By request I’ve uploaded an modified version of some of the report cards from NaNoWriMo to suit the needs for Script Frenzy.
I did not create this. I merely modified it for Script Frenzy. All credit for creation and idea goes to the original creators.
After re-reading sections of Syd Field‘s classic screenwriting book, I tried to let go of the computer last night and instead write down the story arc on small index cards.
Even though the task at first seemed daunting, it is quite frankly the best tool I’ve applied yet to my script writing experience.
I especially like this card:
But all in all it gives a superb overview of the storyline and it was really easy to identify areas where the story was rushed and areas where the story was just stalling.
For all the neat programs I’ve tried, they are all beaten into a pulp by simple good old pen and paper, who would have thought.
During the Frenzy in April my plan is to write a daily brief status update on the progress.
Status so far;
I’ve been using Dramatica Pro for the story and character development, which is a first for me. I not that big a fan of computer aided character development but Dramatica is rather good. At least it asks you some interesting questions that make you think more deeply about your story.
Rendezvous with Rama will for me always stand out as some of the best writing. Not just science fiction but fiction in general.
You will be greatly missed.
I know that it’s been quiet in here the last few weeks and may I be the first one to apologize. There are reasons for this quietness and they are numerous and all very valid.
First and foremost on the job front, I’ve switched from a role as project manager in the development department to communication consultant in the communications department in NNIT. I’m communicating so much during the day at the office that I have little time or topics for the matter left when I get home. Hence the reason for not writing as much on this weblog.
The new job is ace, and I’m seriously enjoying every minute of it.
Secondly, and maybe more importantly I’m trying to finish the second draft of my adaptation of Bram Stoker‘s The Judge’s House before the craziness of the Script Frenzy sets in.
This one seems as a lost cause, since I’m at the same time fleshing out the story that I’m gonna run with in the month of April while the Frenzy lasts. A story that is going to kick ass and smile about it too, if I should say so myself.
Last but not least I’m writing an article for the newly launched Teknokratiet group weblog. A good friend of mine started it with some of the high rollers of the Danish digital media scene and it is quite an honor to be included in the company of these fine people.
So if the posting on this weblog are collecting dust, fret not as I will return.
Citizen Kane has met his/its match: There Will Be Blood is a masterpiece of near impossible quality and magnitude. Paul Thomas Anderson has gone where few dare (No Country For Old Men, ahem), and when a director attacks that which is more than human, perfection is the only option. Here’s to the brilliance. #
I had a hard time watching the Oscars this year. I seriously think that Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic There Will Be Blood was overlooked in such ways that years from now, we’ll will be refering to this year’s Oscars as the year were There Will Be Blood was denied Oscars.