Ok so now writing work is piling up on the sidelines while I crack on with the current script. Act one is in the bag. The 'layered time' stuff was rather like threading a multi-coloured beaded necklace, stringing in one colour and then another. Then I trimmed all the VO right back. So that's done.
I've beat sheeted the next two Acts which now should be fairly straight forward to write (ahem).
Looking ahead I can foresee a problem with the ending. I know some folk think you shouldn't bother starting a script without knowing the ending but I tend to be of the opposite opinion - better to travel hopefully than arrive - allow the story to find its conclusion. But maybe that's waffle.
The problem I have with this script is how to end a story based on 'real' events. I think I may have to insert a hefty dose of fiction to tie it all up. Hmmm.
Laters.
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if you don't know your ending do you know your final climax?
There's a massive life-changing historical event towards the end of Act 2 which turns everything around...
Then a climactic court case which turns things around again..
but *sigh* real life is not a plot
"better to travel hopefully then arrive" - I love it! Words to live by.
As for real life not being a plot - that's definitely tricky to finesse. Best of luck.
Thanks Anna
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