Tuesday, October 09, 2007

momentum

My head is starting to spin. Waved off my sister and her hub back to Brum via Blighty from Cape Town International this afternoon after a weekend of 70th birthday celebrations (and a sneaked-in bit of writing here and there). The trouble with being a scriptwriter is that people (who may've flown 5000 miles to see you) never think you're actually doing anything important at your desk and that you're messing around or something (ahem...)

Right now I've just about hit the wall with this script - you know the challenging bit where the writing momentum seems to have flown out the window. What is left is the unappetising graft - an uphill slog, knocking it out. But soon it'll be time for another act print out - to shift everything around, pull it together and add pizzazz. That's much more interesting ..

The back burner script projects will be on the front burner as of next week (with contracts and money all being spoken about in the same call.) I always believe it's best to say yes to everything first (within reason) - because most of the time it'll take forever to actually get off the ground anyway. But first I have to get this one finished. Phew! What else?

I was a bit perturbed after reading the
UKFC's new development criteria (which now seem wonderfully writer-friendly as well as pecuniarily enhanced - that no re-submissions are allowed. The old scheme of course allowed re-submissions. As I previously submitted (prematurely and with only a treatment) I despatched an email query to clarify matters. Happily it seems it will be ok.

There you go. Onwards type, type!

4 comments:

potdoll said...

I thought your Mum was in Leeds?


Glad you can still resubmit that treatment.

Near by said...

no Pot. I was in Leeds once.

I imported her now (!)

Yes me too - it'll be a script when I submit. How's your app going?

potdoll said...

did you! wish my Mum was importable.

application is going okay but there are other things holding it back. i've decided to get on with my step outline regardless.

Anonymous said...

maybe you can add your mum as an attachment ;-)

Yes - best to get things as ready as possible isn't it...