#Scriptchat Topic:
EURO: Open Topic
USA: Obstacles/strategies for getting the first draft on the
page.
EURO moderator:
Taro Russell @TaroJ
USA moderator:
Jeanne Veillette Bowerman @jeannevb
EURO CHAT:
@TaroJ: RT @teenierussell: It's #scriptchat O'Clock! Open
Topic tonight, stop by and say hi
August 19, 2012, 7:01 pm
@TaroJ: #scriptchat hi everyone that's not out in the sun
August 19, 2012, 7:02 pm
@antonsays: #scriptchat mmmm... This topic bar is lovely.
How's everyone else doing with theirs?
August 19, 2012, 7:03 pm
@ClaireYeowart: Hi everyone #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:03 pm
@SiFoulaReel: Hello all - just got time for a quick check
in. What's everyone up to? #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:04 pm
@TaroJ: @antonsays is there no sport to be attending
tonight? ;-) #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:04 pm
@ClaireYeowart: Reminder - Little Brother's Big Opportunity
closing date is soon Aug 31st http://t.co/YXliV1QG #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:06 pm
@teenierussell: Hi there everyone #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:06 pm
@teenierussell: @antonsays erhm, cookie here #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:07 pm
@ScriptCoach: A quick #scriptchat hi before I head back to
making sense of an outline I've been working on off and on for too long. One of
these days...
August 19, 2012, 7:07 pm
@spayne128: RT @ClaireYeowart: Reminder - Little Brother's
Big Opportunity closing date is soon Aug 31st http://t.co/YXliV1QG #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:08 pm
@teenierussell: @ClaireYeowart Thank you for the reminder,
sadly I have nothing professionally produced #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:08 pm
@antonsays: @TaroJ watching it on tv instead #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:08 pm
@teenierussell: RT @ClaireYeowart: Reminder - Little
Brothers Big Opportunity closing date is soon Aug 31st http://t.co/tSdRVLS2
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:08 pm
@ScriptCoach: And by too long, I mean months! #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:08 pm
@ijoda07: Alright, let's #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:08 pm
@teenierussell: @ScriptCoach Hi Guido! I have too many on
off for months projects, I need focus #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:09 pm
@teenierussell: @ScriptCoach what is your project? TV,
feature, other? #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:10 pm
@SiFoulaReel: @teenierussell @ScriptCoach Yes, I go in
bursts of writing too. Could do with one about now. Hope you get yours going.
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:11 pm
@kristenhallam: Hello, #scriptchat. Any advice on how to get
up the courage to revise a screenplay that's been gathering dust for months?
August 19, 2012, 7:11 pm
@HateTheHate: #scriptchat Has anyone sent anything via
Twitter or other networking sites to any directors etc? :)
August 19, 2012, 7:12 pm
@ScriptCoach: @teenierussell Oh, I know. Too many ideas, too
little strategy in working them. Need a strategy session! Might be a good
#scriptchat topic.
August 19, 2012, 7:12 pm
@teenierussell: @ijoda07 Hi Jo, how is your #50kisses script
coming along, are you getting ready to produce it? #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:12 pm
@greensville: I've got a few projects planned but motivation
is a bit cack at the moment. #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:13 pm
@robinbellwriter: #scriptchat I'm defying all the write
every day advice to have break 2features, 3half hours loads of shorts and 2 60
minutes wrote this year
August 19, 2012, 7:13 pm
@ClaireYeowart: @teenierussell you're welcome, shame you
can't apply seems like a good opp #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:13 pm
@ScriptCoach: @teenierussell 60 min audio drama pitch.
Reworking one that got turned down with a 'maybe next time'. #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:14 pm
@ClaireYeowart: @HateTheHate general advice is don't do it!
Build up rapport first, answer questions, and then after many months email them
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:15 pm
@teenierussell: @greensville @antonsays Emphasis on the
chilled, I might need a glass of ice #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:15 pm
@SiFoulaReel: @robinbellwriter And all the TS work too!
You're a machine! #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:15 pm
@ijoda07: @teenierussell I'm actually going to direct it, i
think. So I'm looking for a producer if you know anyone. #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:16 pm
@momentsoffilm: Hello #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:16 pm
@ijoda07: @teenierussell P.S Just finished the second draft
today! #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:16 pm
@teenierussell: @kristenhallam Hi Kristen, it helps me if I
print it out for starters and then make yourself comfortable somewhere away
from pc #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:17 pm
@greensville: I think I might get motivated with a bit of
sketch writing then try longer projects. Might work! #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:18 pm
@teenierussell: RT @HateTheHate: #scriptchat Has anyone sent
anything via Twitter or other networking sites to any directors etc? :)
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:18 pm
@phillbarron: @HateTheHate I have. Realised I'd met a
director in a lift and not spoken to him, so tweeted him and he asked to read
something. #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:18 pm
@MattHowling: The Worst Line in Scriptwriting History.
http://t.co/zutgFoYW #scriptchat #film #screenwriting
August 19, 2012, 7:19 pm
@teenierussell: @HateTheHate I haven't but there are groups
like the Talent Circle or Shooting People where you can try to generate
interest #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:20 pm
@SiFoulaReel: @ijoda07 Good luck with directing, that's
brilliant. I wish I had a producer (or anyone else at all) for my in-progress
film. #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:20 pm
@teenierussell: @ScriptCoach yes! noted. I think we've had
one in the past, but good to have them from time to time. #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:21 pm
@teenierussell: @greensville what kind of projects do you
have in the pipeline? #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:21 pm
@SiFoulaReel: @phillbarron I'm thinking how to approach a
producer I met when I was 15 in 1995. (Long story) Would be easier if he was on
here #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:22 pm
@teenierussell: @robinbellwriter wow, fantastic! That's a
great output #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:22 pm
@teenierussell: @ScriptCoach cool, is that for UK market or
Dutch? #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:23 pm
@conflictscripts: RT @MattHowling: The Worst Line in
Scriptwriting History. http://t.co/zutgFoYW #scriptchat #film #screenwriting
August 19, 2012, 7:24 pm
@robinbellwriter: @teenierussell never sure how much is
enough so really pushed myself this year, think its been too much. #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:24 pm
@phillbarron: @SiFoulaReel Did you anything memorable? Like
kill a pet? Or a relative? #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:24 pm
@teenierussell: Opportunity! RT @ijoda07 @teenierussell I'm
actually going to direct it. So I'm looking for a producer if you know anyone.
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:24 pm
@teenierussell: @momentsoffilm Hi there Leilani! How have
you been? #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:25 pm
@SiFoulaReel: @phillbarron No, but he called about a script
I sent him (I was at work, missed the call, then he went on a location shoot)
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:26 pm
@kristenhallam: My DH just found Raiders of the Lost Ark on
BBC3. Going to watch it for inspiration! #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:27 pm
@ijoda07: @teenierussell @hatethehate I've scored some
production jobs through twitter #scriptchat - good to build any networks in
this industry
August 19, 2012, 7:27 pm
@teenierussell: @phillbarron How did that work out? Did you
ask the director to read it on first tweet or did you network first?
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:27 pm
@SiFoulaReel: @phillbarron Me being 16, it being mid 90s
& not now, nothing more ever happened. But he's working on moderately big
UK films... #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:27 pm
@greensville: I keep forgetting to put #scriptchat at the
end of my tweets! They were bloody good ones as well!
August 19, 2012, 7:28 pm
@SiFoulaReel: @phillbarron ...so I feel if the right letter
or email could jog his memory, it might be a chance worth taking! #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:28 pm
@ScriptCoach: @teenierussell UK. For Dutch market I only
script edit atm (perm contract w/prodco) For UK market open for both
writing/editing. #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:28 pm
@ijoda07: @SiFoulaReel Do it. #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:28 pm
@GoProjectPurple: RT @samhsagov: #VoiceAwards reminds any
#film or #TV #screenwriter to depict #behavioralhealth & recovery
accurately http://t.co/DGjtLuuT #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:28 pm
@teenierussell: @SiFoulaReel are you writer/director/producer
on your in-progress film? #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:28 pm
@ijoda07: @SiFoulaReel Thanks. Was thinking about producing
it, but I want to stretch my wings a bit. #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:29 pm
@teenierussell: @greensville haha, you can also log-in to
http://t.co/St1HKYi0 and it will add the hashtag for you so no need to remember
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:29 pm
@SiFoulaReel: @teenierussell I'm the everything on it. I am
the crew and creator. Just me & the cast. Sadly I'm shite at organising!
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:29 pm
@TaroJ: @SiFoulaReel I've always found if someone contacts
you & asks for advice it's a lot harder to say no than if they want a
favour #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:29 pm
@momentsoffilm: @teenierussell A bit behind on my writing.
Had given myself a 23 Sep deadline for a new feature but I haven't started it
yet. #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:29 pm
@phillbarron: @SiFoulaReel Have you got contact details? If
so, you could try pretending no time has passed and you're just returning his
call #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:30 pm
@phillbarron: @teenierussell Well, the lift was on the way
down from the after-première party for my latest film, so I had a slight in
already #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:31 pm
@MacBullitt: @SiFoulaReel @phillbarron Maybe an email or a
letter if it'll jog their memory? #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:31 pm
@robinbellwriter: #scriptchat next project is a ts feature.
Already taken on many incarnations with lots of new ideas bubbling away. Gotta
get busy on it
August 19, 2012, 7:31 pm
@SiFoulaReel: @phillbarron I have contact details from
before when London went 020. :| I'm going to try a polite letter through his
agency. #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:31 pm
@teenierussell: @greensville I've been rewriting a sitcom
for the last 1/2yr it seems, so keen to get that finished, then next rewrite a
feature #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:32 pm
@phillbarron: @teenierussell I just said hello and that I
regretted not speaking to him, he asked if I had any scripts for him to read.
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:32 pm
@SiFoulaReel: @MacBullitt Exactly. Remember the 16 year old
kid who sent you the 183 page slightly reformatted script? I'M BAAAAACCKKK.
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:32 pm
@teenierussell: @kristenhallam enjoy :-) #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:33 pm
@greensville: @teenierussell Right, let's give this a try. I
had a sitcom idea that I'm really going to work through. #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:33 pm
@teenierussell: RT @ijoda07: I've scored some production
jobs through twitter #scriptchat - good to build any networks in this industry
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:34 pm
@tryingtrue: Screenwriters! Professional script
consultation. #scriptchat get discount. Please get in touch to discuss.
#screenwriting
August 19, 2012, 7:34 pm
@SiFoulaReel: @TaroJ Exactly. Just going to say hey, if you
were interested in my mad teen scripts, I'm way better now, any help you can
give? #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:34 pm
@phillbarron: @SiFoulaReel Start with a polite compliment
about his last film - agents sometimes pass those along to their clients.
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:34 pm
@SiFoulaReel: @MacBullitt That should have read
*misformatted* screenplay. I didn't know you don't number scenes in a non-prod
draft. #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:35 pm
@teenierussell: @SiFoulaReel I love organising, I hope to
produce something in the future I just need to stop using the kids as an excuse
not to #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:36 pm
@SiFoulaReel: @phillbarron That would be tough. Maybe the
film *before* the last film, that one was really good. But seriously, thanks...
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:36 pm
@SiFoulaReel: @phillbarron ...for the advice. I'm going to
wait a while figuring the most polite, best way to phrase it. #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:37 pm
@teenierussell: @momentsoffilm It's still do-able :-) Have
you outlined it? #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:38 pm
@greensville: @teenierussell my latest whacky idea is to
plan, plan, plan and then leave the writing until the very last stage.
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:38 pm
@teenierussell: @robinbellwriter good luck #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:38 pm
@greensville: @teenierussell Not done that for a sitcom idea
before, so will see if I get any good results from that. #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:39 pm
@loobyloo3465: RT @teenierussell: If you haven't already,
check out the guest post by @tryingtrue for #scriptchat: Breaking into
Hollywood (from the UK) http://t.co/WJOKe9Vg
August 19, 2012, 7:39 pm
@teenierussell: @phillbarron ah cool, so you weren't a
stranger stalking him, hehe. Sounds great! #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:40 pm
@greensville: @poodlems Check out #scriptchat. Lots of
writers chatting.
