I finished the first draft of Bright Freedom yesterday. It came in at just under 68 pages, which is a couple pages shorter than the first drafts for Then the Phone Rang and My Detective Story. It is about a page longer than my first draft of The Doorman’s Sacrifice. Before I started to write,… Read Article →
Monthly Archives: December 2010
At the start of this year, I set a goal of writing three feature scripts by the end of the year. I’ve done two and am a little over half way through the third. I think I’ll get it (Bright Freedom) done this week. The reason I picked three was that in Dov Ss Simens… Read Article →
I want to get back to work on my script Bright Freedom this week. I’m confident that I will meet my goal to finish three scripts this year. The script sat idle for a month. I started to reread what I’ve done so far, and review the outline. It will take me a day or… Read Article →
I finished the first draft of my story based on the Lester Dent Master Fiction Plot formula. It came in at 6,463 words, or somewhat longer than the 6,000 words that the formula targets. I will need to rewrite the story to fix some inconsistencies, and I can likely tighten up the story when I… Read Article →
After I read over Lester Dent’s story formula, I wanted to try it out. I developed a spreadsheet that I could use to organize the outline. I added some modifications of my own that I thought would help me write. This week I did an outline. I wanted to leave the project until later because… Read Article →
Note 2022 September 5: I did submit, but later removed my script. I don’t believe the program is still open. This week I finished my changes to The Doorman’s Sacrifice and uploaded it to Amazon Studios. So far, I’ve had three people download the script and two people posted reviews. One controversy about the site… Read Article →
Note 2022 September 5: I did submit, but later removed my script. I don’t believe the program is still open. I finished my changes to The Doorman’s Sacrifice and uploaded it to Amazon Studios. Please have a look. You need to sign up, but it is free. Don’t feel obligated to read it or comment… Read Article →
