Day 10: -295 +793 =7162

A couple of bad keystroke assignments in Smart Script Gold and a little stupidity on my part meant that I actually lost the little bit of work I did yesterday morning. Oh, well. I remembered most of it and recovered pretty well today. I'm still ahead of the game.

Day 9: +295 = 6,664

OK. Not a big boost, but another couple of scenes got added. Half a day's work is better than none.

Day 8: +0 = 6369

No progress today, since I had to be at work early and took the evening off. I did watch Woody Allen's Take the Money and Run as 'research' into comedy film (it doesn't really match the comedy style I'm seeking, nor does it stand the test of time, though).

Day 7: +957 = 6369

More good progress. I can hardly believe how smoothly this is going. Each day I seem to have just enough for a couple of hours worth of writing and it comes right out. About the time I run out of steam, it's time (or past time) to get ready to go to work.

Today's contribution got me past the end of Act I and Plot Point I and started the setup for Act II.

Day 6: +1055 = 5412 words

The words seem to be spilling out. I know this is going to need some serious re-write, but it's still fun to just write and see something take 'shape'. No gym again today, but at least I seem to be making progress at work, too.

Day 5: +720 = 4357 words

I've been having so much fun writing my screenplay and busy with other things that I've neglected this blog. I apologize.

Like any story I've written, this one is giving me some problems. But so far none are insurmountable and I've learned enough about writing to know I need to leave most of them until the rewrite. The exception has been the original opening sequence, which was completely wrong. I've kept the words for the word count, but am otherwise ignoring them.

I think I'm more excited about how this story is going than any other I've tackled. That really helps make the writing go quickly. I'm almost 25% done and only 17% into the month. Unbelievable.

It looks like I won't make it to the gym this morning, though. Oh well. I need to get to the office and make sure I'm making progress there, too.

Day 4 - 3637 words

I'm posting this after the fact. I'm still amazed I got so much written over the weekend.