August 19, 2012, 7:40 pm
@MacBullitt: @SiFoulaReel LOL! #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:40 pm
@teenierussell: @greensville I've become better at planning
lately, I always used to rush in with the writing. Best way really is to plan
first #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:41 pm
@MacBullitt: @SiFoulaReel just tell him you've sorted the
formatting out and U just KNOW it's a winner! #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:41 pm
@MatchesMalone: RT @teenierussell: @phillbarron ah cool, so
you weren't a stranger stalking him, hehe. Sounds great! #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:42 pm
@teenierussell: @greensville the BBC Writersroom take
unsolicited scripts from time to time and always after sitcoms so aiming at
sending them 1 #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:42 pm
@phillbarron: @teenierussell Not quite! I'd never met him
before but knew he'd just watched something I'd written. As warm as a cold call
gets #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:42 pm
@SiFoulaReel: @MacBullitt Actually I am going to rewrite
that one one day! Great concept & title, shite 16 year old writer
everything else! #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:43 pm
@greensville: @teenierussell did you say you finished a
draft of a film? That's the next thing I want to do but it seems such a big
project... #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:44 pm
@teenierussell: RT @tryingtrue: Professional script
consultation #scriptchat get discount. Please get in touch to discuss.
#screenwriting #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:44 pm
@ijoda07: @HateTheHate Trouble is getting to them. If you're
nice to interns, they'll recommend you. Tops 2 busy to deal w/ small things.
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:44 pm
@greensville: @teenierussell Yeah, I think I'll try and
write this next one for radio. I take it writersroom aren't just after TV
sitcoms? #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:45 pm
@greensville: @teenierussell Is yours for radio or TV?
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:45 pm
@ComedyBurble: @teenierussell Planning is absolutely vital,
certainly for sitcom. Though I sometimes forget that in the rush of a new idea.
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:45 pm
@teenierussell: @greensville I did it in April for
#scriptfrenzy - write 100 pages in a month. Great motivation. Did it last yr
too #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:47 pm
@greensville: @ComedyBurble @teenierussell I always plan
plots, threads, etc. This time I'm going to spend more time on characters.
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:48 pm
@momentsoffilm: @teenierussell No. I haven't even fixed on
what I'm writing. I need to get organised! #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:48 pm
@IanTopple: Writing a logline is hard. #screenwriting
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:48 pm
@antonsays: @ComedyBurble @teenierussell very true.
Especially the characters that have to carry the sitcom through #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:49 pm
@momentsoffilm: RT @ComedyBurble: @teenierussell Planning is
absolutely vital, certainly for sitcom. Though I sometimes forget that in the
rush of a new idea. #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:49 pm
@SiFoulaReel: @IanTopple Very. I've found trying to fit a
logline into a tweet helps you write the most streamlined, smartest version.
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:50 pm
@greensville: @teenierussell good target. Does that include
planning out the film? Just read Story. That's why I'm frothing about planning!
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:50 pm
@teenierussell: @greensville They do indeed take Radio ,
there's a list and details here: http://t.co/YaI5hT8p #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:50 pm
@momentsoffilm: @greensville @teenierussell I drafted my
first feature screenplay on the raindance writer's lab. It's a great motivator.
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:51 pm
@momentsoffilm: RT @teenierussell: @greensville the BBC
Writersroom take unsolicited scripts from time to time and always after sitcoms
so aiming at sending them 1 #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:51 pm
@teenierussell: @greensville My sitcom is for TV, I've never
thought of writing for Radio but great opp there, so many comedians come from
radio #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:51 pm
@teenierussell: RT @ComedyBurble Planning is absolutely
vital, certainly for sitcom. Though I sometimes forget that in the rush of a
new idea. #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:51 pm
@momentsoffilm: RT @teenierussell: @greensville My sitcom is
for TV, I've never thought of writing for Radio but great opp there, so many
comedians come from radio #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:52 pm
@teenierussell: @IanTopple I struggle with loglines too but
sometimes it's because the story isn't clear #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:53 pm
@surrendermedia: RT @teenierussell: @greensville the BBC
Writersroom take unsolicited scripts from time to time and always after sitcoms
so aiming at sending them 1 #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:53 pm
@joshmvince: Just saw v 0.0.1 of a web app by @seanmtracey
that will make every screenwriter's life much easier. Exciting!! #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:53 pm
@teenierussell: @antonsays @ComedyBurble I do tend to work
on characters for a while before writing but not enough on everything else
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:54 pm
@teenierussell: RT @SiFoulaReel I've found trying to fit a
logline into a tweet helps you write the most streamlined, smartest version.
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:55 pm
@greensville: @momentsoffilm Ooo, have to check that out.
Thanks. #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:55 pm
@MatchesMalone: RT @joshmvince: Just saw v 0.0.1 of a web
app by @seanmtracey that will make every screenwriter's life much easier.
Exciting!! #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:55 pm
@teenierussell: @greensville I plan in advance so I can
start writing on day 1. not read Story yet but like Save the Cat #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:57 pm
@phillbarron: Have any of you guys been in touch with
@yourpersona about writing for them? They're always looking for new writers.
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:58 pm
@greensville: @teenierussell Do you write sketches too?
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:58 pm
@antonsays: @teenierussell @ComedyBurble the current script
I'm co-working on we've got all the characters planned and a 3 series breakdown
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:59 pm
@teenierussell: @joshmvince Cool, anything that helps is
great. Can you reveal what it's called yet? #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:59 pm
@SiFoulaReel: @phillbarron I may look into that actually,
thanks (again!) #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:59 pm
@seanmtracey: RT @joshmvince: Just saw v 0.0.1 of a web app
by @seanmtracey that will make every screenwriter's life much easier. Exciting!!
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:59 pm
@teenierussell: RT @phillbarron: Have any of you guys been
in touch with @yourpersona about writing for them? They're always looking for
new writers. #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 7:59 pm
@teenierussell: What season is @yourpersona on now?
@phillbarron #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 8:00 pm
@teenierussell: @greensville on occasions, I've written some
but they are usually a spur of the moment rather than planned. #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 8:02 pm
@phillbarron: @teenierussell @yourpersona Season 6 is
broadcasting right now. Not sure what they're filming at the moment.
#scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 8:02 pm
@teenierussell: @greensville how do you get your sketches
made? Do you always work with the same team? #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 8:03 pm
@teenierussell: @antonsays Is 3 series breakdown the usual
that Productions would want to see? I usually do 2. #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 8:04 pm
@MattViney12: RT @joshmvince: Just saw v 0.0.1 of a web app
by @seanmtracey that will make every screenwriter's life much easier.
Exciting!! #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 8:04 pm
@SiFoulaReel: Thanks for advice & chat everyone. Back to
feature & pilot first drafts now. Good luck with everything everyone's
doing! #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 8:05 pm
@greensville: @teenierussell I'm fortunate enough to know a
few camera types, editors and actors. Itching to make some more! #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 8:05 pm
@ijoda07: BTW #scriptchat - am looking for a producer for my
#50kisses winning script. Know anyone? Details here: http://t.co/Xei9SEQn
#filmmaking
August 19, 2012, 8:05 pm
@Screenwriter81: RT @phillbarron: Have any of you guys been
in touch with @yourpersona about writing for them? They're always looking for
new writers. #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 8:05 pm
@teenierussell: @phillbarron That's a lot of catching up to
do then :-) #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 8:06 pm
@teenierussell: @SiFoulaReel Good luck, thank you for
joining in tonight. #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 8:06 pm
@teenierussell: Thank you to everyone who's joined us
tonight. Good luck on all your writing! #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 8:07 pm
@momentsoffilm: Have a good week #scriptchat peoples. It was
nice to drop in, it's been too long! Happy writing!
August 19, 2012, 8:07 pm
@teenierussell: There's no #scriptchat next Sunday due to
the Bank Holiday. Have a great couple of weeks! #scriptchat
August 19, 2012, 8:07 pm
USA CHAT:
@jeannevb: It's #SCRIPTCHAT O'CLOCK talking
obstacles/strategies to knock out 1st draft
August 20, 2012, 12:00 am
@bradwyman: What up in #scriptchat tonight?
August 20, 2012, 12:00 am
@bradwyman: RT @RWWFilm: I'm here early for tonight's
#scriptchat Yeah...I'm one of those ppl.
August 20, 2012, 12:00 am
@RWWFilm: Woot! It's time for #scriptchat!
August 20, 2012, 12:01 am
@bradwyman: This ---> RT @jeannevb: It's #SCRIPTCHAT
O'CLOCK talking obstacles/strategies to knock out 1st draft
August 20, 2012, 12:01 am
@Singleton_Paul: Hello everyone. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:01 am
@MatchesMalone: @jeannevb time and motivation. #SCRIPTCHAT
August 20, 2012, 12:01 am
@heatherayris: RT @jeannevb: It's #SCRIPTCHAT O'CLOCK
talking obstacles/strategies to knock out 1st draft
August 20, 2012, 12:01 am
@bradwyman: This ----> RT @RWWFilm: Woot! It's time for
#scriptchat!
August 20, 2012, 12:01 am
@RWWFilm: @jeannevb For a lot of ppl the biggest obstacle is
just that first blank page & the blinking cursor #Intimidation #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:01 am
@SarahAlexis4: @jeannevb Good topic. Sometimes that blank
page can be daunting, just getting started can be an obstacle. Outlining is
helpful. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:02 am
@Jamie_LD: Ready for#scriptchat http://t.co/ex1Rcfc4
August 20, 2012, 12:02 am
@jeannevb: For me, it's starting. Wrangling the ideas into a
cohesive story. #dauntingn #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:02 am
@bradwyman: @jeannevb what's tonight's topic? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:02 am
@Leytonrocks: @jeannevb I'm a good starter ... enthusiastic
and excited ... then that runs dry #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:02 am
@LisaGProsek: Obstacle: That critical censor in my head.
"That won't work..." #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:02 am
@MonaLiNYC: Hola Scriptchatters, peeking in..waves to all...
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:02 am
@jeannevb: So let's start at the beginning... what's your
first step to get over the gigantic task of draft 1 vomit? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:03 am
@RWWFilm: @SarahAlexis4 @jeannevb Yeah - prep work!
Sometimes the best offense is a good defense #OtherSportsMetaphors #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:03 am
@LisaGProsek: @SarahAlexis4 Outlining is a great way to
start! I always outline, no matter what kind of writing I'm doing. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:03 am
@jeannevb: @bradwyman talking the obstacles/strategies to
knock out a first draft #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:03 am
@bradwyman: All about the outline - if you know where your
going - shouldn't be blocked #SCRIPTCHAT
August 20, 2012, 12:03 am
@bradwyman: RT @jeannevb: So let's start at the beginning...
what's your first step to get over the gigantic task of draft 1 vomit?
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:03 am
@Jamie_LD: @jeannevb Page 30, every time, even if I outline,
I get to page 30 and panic. "I can't do this. What was I thinking?"
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:03 am
@SarahAlexis4: @jeannevb Some may find setting incremental
goals to complete it helpful, more manageable and achievable, may keep you on
track. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:03 am
@TheInnCrowdTV: RT @bradwyman: All about the outline - if
you know where your going - shouldn't be blocked #SCRIPTCHAT
August 20, 2012, 12:04 am
@LisaGProsek: @jeannevb Yep, I understand that. Knowing
there are great pieces there and needing a way to fit them together...
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:04 am
@chicanaknight: RT @jeannevb: So let's start at the
beginning... what's your first step to get over the gigantic task of draft 1
vomit? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:04 am
@RWWFilm: @jeannevb Outline Outline Outline - break that
story and figure out what you're actually trying to say BEFORE you start
writing. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:04 am
@Leytonrocks: @jeannevb I tend to tell people too to add a
little more pressure on myself #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:04 am
@LisaGProsek: @jeannevb I use a pen and paper and make
notes...anything that comes to mind. This makes it so the blank page is no
more. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:04 am
@Singleton_Paul: I agree. When I get "stuck" it's
because I didn't really think things through in the first place. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:04 am
@JonFour: Obstacles... Good topic. Having a lot of those
with what I'm writing now. Main worry is that my heroine won't be likable
enough. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:05 am
@art1032: 4 me it's getting started & knowing what I
write is gonna be crap the 1st go round. Soooo I find any and every way to not
start. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:05 am
@SarahAlexis4: @jeannevb My first step is to feel somewhat
comfortable when I start to write pages, have a good idea of my
characters/plot. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:05 am
@Leytonrocks: RT @Singleton_Paul: I agree. When I get
"stuck" it's because I didn't really think things through in the
first place. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:05 am
@bradwyman: Have a routine? Make it a job! Bfst write -
lunch write - dinner write - sleep a little! Click and repeat #SCRIPTCHAT
August 20, 2012, 12:05 am
@jeannevb: FYI, did you see @RWWFilm's site is @scriptmag's
website of the week :) http://t.co/3DbvFbys #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:05 am
@Leytonrocks: @Singleton_Paul so does anticipating getting
stuck stop you? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:05 am
@RWWFilm: @SarahAlexis4 @jeannevb My first script finally
got done once I set myself a 1 page a day goal. Goals, even self-imposed ones
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:05 am
@jeannevb: accountability RT @Leytonrocks: @jeannevb I tend
to tell people too to add a little more pressure on myself #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:06 am
@Jamie_LD: RT @bradwyman: Have a routine? Make it a job!
