkway looks lovely...
Then I came in the house, and felt pretty good for accomplishing
something (albeit small). I decided to bring my laptop into the living room,
and type out the script I wrote yesterday. With that done, I kept thinking of
the other short film ideas I had. Then my son borrowed the computer, and I figured
that was that - but then I went old school again and grabbed a pad of paper and
my trusty pencil and went to town on another script. When it was done, I was
like this is so awesome 2 scripts in two days. I sat there for a bit. I kept
looking at the TV remote thinking I could watch a show, then back to the pad of
paper on top of which sat the sheet I wrote down the three script ideas I had.
Then all of a sudden I had the pad of paper and was working on the third
script. It was slow to start, but then it started to flow. Like I mentioned on
Facebook they could all be crap, but at least I actually did it. They are very
short, and after doing some web surfing and asking a friend, they may be too
short for the ten minutes I am hoping for, but that is what rewrites are for. I
can always add some more story if needed. A First Draft is just that a FIRST
DRAFT... Trying to create these short films is actually a great learning tool,
having such a small window to tell a whole story. I guess time will tell if
they are any good, once I get the guts up to let my Producer friend read them.
Mood... well most of the day it was pretty good, especially
with accomplishing so much, but then I started to doubt the stories, my writing
skills (or lack thereof), then basically crashed thinking that the scripts
really aren't done cause they are too short and perhaps will never become
anything. BOOM, night ruined. Moral to that story - why bother trying... No
really the moral is, don't let Dan over think everything...
Enough Dan genius for the night folks!
Talk to y'all tomorrow...
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