A Small Step But A Step Nonetheless
Well, it’s done. Well, almost done. I’ve submitted Things People Do into two of three screenwriting competitions I’m taking a swing at before year’s end. It’s a small step, but a step nonetheless. At least the script is out there now, in some way, and I feel like I’m doing something with the material even … Read more
TPD Project Journal: Wrap Up – Start Up
SHOTGUN: Wrap Up Okay, so my month of Shotgunning has come to an end. It was a good run, a good month. I achieved all my goals save one. I wasn’t able to layout all the scenes for the entire film. I did about half the script and that while battling off and on sickness, … Read more
SHOTGUN Project Journal: Reworked
Jamal Hankins aka SCRIBEREGLYPH THINGS PEOPLE DO (drama) SHOTGUN (drama)
TPD-2nd Draft Project Journal: Rippin’ and Runnin’
Well, it’s been a really chaotic past two weeks. Went through my son having pinkeye, ear infection, and Pneumonia, to dealing with a snow/ice storm, my wife being sick, and at the end, I got sick. I’m better now. Much better now. During the last two weeks, well go back a week, don’t count this one, I … Read more
TPD-2nd Draft Project Journal: Starting the 2nd Draft
I was going to wait until Monday to post this, but I couldn’t answer the question, “What am I waiting for?” January 1st has come and gone which means I’ve started the second draft of “Things People Do”. I’ll be working on this project for the rest of the month, then I’ll switch out to … Read more
TPD Project Journal: Press Start
Okay, now, I’m ready to start…again, ha, ha. I’ve finally finished prepping material for the second draft of “Things People Do”. It was a fun process, revisiting the characters, interviewing them, getting to know more about them, adding new scenes. I’ve added a lot to the beginning of the story to show how things were … Read more
TPD Project Journal: Good, Getting Better.
Well, I’ve been gone for the last couple of weeks battling a bout of blog-burnout due to 30 Days of Writing. I still have four more days of 30DOW to go and I’ll knock those out soon enough. Though I haven’t been blogging, I have been writing. Actually, rewriting…somewhat. As some of you know, I … Read more
TTABE Project Journal: Ouija Keyboard
As I mentioned at the beginning of the week, I was going to try a different method to develop the characters for this story other than my usual process. I’m always open to, and looking for ways to improve my writing process. So, instead of just filling in the blanks on my character file template(name, … Read more