Bfst write - lunch write - dinner write - sleep a little! Click and repeat
#SCRIPTCHAT
August 20, 2012, 12:06 am
@Singleton_Paul: @Leytonrocks No, I tend to go ahead and
jump in. Then I don't progress while I fix the things I should have planned
1st. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:06 am
@bradwyman: @JonFour don't worry about likable #scriptchat
take it from the guy who produced Monster! Just make it believable and
truthful!
August 20, 2012, 12:07 am
@zacsanford2: Finally here. Hello y'all. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:07 am
@chicanaknight: RT @bradwyman: All about the outline - if
you know where your going - shouldn't be blocked #SCRIPTCHAT
August 20, 2012, 12:07 am
@bradwyman: adore ---> @Jamie_LD #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:07 am
@Singleton_Paul: @SarahAlexis4 I agree. You need to really
know your characters and the characters will write part of the script
themselves. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:07 am
@OriGiNaLsNoB: RT @bradwyman: All about the outline - if you
know where your going - shouldn't be blocked #SCRIPTCHAT
August 20, 2012, 12:07 am
@LisaGProsek: @bradwyman Yes! Writers write! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:07 am
@RWWFilm: @SarahAlexis4 @jeannevb stay motivated - Deadlines
- pick a contest to enter. Then know you have to keep a certain pace
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:07 am
@WriteCoachKiki: Obstacles? I kept spelling scriptchat wrong
and couldn't get in! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:08 am
@Singleton_Paul: @zacsanford2 Hello, Mr. Actor. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:08 am
@zacsanford2: Agreed. But still need room to move. RT
@bradwyman: All about the outline - if you know where your going - shouldnt be
blocked #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:08 am
@kingisafink: Bingo. RT @jeannevb: accountability RT
@Leytonrocks: I tend to tell people too to add a little more pressure on myself
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:08 am
@jeannevb: Part of why I usually have a writing partner is
it's someone to answer to... who is waiting for my words #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:08 am
@heatherayris: @jeannevb Biggest obstacle: Believing I can
actually write an entire script. Strategy: Ignore my doubts. It
works...sometimes. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:08 am
@bradwyman: she is too cool 4 school! ---> @jeannevb
crazy about Jeanne! #SCRIPTCHAT
August 20, 2012, 12:08 am
@MARKT11: More heavy lifting in very detailed OUTLINE stage?
No roadblocks in draft 1. Read everything absorb life rewrite edit always
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:08 am
@Singleton_Paul: Another big one for me: Don't go back and
start rewriting the 1st half before you finish the draft. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:08 am
@zacsanford2: @Singleton_Paul background actor. :)
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:08 am
@Leytonrocks: @Singleton_Paul I'm getting stricter with
starting too early ... you tried Contour? Good software package for roadmap
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:08 am
@SarahAlexis4: I try to turn off voice in my head that
censors, vomit draft need not be perfect.Just get it on the page then mine for
the gold! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:09 am
@jeannevb: @RWWFilm @SaraAlexis4 that's what we did w
#slaverybyanothername! Used Sundance Lab as deadline to get that baby out!
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:09 am
@zacsanford2: This! RT @jeannevb: Part of why I usually have
a writing partner is its someone to answer to... who is waiting for my words
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:09 am
@Out_Of_Step: RT @jeannevb: FYI, did you see @RWWFilm's site
is @scriptmag's website of the week :) http://t.co/3DbvFbys #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:09 am
@jeannevb: @bradwyman *smooch* we've missed you #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:09 am
@Jamie_LD: @Singleton_Paul I'm a firm believer in getting to
the end before editing. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:09 am
@joshuastecker: TWO new @scriptreporter podcasts going up
this week from @fringenyc. Excited to post them. Really good stuff. :)
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:09 am
@elizabethkarr: Accountability RT @jeannevb:Part of why I
usually have a writing partner is its someone to answer to-who is waiting for
my words #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:09 am
@zacsanford2: I have two different writing partners for two
different genres. It allows me to juggle more & pass off when I get stuck.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:09 am
@jeannevb: but you shaved #raisesbar RT @zacsanford2:
@Singleton_Paul background actor. :) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:09 am
@elizabethkarr: @bradwyman Nice to see you in #scriptchat!
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:09 am
@standupkid: RT @joshuastecker: TWO new @scriptreporter
podcasts going up this week from @fringenyc. Excited to post them. Really good
stuff. :) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:09 am
@RWWFilm: @jeannevb I've never had a writing partner. Would
love to try it some day to see how it impacts my process. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:09 am
@jeannevb: Do you all edit during the draft or after the
end? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:09 am
@Singleton_Paul: @Leytonrocks Yes, I fixed a broken story
with it. :) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:10 am
@bradwyman: @zacsanford2 #scriptchat - more detailed - the
more room to be flexible and "move"
August 20, 2012, 12:10 am
@art1032: @WriteCoachKiki Awww lol sounds like someone is
tired lol. #Scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:10 am
@RWWFilm: RT @Singleton_Paul: Another big one for me: Don't
go back and start rewriting the 1st half before you finish the draft.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:10 am
@jeannevb: @heatherayris I'm feeling that now #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:10 am
@heatherayris: @Singleton_Paul I can't help but go back and
rewrite before I'm done with 1st draft either. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:10 am
@SarahAlexis4: @Singleton_Paul I find myself doing that too.
Sometimes it does help but more often it's a form of procrastinating not going
fwd #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:10 am
@Jamie_LD: @RWWFilm Same here. I started to work with TV
partners, but my other writing has kept us from working together. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:10 am
@GoIntoTheStory: Screenwriting New (August 13-19, 2012)
http://t.co/N7lZwEwB #screenwriting #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:10 am
@bradwyman: If your here it's only place to be ---> RT
@elizabethkarr: @bradwyman Nice to see you in #scriptchat! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:10 am
@elizabethkarr: @Singleton_Paul Agree. It's so tempting to
'clean up' & edit as you go. But best to get it all down - then go back and
fix. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:10 am
@efissenden: @jeannevb At the end. Nothing is worse than
allowing self to go back. Stops progress forward! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:10 am
@zacsanford2: @jeannevb If only I could talk about the place
you'd understand why I had to shave. #nda #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:10 am
@JonFour: @bradwyman Point well-taken. "Unlikable
protagonist" is such a common complaint in reviews, it's hard not to think
about it. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:10 am
@Leytonrocks: @Singleton_Paul me too LOL #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:11 am
@RWWFilm: @SarahAlexis4 It's easy to get caught going back
to rewrite before you finish your 1st draft. Just say NO #NancyReagan
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:11 am
@jeannevb: I absolutely use all of you to Twizzler whip me.
#writingsprints... you have no idea how many words I've written w your help
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:11 am
@dandollar: well hello everyone. what's tonight's topic?
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:11 am
@art1032: @Singleton_Paul Thats me fixing mistakes along the
way, once Ive started that is. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:11 am
@Jamie_LD: @bradwyman Nice to see you at #scriptchat
tonight.
August 20, 2012, 12:11 am
@zacsanford2: @bradwyman My outline includes the beats, but
I don't go too far into detail of dialogue, locations, etc. Flows more
naturally. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:11 am
@jeannevb: @zacsanford2 ohhhh.... #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:11 am
@bradwyman: Keep going forward RT @heatherayris:
@Singleton_Paul I can't help but go back and rewrite before I'm done with 1st
draft either.#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:11 am
@MARKT11: Competition's always ready Have great mentors I've
learned from Standard industry attitude's gotten worst NO TIME FOR ROADBLOCKS
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:11 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @art1032 Having trouble with a new device!
Chat not the place to try it argh! Will probably lurk mostly. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:11 am
@kingisafink: Trying to break myself of the habit of editing
during. RT @jeannevb: edit during 1st draft or after end? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:12 am
@SarahAlexis4: I actually do tend to tinker sometimes w/
what's already written to gain momentum to move forward. Guess it depends...
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:12 am
@bradwyman: RT @JonFour: @bradwyman Point well-taken.
"Unlikable protagonist" is such a common complaint in reviews, it's
hard not to think about it. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:12 am
@SnobbyRobot: It's also so easy to go into #scriptchat when you
are supposed to be writing :P
August 20, 2012, 12:12 am
@OriGiNaLsNoB: @bradwyman appreciating this is literally
true however interesting application metaphorically as well #xoxo nice
#SCRIPTCHAT
August 20, 2012, 12:12 am
@julianfriedmann: RT @elizabethkarr: rt @scriptchat
Transcript link for @julianfriedmann & @coreymandell guest advice
http://t.co/KKdtEllO #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:12 am
@MARKT11: @zacsanford2 same here ZAC. Same way I do mine.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:12 am
@zacsanford2: If you want to work in TV, there is never a
time to be blocked... then again, you always have the board (outline) as a
guide. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:12 am
@jeannevb: @RWWFilm some are great. Some suck. Tom was
amazing collaborator. I learned so much fr him #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:12 am
@dandollar: edit during! "fix it now" is my motto
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:12 am
@kingisafink: Amen. RT @efissenden: @JeanneVB At the end.
Nothing is worse than allowing self to go back. Stops progress forward!
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:12 am
@LisaGProsek: I will remedy huge problems, but lesser fixes
have to wait until the next round/draft. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:12 am
@jeannevb: @LauraJRichter @kingisafink @efissenden I'm
breaking myself of editing habit #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:13 am
@bradwyman: @JonFour #scriptchat just keep going forward -
you can always have her adopt a stray dog in 2nd draft!
August 20, 2012, 12:13 am
@MARKT11: @zacsanford2 TV's even tighter with their times.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:13 am
@bradwyman: RT @kingisafink: Amen. RT @efissenden: @JeanneVB
At the end. Nothing is worse than allowing self to go back. Stops progress
forward! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:13 am
@RWWFilm: @kingisafink @jeannevb I get addicted to rewriting
if I start doing it at all. I just have to finish the 1st draft. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:13 am
@countmystars: @jeannevb After the end, unless I get a great
idea on how to change something small. Finishing is the first battle for me.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:13 am
@pettigrew66: @jeannevb During...constant...but, I save all
drafts. Sometimes go with original first draft in the end! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:13 am
@jeannevb: My prob w starting a new script Is I LOVE rewriting...tempting
to go back to old scripts #crackaddict #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:13 am
@RWWFilm: @SarahAlexis4 Unless of course I just realize that
I'm going down the wrong road #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:14 am
@Screenwriter911: The obstacle for me is completing my step
outline. Painful and discouraging, sometimes. But better to have a map than
meander. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:14 am
@JonFour: @SnobbyRobot Definitely agreed. I try to write
while I'm on the train, but sometimes train-riding and #scriptchat overlap. :/
August 20, 2012, 12:14 am
@dandollar: write sloppy, but don't leave story problems
when you know you're going to change them anyways in a later draft. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:14 am
@Jamie_LD: Before I started forcing myself to write to FADE
OUT, I had lots of unfinished scripts. Now I have finished scripts. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:14 am
@Singleton_Paul: @SarahAlexis4 Sometimes going back does
help me think of a good idea for later in the script. I just do it too much.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:14 am
@zacsanford2: I've turned off Spell Check in Final Draft so
the squiggly lines don't distract me. I'll turn it back on in rewrites.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:14 am
@heatherayris: @jeannevb Good to know I'm not alone but
sorry to hear you feel that way too. Not my scriptwriting guru! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:14 am
@RWWFilm: @jeannevb The best collaborators are true
PARTNERS. It's not a concept that some ppl get. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:14 am
@zacsanford2: @jeannevb I DESPISE rewriting. I HATE it with
a passion. But it must be done. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:14 am
@kingisafink: @jeannevb @efissenden @LauraJRichter jst
finished webseries draft at breakneck speed by not editing during. not perfect
bt solid #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:15 am
@jeannevb: @pettigrew66 I save ALL of my drafts too!
#writinghoarder #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:15 am
@Jamie_LD: @zacsanford2 I like that! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:15 am
@LisaGProsek: @zacsanford2 That's a great strategy! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:15 am
@MARKT11: Once in editor chair... see everything...realize
how much can be kept out in outline stage. Every scene ACTION BEAT(S) in action
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:15 am
@RWWFilm: RT @zacsanford2: I've turned off Spell Check in
Final Draft so the squiggly lines don't distract me. I'll turn it back on in
rewrites. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:15 am
@kingisafink: @jeannevb @LauraJRichter @efissenden if your
outline/treatment is solid, it's easier to fly through first draft. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:15 am
@Screenwriter911: Important to note that once I've completed
said step outline, I put it away and don't look at it unless there's an
emergency. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:15 am
@GREGBIELA: RT @zacsanford2: @jeannevb I DESPISE rewriting.
