Sorry about the complete lack of posting, but I don't have much spare time on the computer at the moment.
With the above in mind I've been a good writer and rather than blogging I've been screenwriting. So without further ado; I am pleased to announce that last night I managed to type "FADE OUT". Woohoo!
I've already been through it and written some of my own notes, so if I can show discipline I'll see if I can start the tweaks tonight.
It's a good feeling typing "FADE OUT" :)
I've canned my "Twist on the Super Hero genre" effort as I only really had two thirds of a first act, half of act two, and not much of act three.
I have decided that I am allowed only five screenwriting threads running around in my head at any one time, and have replaced it with my Rom-Com and another idea that has been built on a little story my grandfather once told me.
The story itself is a cheerful one and isn't worth a feature screenplay, in fact probably isn't enough for a short, but as a foundation for a feature it sets up the motivation for one of the main characters and will give me the type of character I've always wanted to build a screenplay around: "The passive protagonist". In a nutshell this is a World War 2, Merchant Navy story (I'll probably have to do a bit of research there).
I doubt any of my family read this but if they do the script will be called "Bacon and Eggs". With that title they should know the story I am talking about.
Five threads at once may be too much, but in reality at any one time two of those should only be at the outline stage.
I really feel like I'm making good progress for a change.
The re-write of Good Guys is past the 50% mark (just), and my new spec 'Only in Dreams', is at 10% after only a few days. It doesn't sound like much but I'm quite pleased considering I have a day job and a family :)
C
