script

I suspected this would happen

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Baklava has nothing to do with this post, but I could really go for some right about now

My creativeness did it again.

Looking over those notes* I got the other day has triggered the inevitable: more ideas for more scenes, or at least trying a new approach in some of them.

I originally thought the necessary rewrites would be quick and painless.

Ha. Silly boy.

The more I think about how to implement the suggestions from those notes, the more I devise potential alternate ways of telling the story while still keeping everything intact.

As always, it’s all about making the story stronger.

Going through this process also reminds me I don’t have to be hesitant to change things around. Chances are I could come up with something even better. Never know if I don’t try, right?

Most importantly, I want to avoid that burned-out feeling I was getting as I neared the end of the edits and polishes the last time around. If this ever starts to feel like work, then it’s time for a short break.

Which, knowing me, would probably trigger more ideas.

*Can’t believe I forgot to mention where I got the notes – right here. Definitely worth your while.

What, no majestic fanfare?

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The journey is just getting started

Countless rewrites and editing sessions later, I’m fairly certain my script is done.  You’d think the big celebration would begin, but far from it. One hard part is over, and the next, even harder part is underway.

I’ll do one more round of feedback from a handful of trusted colleagues, and maybe even one or two professional critiques.  I have a few in mind I’d like to try – any recommendations? While that’s going on, the great assembling of a query letter will commence.

As eager as I am to get the script into interested hands, it’s vital I really take my time with this. Simply put, this query letter must absolutely knock the socks off anybody who reads it.  My hope is that the query makes the script practically irresistible; that not reading it would really make you feel like you’re missing out on something of significance.

I’m not saying my script is the be-all, end-all, but I feel pretty positive about it. The task at hand now is to convey that  confidence in the body of the query.

Wish me luck.