I HATE it with a passion. But it must be done. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:15 am
@joshuastecker: RT @zacsanford2: I've turned off Spell Check
in Final Draft so the squiggly lines don't distract me. I'll turn it back on in
rewrites. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:15 am
@pettigrew66: @Screenwriter911 An outline is the only way I
can keep my thoughts/ideas in line. Otherwise, I veer into different territory.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:15 am
@zacsanford2: I start with an outline (STC/Hero's Journey
mix), barf out a draft and then rewrite. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:15 am
@SnobbyRobot: @JonFour I wish life divided its time up
nicely. haha #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:15 am
@WriteCoachKiki: RT @zacsanford2: @jeannevb I DESPISE
rewriting. I HATE it with a passion. But it must be done. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:15 am
@efissenden: @jeannevb @LauraJRichter @kingisafink Do
eeeeet. You'll thank yourself later. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:15 am
@RWWFilm: @jeannevb @pettigrew66 Ditto on draft saving
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:15 am
@zacsanford2: @Jamie_LD @LisaGProsek And you can do the same
in Word when you type up your novels (during first draft) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:16 am
@jeannevb: @zacsanford2 how about you write the first draft
for me, & I'll rewrite for you ;) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:16 am
@Singleton_Paul: @jeannevb That's not a bad thing. I've gone
back to get back a scene I removed months ago. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:16 am
@heatherayris: @bradwyman I will try! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:16 am
@efissenden: @kingisafink @jeannevb @LauraJRichter Amen.
Plus, easier to see what you need to work on with a complete draft. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:16 am
@kingisafink: @rwwfilm @JeanneVB SO true. Sometimes
'partner' means 'you're going to write this for me.' not cool. #scriptchat
#settinglimits
August 20, 2012, 12:16 am
@art1032: @zacsanford2 Ohhh the squiggly line. I must fix it
lol #Scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:16 am
@bradwyman: Early Hollywood great screenwriters like Ben
Hecht came from Newspapers! Not novelist - F Scott failed! Deadline Discipline
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:16 am
@LisaGProsek: @zacsanford2 I'm going to do that! Thanks!
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:16 am
@zacsanford2: @jeannevb Deal. Since Dori was busy recently I
told her I'd do the first draft and she would then rewrite the first pass. :)
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:17 am
@kingisafink: Hi, Laura. #60daypin RT @laurajrichter:
@jeannevb @efissenden hello, my name is Laura and I edit before I'm done.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:17 am
@LauraJRichter: @jeannevb I think that's called
scripturbation. I'm guilty of it, too. But I haven't gone blind from it yet...
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:17 am
@Jamie_LD: @zacsanford2 Zac, it's good to know I'm not the
only one! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:17 am
@dandollar: F Scott was on GWTW right? then he was replaced
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:17 am
@bradwyman: RT @zacsanford2: @bradwyman My outline includes
the beats, but I don't go too far into detail of dialogue, locations, etc.
Flows more naturally. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:17 am
@Screenwriter911: Once my first draft has begun, I read my
pages aloud every day, making small changes and noting areas that need more
work. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:17 am
@zacsanford2: @art1032 Yep, get rid of the squiggly line
jumping out at you... it keeps your head moving forward instead of instant
edits. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:17 am
@CynicalLongkat: RT @bradwyman: Early Hollywood great
screenwriters like Ben Hecht came from Newspapers! Not novelist - F Scott
failed! Deadline Discipline #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:17 am
@bradwyman: RT @Jamie_LD: RT @bradwyman: Have a routine?
Make it a job! Bfst write - lunch write - dinner write - sleep a little! Click
and repeat #SCRIPTCHAT
August 20, 2012, 12:17 am
@efissenden: @kingisafink @LauraJRichter @jeannevb Tee hee.
I like this image. #twodraftpin #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:17 am
@jeannevb: trick that helps me w #blankpageitis is putting
my outline right into Final Draft complete w sluglines. Never look at white
page #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:17 am
@RWWFilm: @kingisafink @JeanneVB Yeah - takes a lvl of trust
w/ someone to enter into awork marriage...I haven't found "The One"
yet :) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:18 am
@SnobbyRobot: Great point! RT @bradwyman 'Early Hollywood
screenwriters like came from Newspapers! Not novelist Deadline Discipline
#scriptchat'
August 20, 2012, 12:18 am
@pettigrew66: @jeannevb I save even the post-its containing
a single word or phrase. ANYTHING pertaining to my writing #writinghoarder
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:18 am
@SarahAlexis4: @jeannevb I was going to ask if anybody does
that! Heard it can be helpful. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:18 am
@jeannevb: ha RT @LauraJRichter: @jeannevb I think that's
called scripturbation. I'm guilty of it, too But I haven't gone blind from it
yet #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:18 am
@zacsanford2: I like @jeannevb's idea. I have the outline
side-by-side in Outlook. Helps to have a bigger monitor. :) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:18 am
@Screenwriter911: P.S. I absolutely love to re-write.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:19 am
@GregStorm: I write as much as possible each sitting because
every time I sit down again I start from page 1. @jeannevb #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:19 am
@GCGeek: I outlined all my tweets for #scriptchat tonight,
but kept going back and editing to perfection then looked up and it was 9:00.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:19 am
@bradwyman: It's a job! A craft! Like a newspaper column!
Outline - write eat write eat write sleep! Click and repeat #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:19 am
@MARKT11: @bradwyman Newspaper folks w/o high school diplomas
off the streets, hands dirty in life, learned by writing rewriting deadlines
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:19 am
@jeannevb: @Singleton_Paul I have too. I even grabbed a
scene for SBAN i wrote 2 yrs ago! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:19 am
@JimNewman75: What's going on everyone? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:19 am
@bradwyman: Smart RT@zacsanford2: I like @jeannevb's idea. I
have the outline side-by-side in Outlook. Helps to have a bigger monitor. :)
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:19 am
@jeannevb: me too RT @Screenwriter911: P.S. I absolutely
love to re-write. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:19 am
@JustinWHedges: Wise words. MT @jeannevb: trick that helps
me w #blankpageitis is put outline right into FD w sluglines. Never look @
white page #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:19 am
@dandollar: yes RT @GregStorm: I write as much as possible
each sitting because every time I sit down again I start from page 1. @jeannevb
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:20 am
@zacsanford2: I learned the scene view/script view
side-by-side trick from @zackgutin. It's transformed my writing. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:20 am
@Jamie_LD: @bradwyman But once you've learned the craft,
learning the business side is so important, if you want to sell. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:20 am
@bradwyman: RT @GCGeek: I outlined all my tweets for
#scriptchat tonight, but kept going back and editing to perfection then looked
up and it was 9:00. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:20 am
@SarahAlexis4: Curious, what are the bumps in the road that
freeze you guys up once you're well into the 1st draft? How do you overcome?
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:20 am
@LauraJRichter: "Put outline into Final Draft w
sluglines. Never look at white page" @jeannevb Great trick. Works with
Movie Magic, too. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:20 am
@RWWFilm: DING! RT @bradwyman It's a job! A craft! Like a
newspaper column! Outline - write eat write eat write sleep! Click and repeat
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:20 am
@jeannevb: @SarahAlexis4 yep. I love it. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:20 am
@zacsanford2: @GregStorm My mentor does that too. He starts
over on page one every time he sits down to write. I could never do that.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:20 am
@Jamie_LD: @SarahAlexis4 Self-doubt it the enemy for me. I
can be 3/4 done and try to find a way to sabatoge. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:21 am
@RWWFilm: @jeannevb @Singleton_Paul Plus you never know a
scene you cut from one script will provide inspiration for another #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:21 am
@zacsanford2: @SarahAlexis4 I sometimes hit the bump when I
feel I've deviated too much from the outline or my characters changed A LOT.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:21 am
@GregStorm: .@jeannevb @zacsanford2 By the time I get to
FADE OUT, I'm done. That "1st draft" goes out & I don't look back
until I get notes #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:21 am
@bradwyman: @GregStorm keep pushing forward - list your
changes and fixes and go back and fix when you finish 1st Draft #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:21 am
@JonFour: @jeannevb I've started doing that myself. Not used
to it yet, but definitely see the benefits. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:21 am
@countmystars: If I left something too vague in the outline,
I always stall at that scene. @SarahAlexis4 #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:21 am
@elizabethkarr: RT @bradwyman:Early Hollywood gr8
screenwriters like Ben Hecht came from Newspapers! Deadline Discipline
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:21 am
@JaneCarroll10: RT @Jamie_LD: Before I started forcing
myself to write to FADE OUT, I had lots of unfinished scripts. Now I have
finished scripts. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:21 am
@JimNewman75: Any use Dramatica Pro? Or Outline 4D? (Both
are Write Brothers products) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:21 am
@Leytonrocks: @JonFour @bradwyman would argue its how the
character is, rather than what they do to be likeable - eg Scarface #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:21 am
@GCGeek: @zacsanford2 My mentor insisted I outline before
diving into my spec. He is a wise one. It worked beautifully! Even if painful.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:21 am
@jeannevb: @LauraJRichter I actually LOVE Movie Magic, esp
for writing w a partner. The notes feature is better #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:21 am
@zacsanford2: @Jamie_LD @SarahAlexis4 I have one draft on
page 70 do to self-doubt. Plus it ended up a drama when I set out for a comedy.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:22 am
@jeannevb: Chat is going fast tonight... I haven't even had
time to get my margarita! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:22 am
@RWWFilm: @GregStorm @jeannevb @zacsanford2 I'm different.
1st Draft is just for me. 2nd draft goes for notes #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:22 am
@LisaGProsek: @Jamie_LD @SarahAlexis4 I'm the same with self
doubt. It's horrible! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:22 am
@GregStorm: @zacsanford2 And a room full of writers you can
kick ideas off of. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:22 am
@jeannevb: @GregStorm cool #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:22 am
@MatchesMalone: @JimNewman75 wrote a review of Dramatica a
lifetime ago.... Doesn't work on my current computer.... #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:22 am
@Leytonrocks: #scriptchat ... anyone else get a state of euphoria
abt reaching page 90 ... the block is sometimes just the fear you'll run out b4
then
August 20, 2012, 12:22 am
@zacsanford2: Just wait until the new version of FD comes
out. The cloud feature will be amazing for those with cowriters unlike collabowriter
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:22 am
@SarahAlexis4: @jeannevb You'll have to do shots instead...
pour and pound while typing! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:23 am
@art1032: Wish there was a way to go from vomit to rewrite
in like 2.3secs. Id have loads of completed scripts, not saying theyd be
good...#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:23 am
@ljayhealth: @scriptchat brainstorm and outline
August 20, 2012, 12:23 am
@JimNewman75: Does Dramatica help organize or prove to be a
useful tool? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:23 am
@jeannevb: You shld all try to write a TV script...Imagining
some1 standing nxt to u w remote control in hand. Pressure to keep engaged
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:23 am
@Jamie_LD: Smart idea! I'll join you. RT @SarahAlexis4:
@jeannevb You'll have to do shots instead... pour and pound while typing!
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:23 am
@GabrielCampisi: @bradwyman Nobody in Hollywood knows
anything. -- William Goldberg. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:23 am
@LisaGProsek: @zacsanford2 Do you now when new FD will be
arriving? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:23 am
@GCGeek: Quickly! You can always remix later. RT @jeannevb:
Chat is going fast tonight... I havent even had time to get my margarita!
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:23 am
@RWWFilm: @SarahAlexis4 @jeannevb Need one of those hats w/
straws #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:24 am
@zacsanford2: To those who hit self-doubt: The Five Ways
Your Brain Self Sabotages Your Writing: http://t.co/9zoimtbR #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:24 am
@JimNewman75: LOL @art1032: ... go from vomit to rewrite in
2.3secs. Id have loads of completed scripts, not saying theyd be
good.#scriptchat #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:24 am
@jeannevb: *races to freezer where margaritas rule*... brb
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:24 am
@MatchesMalone: RT @jeannevb: You shld all try to write a TV
script...Imagining some1 standing nxt to u w remote control in hand. Pressure
to keep engaged #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:24 am
@jeannevb: @Jamie_LD @SarahAlexis4 I need about 20 after the
month I've had #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:25 am
@Leytonrocks: @elizabethkarr @bradwyman I think deadline
discipline is overrated for prepping spec fiction when other facets take so
long #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:25 am
@zacsanford2: @LisaGProsek No clue when the new FD will be
arriving. @zackgutin? YOu around? Any ETA yet? FD App is in Sept!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:25 am
@LisaGProsek: @zacsanford2 Thanks for the link! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:25 am
@MatchesMalone: @jeannevb unfortunately, don't have the time
for that. Need to know that my writing is eventually going to be produced.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:25 am
@LauraJRichter: @jeannevb Chat is going fast tonight.. I
haven't even had time to get my margarita! #scriptchat MARGARITA? Excuse me
while I get my drink on
August 20, 2012, 12:25 am
@pettigrew66: @Screenwriter911 Reading aloud is key! Someone
will b uttering those words, UR voice should b 1st to do so 2 ensure clarity!
