I’m in a good mood tonight. I’m struggling to find the next step in my professional career, and I feel stalled out. I’m not hurting, but I also think that I’m not where I need to be. Yet, I don’t know how to fix that. And then I come home tonight and work on this script and this project, and I suddenly realize that this is one of the few things I have in my life that I am fully in control of. And that puts me in a good mood.
Now that I think about it, “control” is probably why I’m an artist at all.
So, where are we with the script? Well, I hit 120 pages. What seemed like a far and distant goal back in November is already here…and too soon. However, I’m also not as worried as I was about going over 120 pages since I’m very close to the end of the story. In fact, it’s kind of frustrating to turn in these pages now instead waiting another week for a complete script. Alas, these are the sacrifices we have to make to stay (relatively) on schedule.
Here are some interesting points regarding these pages:
- I rewrote the double-fisting child bashing scene. The violence against the infected children is implied now. The rebel in me is disappointed, but understands the pragmatist in me has a point. Plus, I had a lengthy talk with The Mormon about the scene, and he balked at seeing children get slaughtered. He’s a parent. I’m just going to have to assume that I’ll never have these sensitivities but need to be aware of them.
- I think I’m going to have to reconstruct the town a bit. I have the survivors returning to the jail to grab weapons and then fight their way across town, only to end up at Doc Murphy’s. However, earlier, I placed Doc’s across the street from the jail. So, I either have to move the Doc Murphy scene in these pages closer to leaving the jail and before the fight or move Doc’s place farther away in the town earlier in the movie.
- I was sure I had a 3, but I can’t think of it now. Oh, wait! I remember now. It has less to do with these pages and more to do with YouTube. Apparently, you can’t use “#DoubleFisting” on your videos. The tag gets removed.
Anyway, I’m really excited to be so close to the end! One more week and we’ll have a first draft+ done.
Now, Let’s Write This Movie!
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