Calm down, Expect Chaos

Writing a script? Very good. Here's your share of chaos, Sir!

I hate it but its a part of the process I think. So, I am sitting in my ACP:Experimental class, watching this amazing film Nostalgia by Hollis Frampton and suddenly I got an idea and, as per previous post: The Big Bully, I had to write. In the middle of this amazing movie, whoomp, the laptop comes out and I start writing.

Cut to two hours later and I have murdered seven of my ten characters in the screenplay I had two hours later. I have completely destroyed their story lines. The point of view of the film has changed, its no longer ensemble and the conclusion is much more self-exploration than it was before. Its a whole new experiment in terms of temporality and structure. Well, no harm done because if anything, its a move in the discovering-my=characters and seeing-other-views-into-their-world right?

A BIG FAT NO. Because now I dont know what the hell I should do and since no one else has read the script, no one can seriously give you advice... so should I write two feature length screenplays just to choose which structure I likke better... God Knows! At this point, I start dry-heaving a little bit and me mouth goes DRY... This happens a lot so dont dial 911 just yet.

Started writing tonight and figured out that for the story to work, it has to be told from both points of view... Gah! I still am not sure.. Writing is a time consuming process and its kind of like cleaning out your ear with VERY expensive Q-Tips. Take a Q-Tip. Clean out your ear. Now analyze the dirt. Clean it out again. Analyze. Clean it out again, and again, and again till you are damn sure there is nothing else in there... NOW throw the Q-Tip away. Do not start writing until you are damn sure youve squeezed every idea out of your head.... because if you haven't, you'll need a couple of Q-Tips and since the Q-tIps in this scenario are very expensive, that is not a good thing my friend.

Helpful Site: John August's site about screenwriting.
Book I'm reading: Shooting to Kill (signed copy!)
Movie on my mind: Anthony Ng's 212.