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:25 am
@heatherayris: Going to try thinking of my first draft as
barf and not stop to rewrite until I'm done @zacsanford2 #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:25 am
@SarahAlexis4: @jeannevb I'll line 'em up for ya :)
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:25 am
@tylerweaver: I've formed a loving relationship with 1st
draft by just going for it and not thinking
"ohmygodohgoditsafirstdraftfuck." #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:25 am
@MARKT11: current sci-fi horror rewrite at 90 pg. Amazing to
find don't need as much as thought. Wham-bam-thank ya. Visual writing is it
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:26 am
@dandollar: how long did it take you to finish your last
spec? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:26 am
@Jamie_LD: I wish I could absorb the hurt for you. RT
@jeannevb: @Jamie_LD @SarahAlexis4 I need about 20 after the month I've had
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:26 am
@zacsanford2: @heatherayris It's the only way I've been able
to complete drafts is by just getting it on page and fixing the problems later.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:26 am
@authorViviAnna: bumps in the road for me is getting 10 new
sparkly ideas that are waaaaaaaaaaaay better than what I"m writing
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:26 am
@KimBergie: I'm doing that right now...have been since June.
RT @Jamie_LD: @SarahAlexis4 I can be 3/4 done/find a way to sabatoge.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:26 am
@elizabethkarr: @Leytonrocks I see your point. Take the time
needed to get it right but in production/development writing to deadline is
key. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:26 am
@LisaGProsek: @tylerweaver That's a great way to work around
a problem--don't create it in the first place. :) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:26 am
@Jamie_LD: That---> RT @authorViviAnna: bumps in the road
for me is getting 10 new sparkly ideas that are way better than what I"m
writing #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:26 am
@zacsanford2: @heatherayris Barfing it out won't always be
pretty, but thinking about the errors as you go can sabotage the forward
momentum. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:27 am
@chicanaknight: RT @jeannevb @LauraJRichter Movie magic has
that perk. But for #writing #screenplays & #novels solo Final Draft is the
shizzle. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:27 am
@tylerweaver: Bingo. RT @LisaGProsek: @tylerweaver That's a
great way to work around a problem--don't create it in the first place. :)
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:27 am
@KimBergie: RT @jeannevb: You shld all try to write a TV
script...Imagining some1 standing nxt to u w remote control in hand. Pressure
to keep engaged #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:27 am
@MatchesMalone: RT @authorViviAnna: bumps in the road for me
is getting 10 new sparkly ideas that are waaaaaaaaaaaay better than what
I"m writing #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:27 am
@RWWFilm: @tylerweaver that was the title of my first script
#Coincidence #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:27 am
@GregStorm: @zacsanford2 It's not always fun, especially
when u stop two pages away from FADE OUT & have to start from page 1 in the
morning #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:27 am
@tylerweaver: @LisaGProsek But, it took a LONG time to get
to that point. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:27 am
@Jamie_LD: @KimBergie Don't you hate that? I can read if you
want, tell you how wonderful it is. lol #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:27 am
@PlayPlaywrights: RT @Leytonrocks: #scriptchat ... anyone
else get a state of euphoria abt reaching page 90 ... the block is sometimes
just the fear you'll run out b4 then
August 20, 2012, 12:27 am
@MatchesMalone: need to eat.... brb #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:27 am
@JimNewman75: @pettigrew66 Any good voiceover software out
there for natural voices to do readings? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:27 am
@KimBergie: Popping in and out. Miss you all! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:27 am
@GabrielCampisi: @bradwyman There's no such thing as writing
in literature or Hollywood. There is only rewriting. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:27 am
@GlennBenest: RT @Screenwriter911: The obstacle for me is
completing my step outline. Painful and discouraging, sometimes. But better to
have a map than meander. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:27 am
@LisaGProsek: @authorViviAnna Love that attitude!
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:27 am
@heatherayris: @zacsanford2 Sounds like a good idea. I can
always feel those problems waiting for me to fix them. Must ignore them!
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:28 am
@GREGBIELA: RT @zacsanford2 Barfing it out wont always be
pretty, but thinking about the errors as you go can sabotage the forward
momentum. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:28 am
@zacsanford2: @dandollar My last spec? 22 days to outline. 6
days to first draft at 107 pages. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:28 am
@SarahAlexis4: @authorViviAnna Ah yes, that can be
distracting too when you get a whole bunch of ideas and you want to jump ship
& start them #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:28 am
@elizabethkarr: rt @tylerweaver Bingo. RT @LisaGProsek: TW-
That's a great way to work around a problem--don't create it in the first
place. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:28 am
@LisaGProsek: @tylerweaver Yes, I bet it did. It's very
difficult! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:28 am
@tylerweaver: @RWWFilm Good title ;) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:28 am
@jeannevb: @Jamie_LD @SarahAlexis4 I wouldn't wish this on my
worst enemy #sigh #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:28 am
@zacsanford2: @GregStorm I would SCREAM doing it that way.
But each writer has their own ways. But you're 1st is closer to final than my
1st #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:28 am
@SarahAlexis4: @KimBergie Hi! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:28 am
@MARKT11: Costs far less taking care of problems in pre
production. Showed that to a recent producer on a rewrite. He was stunned.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:28 am
@GregStorm: @bradwyman The time it takes me to list my
changes, it would be quicker to just make the changes. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:28 am
@Singleton_Paul: Sometime soon we should discuss rewrite
strategies. *he says selfishly as he struggles through another rewrite*
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:29 am
@richmagahiz: @zacsanford2 @dandollar Wow, that must have
been some feeling by day 6 #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:29 am
@SarahAlexis4: @KimBergie Just keep going! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:29 am
@dandollar: @zacsanford2 reverse those numbers and that's
pretty much me #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:29 am
@GCGeek: EVERYTHING is sparkly 2 me. Jot em down & back
2 it RT @authorViviAnna bumps in the road 4 me is getting 10 new sparkly
ideas... #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:29 am
@RWWFilm: @tylerweaver don't know why it didn't get script
requests #Mysteries #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:29 am
@SarahAlexis4: @jeannevb Tweeting you a big hug...
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:30 am
@zacsanford2: @Singleton_Paul Yeah! The rewrite process
should be handled and discussed often. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:30 am
@pettigrew66: @jeannevb Great point! I think about that as I
watch shows w/remote control in hand! My work is geared to a cableTV series
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:30 am
@GregStorm: @RWWFilm @jeannevb @zacsanford2 I think that's
how most people do it. I don't think too many people do it my way. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:30 am
@jeannevb: @MatchesMalone it'll help you in your feature
writing. Keeping a reader engaged is a skill #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:30 am
@tylerweaver: @RWWFilm Dust yourself off, dive back in. That
title will grab 'em. #scriptchat =P
August 20, 2012, 12:30 am
@zacsanford2: @richmagahiz I can always get that first draft
out quickly. Next month I start the rewrite after it's been in the drawer 2
mos. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:30 am
@Jamie_LD: (((((((((group hug)))))))) RT @SarahAlexis4:
@jeannevb Tweeting you a big hug... #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:30 am
@jeannevb: @SarahAlexis4 xo #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:30 am
@MARKT11: Fastest spec for me? 14 days outline...some
meandering, lotta 'what ifs"...16 days to draft 1. 5 pgs per writing
nday-night #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:30 am
@countmystars: @SarahAlexis4 @authorViviAnna I have a case
of New Shiny syndrome AND I'm saving New Shiny for a writing workshop!
*impatient* #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:31 am
@Jamie_LD: @zacsanford2 I'm pulling out one of my VERY first
screenplays for a total rewrite. Hoping there is a story in it. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:31 am
@zacsanford2: @dandollar Usually by spending such a long
time outlining I have less story issues in the end and it is minor tweaks
instead. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:31 am
@elizabethkarr: @jeannevb I hate when bad things happen to
good people. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:31 am
@GregStorm: @RWWFilm @jeannevb @zacsanford2 I do it that way
because my script's tend 2 have a rhythm & without starting over, it gets
lost #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:31 am
@methinks2much: Damn, I'm way late for #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:31 am
@RWWFilm: @SarahAlexis4 @jeannevb Get's in line for the next
one. It's like the smacking scene in Airplane! but with less hitting
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:31 am
@pettigrew66: @JimNewman75 I bet there is! There is for
lyricists who don't sing or compose music, #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:31 am
@MatchesMalone: @jeannevb Yes, but I've already done that.
Like I said, time is an issue. I need to write things that I know will be
produced. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:31 am
@SarahAlexis4: Where in your script do you guys tend to get
"stuck" or lose your steam the most? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:31 am
@jeannevb: god bless tequila... I'm back #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:32 am
@MatchesMalone: RT @elizabethkarr: @jeannevb I hate when bad
things happen to good people. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:32 am
@Jamie_LD: @SarahAlexis4 Middle of act 2. Always. Not sure
why. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:32 am
@zacsanford2: @Jamie_LD My first script will NEVER be pulled
out of the drawer. I wrote 132 pages of teen angst in 3 days back in 1998.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:32 am
@SarahAlexis4: @Jamie_LD There is. ;) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:32 am
@LisaGProsek: @SarahAlexis4 Always second act. Always.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:32 am
@JimNewman75: Anybody know of reliable software where the
readers "voices" in FD sound natural (not robotic)? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:32 am
@Jamie_LD: @SarahAlexis4 *smooches* :-) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:32 am
@RWWFilm: @methinks2much Never too late for one more
#HaveADrink #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:32 am
@zacsanford2: @SarahAlexis4 I always lose steam in the
second act. I love hte first and third acts. I hate the middle. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:32 am
@tylerweaver: One other thing - full brain empty page, empty
brain full page. Don't think. You've got tons of rewrites ahead of you.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:33 am
@dandollar: @zacsanford2 yeah i wish i could do that. after
a few days, i just have to write. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:33 am
@elizabethkarr: @zacsanford2 I like detailed outline too.
Early discipline allows for more creativity and free flowing in writing draft.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:33 am
@GregStorm: @zacsanford2 The first draft on my "West
Wing" got me agents & staffed. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:33 am
@jeannevb: @zacsanford2 @Jamie_LD.. haha mine will never see
the light of day either! #barfbeyondbelief #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:33 am
@countmystars: Act 3 or 4. (hourlong TV) @SarahAlexis4
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:33 am
@SarahAlexis4: Yeah, 2nd act usually is considered the area
where the lag sets in and story problems arise. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:33 am
@MatchesMalone: @JimNewman75 hire a company. That tech
doesn't exist yet. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:33 am
@Screenwriter911: @Jamie_LD re: stuck in middle of act 2. Do
you outline? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:33 am
@elizabethkarr: @JimNewman75 It's called a table read with
actors! :) #realisticsoundingdialoguethatsnotrobotic #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:33 am
@Jamie_LD: does everyone here write "in line" as
in scene 1, scene 2, etc. Or do you jump around to a scene that's fresh?
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:33 am
@RWWFilm: @SarahAlexis4 For my it tends to be between
Mid-Point and the end of Act 2 - it's the wrapping up and prepping for
conclusion #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:33 am
@JonFour: RT @zacsanford2: To those who hit self-doubt: The
Five Ways Your Brain Self Sabotages Your Writing: http://t.co/9zoimtbR
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:34 am
@zacsanford2: @JimNewman75 I forget the twitter account, but
maybe someone can point you to the group that does Google+ table reads.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:34 am
@Jamie_LD: @Screenwriter911 I outline heavily, but that's
where I start to doubt myself. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:34 am
@jeannevb: On a side note, all during the chat, #pervdog has
been humping #fatcat. That's motivation enough to leave the rm to write
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:34 am
@Jamie_LD: @jeannevb I think you read the first pages of the
script I'm talking about. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:34 am
@SarahAlexis4: The dreaded Mushy Middle... #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:34 am
@LisaGProsek: @Jamie_LD I only jump around when I'm hitting
an obstacle. You? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:35 am
@countmystars: I have to write "in line" because
if I don't, I'll skip things as soon as they get difficult and never finish.
@Jamie_LD #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:35 am
@JonFour: @zacsanford2 Really needed to read that. Thanks.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:35 am
@Jamie_LD: Exactly. Even it you outlined. RT @SarahAlexis4:
The dreaded Mushy Middle... #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:35 am
@IanTopple: @jeannevb I wrote an outline for a pilot that I
plan to write. :) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:35 am
@JimNewman75: @elizabethkarr I'd rather have a dry run
before presenting to others for a table read, but I guess there's no other
choice. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:35 am
@jeannevb: @zacsanford2 @JimNewman75 the G+table read dude
is @rdlln #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:35 am
@Screenwriter911: @Jamie_LD For me, the outline is to
internalize the characters and story. I put the outline away when I start my
draft ... #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:35 am
@Jamie_LD: @LisaGProsek I'm terrified to get off track, so I
may make a note but I write "in line." #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:35 am
@Leytonrocks: @elizabethkarr that's a job ... like
journalism you'll get immediate feedback but spec writing you're on your own
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:36 am
@JimNewman75: @jeannevb Sounds more like a future scene ...
document it! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:36 am
@RWWFilm: Ever tried writing Act 3 first, then going back to
the beginning and building your way there, already knowing how it end?
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:36 am
@Screenwriter911: @Jamie_LD ...bcz I need my characters to
be free to take me somewhere I hadn't expected. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:36 am
@pettigrew66: @GCGeek @authorvivianna Tis true! Even in my
other poetry/writing, 1 intended piece can turn into several new ones!
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:36 am
@zacsanford2: RT @jeannevb: @zacsanford2 @JimNewman75 the
G+table read dude is @rdlln #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:36 am
@LisaGProsek: @Jamie_LD That works, too. I just don't like
to be stuck too long. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:36 am
@SarahAlexis4: @Jamie_LD I almost always write scene by
scene... but sometimes will write bits & pieces or whole scenes on scrap
for later. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:36 am
@elizabethkarr: @JimNewman75 Be selfish! Don't think of
table read being for others. It's for you to hear your characters' dialogue
spoken aloud #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:36 am
@jeannevb: @Jamie_LD cool... good luck! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:36 am
@jeannevb: @IanTopple sweet #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:36 am
@zacsanford2: @RWWFilm Nope, never done that as I always
outline so I always know how it will end. :) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:36 am
@richmagahiz: @Jamie_LD Even when you have an A-story and a
B-story? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:36 am
@jeannevb: @JimNewman75 I'll twitpic it later :) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:37 am
@Screen3Twit: One step at a time.Give it all you
can&keep in mind #dreams can't be compromised.#Writing #Screenwriting
#Scriptchat #Writetip #Moviemaking
August 20, 2012, 12:37 am
@playwrighter: @Jamie_LD My tendency is to write "in
line
August 20, 2012, 12:37 am
@GregStorm: @jeannevb @dandollar @Jamie_LD @zacsanford2 I
like rewriting... just not without outside notes. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:37 am
@art1032: @Jamie_LD I go in order in writing but jump all
over in outline #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:37 am
@TVWriterChat: We interrupt this #scriptchat to let you know
we will be discussing "Creating Characters" in #tvwriterchat at half
past the next hour.
August 20, 2012, 12:37 am
@countmystars: @RWWFilm No, but I have to know how a story
(script OR prose fiction) ends before I can begin it. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:37 am
@GREGBIELA: RT @jeannevb: @zacsanford2 @JimNewman75 the
G+table read dude is @rdlln #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:37 am
@GregStorm: @jeannevb @dandollar @Jamie_LD @zacsanford2 I'm
trying to trust my 1st draft instincts #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:37 am
@jolenejahnke: @Singleton_Paul I agree. Rewriting before
finishing 1st draft can be kiss of death. Too easy to get caught up in little
things. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:37 am
@SarahAlexis4: @countmystars I like that... a case of the
New Shiny syndrome :) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:37 am
@Jamie_LD: @jeannevb I already have a director attached.
Just need to clean up the script. Hoping for filming next year. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:37 am
@pettigrew66: @jeannevb LOL!! Chardonnay 4 me tonite! It's
been a productive writing weekend! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:37 am
@JimNewman75: @elizabethkarr True, true ... valid point ...
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:37 am
@IanTopple: Finally found my i-touch! Tweeting on it now.
It's a lot easier to follow #scriptchat on it.
August 20, 2012, 12:38 am
@dandollar: rewriting is fun cause that's when your script
starts to look decent #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:38 am
@Jamie_LD: @richmagahiz Yup. I always have an A & B
story. Always write in line. I use my outline. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:38 am
@Screenwriter911: @Jamie_LD Outlining helps keep me from
stalling in Act 2. But trusting that the characters know the story helps keep
it alive #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:38 am
@JimNewman75: @jeannevb Haha, make sure you tag me on it
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:38 am
@elizabethkarr: Creating Characters tonight @TVWriterChat
6:30 pm PST #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:38 am
@RWWFilm: @zacsanford2 Ha! I meant more in terms of it being
easier to write set-ups because you've already laid down the pay-off
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:38 am
@Jamie_LD: @art1032 I'm all over with the outline too.
Because I usually know the end first. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:39 am
@zacsanford2: What does everyone use as inspiration when
they get stuck and can't get over the bump? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:39 am
@kingisafink: In order, but then out of sequence when
editing. RT @jamie_ld: does everyone here write "in line" or do you
jump around? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:39 am
@playwrighter: @RWWFilm I haven't tried a whole act, but I
have tried writing the final five minutes... things changed, but it set an
endpoint. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:39 am
@Jamie_LD: @kingisafink Interesting. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:39 am
@zacsanford2: @RWWFilm Figured that's what you meant but I
tend to lay in the setups in the rewrite if they weren't already there from
outline #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:39 am
@Leytonrocks: @dandollar fun? #scriptchat I think I enjoy
the output more than the process
August 20, 2012, 12:40 am
@GCGeek: My day job. Or my iPod. RT @zacsanford2: What does
everyone use as inspiration when they get stuck and cant get over the bump?
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:40 am
@countmystars: @SarahAlexis4 NSS is a plague! But I'd rather
have too many ideas than not enough. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:40 am
@jeannevb: my heavy bag RT @zacsanford2: What does everyone
use as inspiration when they get stuck and cant get over the bump? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:40 am
@Jamie_LD: @kingisafink BTW ladies, we'll be stopping in
Chicago in November, on our way to Maine. Dinner!!! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:40 am
@zacsanford2: When I outline I typically figure out the end,
the beginning, the midpoint, the 2nd & 3rd act turns... then everything
else. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:40 am
@elizabethkarr: @zacsanford2 For inspiration when I'm really
stuck, I exercise or read a piece of great literature. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:40 am
@authorViviAnna: @jamie_ld I write linearly, scripts books,
everything. I has to go in order, or I get big headache #scriptchat :-)
August 20, 2012, 12:40 am
@Jamie_LD: That and running. RT @jeannevb: my heavy bag RT
@zacsanford2: What does everyone use as inspiration when they get
stuck...#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:40 am
@zacsanford2: @jeannevb Your "Heavy bag"???
explain? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:40 am
@dandollar: @zacsanford2 take a walk or read a script,
usually when i'm stuck i need to go back and fix something earlier in the story
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:40 am
@jeannevb: #pervdog @JimNewman75 #scriptchat
http://t.co/HoWWof4c
August 20, 2012, 12:41 am
@RWWFilm: @zacsanford2 Another project. If I get really
stuck, I'll work on something else for a few days - let things simmer
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:41 am
@SarahAlexis4: @zacsanford2 Well, if there's a real deadline
looming that can do the trick :) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:41 am
@zacsanford2: @jeannevb or is that a heavy bag for boxing?
Because that makes sense. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:41 am
@MonaLiNYC: "@jeannevb: Do you all edit during the
draft or after the end? #scriptchat">During. I gotta learn to do this
"vomit" draft biz :( #downfall
August 20, 2012, 12:41 am
@Leytonrocks: @zacsanford2 thats what i try to do ... tends
to prove you have film idea before scripting imo #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:41 am
@pettigrew66: @GCGeek @jeannevb Did I miss knowing that
tonite is margarita nite during #scriptchat ? LOL! I'm new with all of y'all!
August 20, 2012, 12:41 am
@dandollar: yeah i think that's what i meant. i like when it
starts to look like a real script. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:41 am
@Jamie_LD: @authorViviAnna I outline in bits and pieces, but
have it all put together before I write. Things come to me, so I jot em down
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:41 am
@RWWFilm: @kingisafink Always glad to stir the pot :)
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:42 am
@countmystars: @zacsanford2 I work on other projects until I
get stuck on those, LOL #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:42 am
@Leytonrocks: @GCGeek @zacsanford2 the pit of my despair
means the only way is up LOL #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:42 am
@JonFour: @zacsanford2 I put on my iPod and go for a run.
Nothing in my head but good music and my imagination at that point. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:42 am
@zacsanford2: I don't know why I love outlining from the
outside in (minus the midpoint as my 3rd beat). It just works for me.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:42 am
@jeannevb: @zacsanford2 re: heavy bag. I beat shit out of it
to get my mojo & feel indestructible. Gets my head in the game #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:42 am
@elizabethkarr: @pettigrew66 Every night is margarita night
in #scriptchat Alternate moniker for this convo is #Margaritaville. Rt,
@JeanneVB? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:42 am
@MatchesMalone: @pettigrew66 I think it's always margarita
night on #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:43 am
@SarahAlexis4: Ira Glass said on the secret to success in
creative work: "The most important possible thing you can do is do a lot
of work." #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:43 am
@kingisafink: @jamie_ld for exmpl, just wrote webseries
straight thru, then cld see where we needed to add oomph, action, sex. Plugging
holes. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:43 am
@Jamie_LD: @pettigrew66 Screenwriting talk and margaritas!
Every Sunday. lol #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:43 am
@JimNewman75: That's awesome!! haha RT @jeannevb: #pervdog
@JimNewman75 #scriptchat http://t.co/6lAy9NIC #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:43 am
@zacsanford2: Lots of great advice on when people get stuck:
exercise, swap to other projects, music, read scripts, get up from desk, etc.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:43 am
@authorViviAnna: @zacsanford2 I will listen to music for
inspiration, like Sia or Joy Formidable or Florence and the Machine #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:43 am
@ShelleyGolfs: RT “@jeannevb: #pervdog @JimNewman75
#scriptchat http://t.co/SlvWtVZH” OMG, too funny!!
August 20, 2012, 12:43 am
@Leytonrocks: RT @JonFour: @zacsanford2 I put on my iPod and
go for a run. Nothing in my head but good music and my imagination at that
point. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:43 am
@Jamie_LD: @kingisafink Makes sense. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:43 am
@richmagahiz: @jeannevb @zacsanford2 That makes it a
tax-deductible expense! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:43 am
@zacsanford2: @jeannevb Remind me to never piss you off.. :)
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:43 am
@art1032: @zacsanford2 I listen to music that fits the mood
when stuck *shrugs*#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:43 am
@GregStorm: @zacsanford2 I used to switch to another script.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:43 am
@SarahAlexis4: RE: Ira Glass quote: Which means write those
first drafts and do the rewrites and know when to move on to something new.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:43 am
@RWWFilm: @kammotion Me too - outline is always first and
then writing can flow however it flows #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:43 am
@jeannevb: @JonFour @Jamie_LD I'm a big "running prods
imagination" chick. I write more when I run than any other time
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:44 am
@RWWFilm: RT @zacsanford2: Lots of great advice on when
people get stuck: exercise, swap to other projects, music, read scripts, get up
from desk, etc. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:44 am
@Jamie_LD: @jeannevb Now that my ribs are completely healed,
I started running again this week. Good for the soul. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:44 am
@jeannevb: mwhahahaha RT @zacsanford2: @jeannevb Remind me
to never piss you off.. :) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:44 am
@authorViviAnna: I'll also have a shower or do dishes to get
unblocked #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:44 am
@GregStorm: Now it's shower or drive RT @zacsanford2: What
does everyone use as inspiration when they get stuck and can't get over the
bump? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:45 am
@TheWriteScript: Hi all. Lurking tonight. Good chat. Nothing
novel to add, but wanted to say hello. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:45 am
@Leytonrocks: @SarahAlexis4 knowing when to move on is my
toughest call ... I'm still a newbie to the craft #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:45 am
@sdigda: RT @jeannevb: You shld all try to write a TV
script...Imagining some1 standing nxt to u w remote control in hand. Pressure
to keep engaged #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:45 am
@SarahAlexis4: @jeannevb I'm a big fan of long walks to let
ideas incubate or work through story issues or to just recharge in general
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:45 am
@kammotion: @RWWFilm Great minds... #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:45 am
@Jamie_LD: @SarahAlexis4 OMG, I love Ira Glass!!!
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:45 am
@zacsanford2: @GregStorm I don't work on enough projects at
the same time to just jump to another. I like the shower/drive options.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:45 am
@Leytonrocks: @TheWriteScript hi #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:45 am
@wcmartell: If I get stuck on deadline I make a list of
everything the scene needs to do and any ideas I might have, then move to the
next. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:46 am
@zacsanford2: @Leytonrocks When to move on is always tough.
Even some pros don't know when a draft is "complete". #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:46 am
@pettigrew66: @elizabethkarr @jeannevb LOL! Bombarded w/
answers re:margarita induced #scriptchat!!! Great! Is it always at 7pm?
(central time)?
August 20, 2012, 12:46 am
@TwistedKate: There's a #ScriptChat tonight? And I'm missing
it? (and thanks for @Jamie_LD for blowing up my stream!) What's on the block
tonight?
August 20, 2012, 12:46 am
@RWWFilm: @kammotion ...think alike. I was JUST going to say
that ;) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:46 am
@Jamie_LD: The biggest obstacle in writing? Getting my butt
in the chair and "just doing it!" Suddenly house cleaning looks like
fun. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:46 am
@authorViviAnna: @sarahalexis4 love long walks #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:46 am
@GCGeek: @pettigrew66 @jeannevb Tequila only during
#ScriptChat, right Jeanne? ;-) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:46 am
@SarahAlexis4: @Jamie_LD This is a great video on Ira Glass
talking about the secret to success in creative work: http://t.co/hArOOuoN
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:46 am
@Leytonrocks: RT @zacsanford2: Lots of great advice on when
people get stuck: exercise, swap to other projects, music, read scripts, get up
from desk, etc. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:46 am
@LisaGProsek: @zacsanford2 Driving works for me. No
radio/music. Just thoughts. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:46 am
@efissenden: I tried running once. I almost died.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:47 am
@MatchesMalone: RT @jeannevb: mwhahahaha RT @zacsanford2:
@jeannevb Remind me to never piss you off.. :) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:47 am
@LisaGProsek: @Jamie_LD Isn't that the truth!? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:47 am
@wcmartell: Sometimes I'll write a nonsense version of the
scene - what if Fozzie Bear was the hero and Cookie Monster the villain?
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:47 am
@Jamie_LD: @TwistedKate Sorry. Talking about obstacles to
getting 1st draft written. #ScriptChat
August 20, 2012, 12:47 am
@authorViviAnna: @gcgeek I do jot them down, but then these
amazing snippets will come and I'll HAVE to write those down too etc. vicious
cycle #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:47 am
@zacsanford2: @LisaGProsek I tend to break new scripts when
I drive home for the Holidays. 4+ hours each way. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:47 am
@wcmartell: I only run when someone is chasing me... with a
knife. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:47 am
@RWWFilm: @zacsanford2 @GregStorm I've usually only got 2 or
3. One I'm writing, one I'm outlining, and one I'm still formulating the core
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:47 am
@Mull_Burn: Quintessential Aussie Stoner Comedy, partly
inspired by Homer's "The Odyssey". #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:47 am
@elizabethkarr: @pettigrew66 Yes. 7 pm CST WElcome - it's a
great group. Always lively #convo and exchange of ideas. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:47 am
@JimNewman75: Anyone interested in exchanging 10-pagers for
critique? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:47 am
@LisaGProsek: @zacsanford2 I'm glad it works for you! I
think it's fun. :) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:48 am
@jeannevb: Accountability time: I NEED u all to push me.
Have rewrite of SBAN to do...& with lose of Tom, this won't be easy. Push
me. PLZ #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:48 am
@RWWFilm: @Jamie_LD seen the John Cleese speech where he
talks about the creative process? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:48 am
@zacsanford2: @RWWFilm @GregStorm I'm the same. I have
multiple projects, but never in the same stage of development. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:48 am
@jeannevb: @TheWriteScript *waves*n #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:48 am
@Screenwriter911: If I get stuck on a scene, I tell myself
to write the worst version of the scene possible just as a
"placeholder." ... #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:48 am
@Leytonrocks: @zacsanford2 cheers ... good to know
#scriptchat ... once read that lots of ideas make better ideas than pursuit of
just 1
August 20, 2012, 12:48 am
@Jamie_LD: @SarahAlexis4 Thanks. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:49 am
@SarahAlexis4: @authorViviAnna Me too. And also love
Florence + the machine! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:49 am
@JonFour: Great chat tonight guys! Really got me thinking.
Unfortunately have to cut out a bit early. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:49 am
@wcmartell: I like to give myself a page-per-day quota and
*not reward myself* if I don't do my work. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:49 am
@GCGeek: @authorViviAnna I am my own worst enemy. Always. I
hear ya, Vivi. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:49 am
@Jamie_LD: LMAO RT @efissenden: I tried running once. I
almost died. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:49 am
@zacsanford2: @JimNewman75 I'm working on setting up a new
online reading/feedback/critique group. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:49 am
@efissenden: @jeannevb I will if you'll push me w/thesis!
Email me anytime if you're in need of a grand whipcrackin'! #scriptchat
#whipcrack
August 20, 2012, 12:49 am
@jeannevb: @Screenwriter911 I often stick placeholders like
"insert something hysterically funny here" just so I can move on
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:49 am
@LisaGProsek: @Screenwriter911 I also do placeholder scenes.
At least there's something there that I can fix later. Works! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:49 am
@elizabethkarr: rt @wcmartell If I get stuck on a scene, I
tell myself to write the worst version of the scene possible just as a
"placeholder." #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:49 am
@jeannevb: HAHA RT @Jamie_LD: LMAO RT @efissenden: I tried
running once. I almost died. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:49 am
@SarahAlexis4: @zacsanford2 @RWWFilm @GregStorm Me too, I
try to stack projects for best output/creativity and so I can jump around if I
want #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:49 am
@authorViviAnna: @gregstorm I have alot of showers, got
nothing done but I smell delcious #scriptchat @zacsanford2
August 20, 2012, 12:50 am
@Leytonrocks: RT @Screenwriter911: If I get stuck on a
scene, I tell myself to write the worst version of the scene possible just as a
"placeholder." ... #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:50 am
@RWWFilm: @zacsanford2 @JimNewman75 Oh good - is that still
in the works? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:50 am
@jeannevb: @efissenden perfect! We can do #writingsprints!
WHen is yours due? Mine, 1st wk Oct. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:50 am
@scriptcat: They may want u, but interest is fleeting. Don't
let them skew your view of yourself as a #screenwriter http://t.co/fRKgmAqG
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:50 am
@zacsanford2: @JimNewman75 Send me an email to zac at
scriptchat dot com if you want to be added to the online writers group.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:50 am
@Jamie_LD: That's how I got started. RT @wcmartell: I only
run when someone is chasing me... with a knife. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:50 am
@Screenwriter911: ...Then, in the rewrite, I either fix it
or cut it. Sometimes, however, my "worst version" turns out 2b
stronger than I thought #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:50 am
@SarahAlexis4: @authorViviAnna haha Showers are great for
thinking! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:50 am
@wcmartell: One method is "bite sized pieces" - I
break up a scene into lines and write one line at a time. Outline the scene or
the page. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:50 am
@kammotion: @RWWFilm We're simpatico. It is nice knowing
you've already written scenes downstream. It helps w/ momentum & plant/pay
offs. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:51 am
@GregStorm: @RWWFilm @zacsanford2 At the moment I've got 4
scripted projects & some new pitches that I have to write so switching is
easy #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:51 am
@zacsanford2: @RWWFilm Yep, just trying to figure out the
best way to build the group up. It will be a blast and help everyone
w/deadlines :) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:51 am
@Jamie_LD: @jeannevb Woman, you can do this. You are the
strongest woman I know! No excuses, just do it for Tom! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:51 am
@efissenden: @jeannevb It's ongoing rolling thing but
ideally as FAST as possible ;). Might make it for last week in Oct. We can do
this! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:51 am
@Screenwriter911: The key, for me, is to give myself permission
to write badly - to sometimes let go and let craft be damned. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:51 am
@MatchesMalone: @elizabethkarr @wcmartell I always write the
line from Seinfeld: We Need Something Here. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:51 am
@jenniferpooley: RT @elizabethkarr: rt @wcmartell If I get
stuck on a scene, I tell myself to write the worst version of the scene
possible just as a "placeholder." #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:51 am
@richmagahiz: @wcmartell This is a great technique
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:51 am
@Mull_Burn: Whole story unfurled in my head before I even
put pen to paper. Now onto 3rd and final draft. #scriptchat #youcandoit!
August 20, 2012, 12:51 am
@JimNewman75: @zacsanford2 Already done, sir! :-)
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:51 am
@zacsanford2: Anyone interested in an online writing group
send an email to zac at scriptchat dot com with your regular genre in email.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:51 am
@Leytonrocks: @zacsanford2 @JimNewman75 does that apply to
all? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:52 am
@RWWFilm: @kammotion absolutely. It's nice to finish a tough
scene, and have the reward eb that the follow-up scene is already done
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:52 am
@wcmartell: I write in coffee shops and cycle between 2 or 3
per day - and once I'm on the bike I start solving story problems. Anti-shower.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:52 am
@GregStorm: @authorViviAnna Showers work! My water bill can
be high but my second act is singing! :-) @zacsanford2 #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:52 am
@kingisafink: @jamie_ld @LauraJRichter jeez, why do you guys
always go there? #wetotallyknewyouweregoingtogothere #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:52 am
@pettigrew66: @jeannevb @screenwriter911 Yep! I do that in
EVERYTHING I write! I keep notepads everywhere in case idea strikes!
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:52 am
@art1032: @Jamie_LD @efissenden Huh if I ran.... I WOUld
DIE. No questions asked. #thud # scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:52 am
@elizabethkarr: @SarahAlexis4 @authorViviAnna I prefer a
long hot soak in a clawfoot tub and let my mind wander. Course I always hope it
returns #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:52 am
@Leytonrocks: @MatchesMalone @elizabethkarr @wcmartell I may
go as far as they fight or she storms off as a holding note #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:53 am
@Jamie_LD: @zacsanford2 I was thinking of doing a yahoo
group for that. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:53 am
@zacsanford2: @JimNewman75 I thought you were the other one
who was already interested. Couldn't remember. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:53 am
@kingisafink: @laurajrichter Thanks! it's pretty satisfying
to have a finished product so quickly. we may finally have learned our
lesson... #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:53 am
@Silverwingscrpt: RT @wcmartell: If I get stuck on deadline
I make a list of everything the scene needs to do and any ideas I might have,
then move to the next. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:53 am
@zacsanford2: @Leytonrocks Yep, anyone can join the online
writers group. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:53 am
@JimNewman75: I use the app Evernote to record ideas via
text or voice recordings. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:53 am
@jeannevb: Just a few min left. Anyone need advice on
getting past a certain pt of 1st draft? Ask now! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:53 am
@Leytonrocks: @pettigrew66 @jeannevb @screenwriter911 *ideas
strike* love that expression #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:53 am
@zacsanford2: @Jamie_LD Just remind me in email. I hope to
have it up and running before the end of the month. 1st draft before end of
year. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:53 am
@RWWFilm: @zacsanford2 Let me know if you need any help w/
set up or organization. Happy to lend a hand - or mind. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:54 am
@PostwomanMovie: RT @elizabethkarr: rt @wcmartell If I get
stuck on a scene, I tell myself to write the worst version of the scene
possible just as a "placeholder." #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:54 am
@TwistedKate: @Mull_Burn I'm a little leery of the term
"final draft," but I'll be rooting for you. :) #ScriptChat
August 20, 2012, 12:54 am
@PostwomanMovie: RT @wcmartell: I like to give myself a
page-per-day quota and *not reward myself* if I don't do my work. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:54 am
@LisaGProsek: @JimNewman75 Love Evernote! Love it!
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:54 am
@wcmartell: There are times when writing is "easy"
and times when it's yanking each word from your brain with rusty pliers. Both
work. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:54 am
@zacsanford2: @RWWFilm Will do. I'll need different people
to help run each genre. :) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:54 am
@Jamie_LD: @zacsanford2 I have a "script room"
yahoo group alread set up. I can add you as administrator. We can do it
together if you want #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:55 am
@elizabethkarr: RT @MatchesMalone: @elizabethkarr @wcmartell
I always write the line from Seinfeld: We Need Something Here. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:55 am
@pettigrew66: @wcmartell As soon as the weather cools here
#Texas, I wanna get outdoors & write. New environment! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:55 am
@TwistedKate: Chatting on "real" Twitter, instead
of TweetDeck, tonight. #KeepForgettingMyHashtags #SoSorry #Scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:55 am
@richmagahiz: @JimNewman75 I love that app #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:55 am
@Jamie_LD: RT @elizabethkarr: Creating Characters tonight
@TVWriterChat 6:30 pm PST #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:55 am
@JimNewman75: DITTO! @RWWFilm @zacsanford2 Let me know if
you need any help w/ set up or organization. Happy to lend a hand - or mind.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:55 am
@kammotion: @RWWFilm Couldn't agree more! That's one of the
things I love about screenwriting. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:55 am
@MissySeanache: RT @MatchesMalone: @elizabethkarr @wcmartell
I always write the line from Seinfeld: We Need Something Here. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:55 am
@GCGeek: @jeannevb You've inspired/supported me for years.
Anything you need, say the word. A daily email? Daily tweet? Semi-nudes? Done.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:55 am
@RosenetTV: @jeannevb @Jamie_LD @efissenden running is bad
for you #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:55 am
@IanTopple: I always struggle in the beginning with story
beat problems #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:55 am
@RWWFilm: RT @wcmartell: There are times when writing is
"easy" and times when it's yanking each word from your brain with
rusty pliers. Both work. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:55 am
@LisaGProsek: RT @wcmartell: There are times when writing is
"easy" and times when it's yanking each word from your brain with
rusty pliers. Both work. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:55 am
@zacsanford2: @Jamie_LD When we talk later this week about
the producing we'll discuss more on the group. :) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:56 am
@SarahAlexis4: @LisaGProsek I really want to start using
Evernote... #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:56 am
@Jamie_LD: @IanTopple Me too, that's why I outline
extensively before writing. I know where I'm going, fleshed out all problems.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:56 am
@bstepansky: RT @zacsanford2: To those who hit self-doubt:
The Five Ways Your Brain Self Sabotages Your Writing: http://t.co/9zoimtbR
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:56 am
@GregStorm: I have a shameless plug before we end. My pilot
got into @nytvf. Trailer is here http://t.co/FP6v9DLF #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:56 am
@Jamie_LD: @zacsanford2 Sounds good. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:56 am
@jeannevb: @GCGeek aww... let's start w a daily tweet &
work our way up to semi-nudes ;) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:56 am
@GabeBerman: RT @pettigrew66: @wcmartell As soon as the
weather cools here #Texas, I wanna get outdoors & write. New environment!
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:56 am
@PostwomanMovie: RT @jeannevb: @Screenwriter911 I often
stick placeholders like "insert something hysterically funny here"
just so I can move on #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:56 am
@elizabethkarr: Writing is like cooking a great sauce. You
keep reducing it to get the most flavor. Less inhibited I am, better cook I've
become #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:57 am
@LisaGProsek: @SarahAlexis4 I love it. It's easy. It goes
with me everywhere. Phone. Computer. iPad. Wow! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:57 am
@zacsanford2: Whoa! RT @jeannevb: @GCGeek aww... lets start
w a daily tweet & work our way up to semi-nudes ;) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:57 am
@jeannevb: @GregStorm fantastic! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:57 am
@GCGeek: @jeannevb Oh, they won't be of me. Trying to
inspire! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:57 am
@SarahAlexis4: Hemingway: "Write drunk; edit
sober" & "The first draft of anything is shit." I guess he
was fan of vomit draft, just write it! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:57 am
@Jamie_LD: @elizabethkarr I love this analogy! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:57 am
@pettigrew66: @Leytonrocks @jeannevb @screenwriter911 :-))
Thats how it feels! It hits fast and hard! If I don't jot it down, it's gone!
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:57 am
@JimNewman75: Sign me up! :-P @jeannevb @GCGeek aww... let's
start w a daily tweet & work our way up to semi-nudes ;) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:57 am
@art1032: @RosenetTV @jeannevb @Jamie_LD @efissenden Running
kills....#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:57 am
@SarahAlexis4: @elizabethkarr Cool way of looking at it...
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:57 am
@chicanaknight: To #write a complete 1st draft of a # novel
&/or #screenplay within 3 to 4 months requires 1 to sit down daily &
#write #nofear #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:57 am
@Jamie_LD: @elizabethkarr I think my director was shocked
last weekend when I said to cut 3 lines from the script. They weren't needed.
lol #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:57 am
@elizabethkarr: @GregStorm Congratulations! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:58 am
@tweetiedancing: RT @elizabethkarr: Writing is like cooking
a great sauce. You keep reducing it to get the most flavor. Less inhibited I
am, better cook I've become #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:58 am
@jeannevb: @zacsanford2 dont worry @GCGeek will send you
semi-nudes too ;) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:58 am
@zacsanford2: RT @SarahAlexis4 Hemingway: "Write drunk;
edit sober" & "The first draft of anything is shit."
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:58 am
@Jamie_LD: @SarahAlexis4 I named my Kindle Hemingway. lol
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:58 am
@GREGBIELA: RT: SarahAlexis4 Hemingway: "Write drunk;
edit sober" & "The first draft of anything is shit."
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:58 am
@LisaGProsek: RT @SarahAlexis4: Hemingway: "Write
drunk; edit sober" & "The first draft of anything is shit."
I guess he was fan of vomit draft, just write it! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:58 am
@elizabethkarr: @Jamie_LD When you think about it, cooking,
writing, filmmaking are the same-Depends on ingredients and how you put 'em
together #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:58 am
@TwistedKate: RT @elizabethkarr: Writing is like cooking a
great sauce. You keep reducing it to get the most flavor. Less inhibited I am,
better cook I've become #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:59 am
@RWWFilm: Congrats! RT @GregStorm I have a shameless plug
before we end. My pilot got into @nytvf. Trailer is here http://t.co/tUk71OXJ
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:59 am
@chicanaknight: RT @GCGeek: @jeannevb You've
inspired/supported me for years. Anything you need, say the word. A daily
email? Daily tweet? Semi-nudes? Done. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:59 am
@Mull_Burn: @TwistedKate Cheers, Kate. :_) I'm an unshakeable
optimist, so I believe my script will be a film. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:59 am
@pettigrew66: RT @wcmartell: There are times when writing is
"easy" and times when it's yanking each word from your brain with
rusty pliers. Both work. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:59 am
@Leytonrocks: @pettigrew66 @jeannevb @Screenwriter911 early
class I attended referred to it as an itch and your notepad was the scratch
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:59 am
@jeannevb: I gave my liquor store my insurance card.
Honestly, I shld only have to pay co-pay for my tequila medication. #myProzac
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:59 am
@SarahAlexis4: @Jamie_LD Sometimes you can't truly tell
until you hear it/see it like that. Very cool. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:59 am
@LisaGProsek: This has been a great chat! Thanks to you all!
Hope you have a productive week! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:59 am
@elizabethkarr: Love this. rt @GREGBIELA RT: SarahAlexis4
Hemingway: "Write drunk; edit sober" & "The first draft of
anything is shit." #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:59 am
@redcarol57: RT @GREGBIELA: RT: SarahAlexis4 Hemingway:
"Write drunk; edit sober" & "The first draft of anything is
shit." #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:59 am
@TheGolfChick: RT @jeannevb: I gave my liquor store my
insurance card. Honestly, I shld only have to pay co-pay for my tequila medication.
#myProzac #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:59 am
@zacsanford2: @GregStorm Congrats. We still need to grab
coffee or drinks sometime. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:59 am
@GCGeek: @jeannevb Who knew even in 140 characters it can
end up out of context?! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:59 am
@Leytonrocks: @zacsanford2 have emailed already ;) Thanks
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 12:59 am
@rdlln: .@readthrough also looks pretty cool for table reads
@jeannevb @zacsanford2 @JimNewman75 https://t.co/JBF8DOdn #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:00 am
@Jamie_LD: @SarahAlexis4 So many changes were made on the
fly during filming. A few were inspired by the actors. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:00 am
@ScifiCommons: RT @elizabethkarr: Writing is like cooking a
great sauce. You keep reducing it to get the most flavor. Less inhibited I am,
better cook I've become #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:00 am
@wcmartell: Neil Simon used to write first drafts on colored
paper because he knew he couldn't hand it in that way... so it made him
"free". #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:00 am
@jeannevb: FYI, it's nice to have a week off from having a
chat guest & we can all just share our own thoughts. Love you guys.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:00 am
@RWWFilm: RT @elizabethkarr: Love this. rt @GREGBIELA RT:
SarahAlexis4 Hemingway: "Write drunk; edit sober" & "The
first draft of anything is shit." #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:00 am
@Singleton_Paul: @jolenejahnke I need to join scriptchat
more often. It was good seeing you here. I miss the chats from our Proseries
days.
August 20, 2012, 1:00 am
@efissenden: @art1032 @RosenetTV I'm glad at least some
people understand my running pain ;). #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:00 am
@GregStorm: Thanks @jeannevb @elizabethkarr @RWWFilm My wife
@maryamstorm and I worked on it together. Her 1st writing credit. I directed.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:00 am
@MarkDarkWriter: RT @ozzywood Strengthening the antagonist
can indirectly make the protagonist stronger. #scriptchat #amwriting
#screenwriting
August 20, 2012, 1:00 am
@SarahAlexis4: @jeannevb And you don't even need a
prescription for it :) #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:00 am
@DIBradshaw: RT @Jamie_LD: The biggest obstacle in writing?
Getting my butt in the chair and "just doing it!" Suddenly house
cleaning looks like fun. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:00 am
@efissenden: @jeannevb Amen! Love you too! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:01 am
@jeannevb: @wcmartell very cool idea. But my handwriting
sucks. Even I can't read it #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:01 am
@MatchesMalone: @elizabethkarr Of course Spillane said,
"If I can't get it right the first time, how am I going to get it right in
the rewrite?" #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:01 am
@chambernaut: RT @JimNewman75: Anybody know of reliable
software where the readers "voices" in FD sound natural (not
robotic)? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:01 am
@wcmartell: Sorry I was late - lost track of time. Wish I
could say I was writing... #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:01 am
@chambernaut: RT @jeannevb: @zacsanford2 @JimNewman75 the
G+table read dude is @rdlln #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:01 am
@LetThereBeFilm: I've just about started drafting a film,is
there a way of getting an executive or independent body to back it up at this
stage? #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:01 am
@zacsanford2: The shoot I was on today with @princess_scribe
was amazing... I can't say more or I'll be in trouble. #tightlipped #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:01 am
@Jamie_LD: What a fantastic and fast #scriptchat tonight.
Stay tuned to #tvwriterchat if you want to talk about developing characters.
August 20, 2012, 1:01 am
@elizabethkarr: Congratulations to talented writer I work
with @domWaclawiak - IN FROM THE COLD is Nicholl Fellowship quarter finalist.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:01 am
@jeannevb: Fantastic! RT @GregStorm: @elizabethkarr @RWWFilm
My wife @maryamstorm ...1st writing credit. I directed. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:01 am
@MatchesMalone: RT @MarkDarkWriter: RT @ozzywood
Strengthening the antagonist can indirectly make the protagonist stronger.
#scriptchat #amwriting #screenwriting
August 20, 2012, 1:01 am
@GregStorm: Yes we do! I'm shooting this week but next
works. RT @zacsanford2: Congrats. We still need to grab coffee or drinks
sometime. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:02 am
@pettigrew66: @wcmartell Well said! It's kinda weird how
it's sometimes either a flood or drought when writing! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:02 am
@jeannevb: @wcmartell glad you popped in thoughn #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:02 am
@zacsanford2: @LetThereBeFilm Not until you've made it and
broken in. If you're a tyro scribe you need to complete the script first.
#scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:02 am
@TwistedKate: @Mull_Burn Where I, the grudging defeatist, am
sick with envy of your attitude while I watch mine collect dust. ;P #ScriptChat
August 20, 2012, 1:02 am
@TheSmokeyJoe: RT @jeannevb: #pervdog @JimNewman75
#scriptchat http://t.co/HoWWof4c
August 20, 2012, 1:02 am
@zacsanford2: @GregStorm This week is bad for me too. I'll
shoot you a DM to grab your email address again. #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:02 am
@jeannevb: Thanks for an awesome chat, guys! I'll have the
transcript up in a bit. Great tips! #scriptchat
August 20, 2012, 1:02 am
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