Hello, hello, updating on my dad's computer. Finally have a working computer but I don't have internet connection while I'm at home so I thought I'd update on here.
Wrote a lot, I'm making a concerted effort to add more action scenes, and I find it is extremely fun though I have trouble balancing between concise, screenwriting descriptions and visually interesting vocabulary.
On a side note, I saw District 9 this evening, and I really liked it. It's weird how expressive the CG guys can make fake eyes. Even though the aliens had no expressions, their eyes conveyed alot of feeling. Peter Jackson has a serious sympathy for unsavory creatures (King Kong, Golem, etc).
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Progress
I'm closing in on Act I. I had to refresh my memory to make sure I was following the general three-act structure. I made a diagram and stuck it on my corkboard as a constant reminder.
Slowly the Black Death is creeping back into my story, I find it's helpful to establish the climate of the environment. I added a scene where Tanith stumbles upon a corpse of a plague victim in the beginning. Not sure if it was the right way to go but I'm gonna keep it in for now.
Slowly the Black Death is creeping back into my story, I find it's helpful to establish the climate of the environment. I added a scene where Tanith stumbles upon a corpse of a plague victim in the beginning. Not sure if it was the right way to go but I'm gonna keep it in for now.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Back in the saddle
Soo, my sister took my mom and I to Puerto Rico this past weekend. It was nice but I'm too much a slave to my routine to really appreciate it the way some other people would.
I've been reading William Gibson/Bruce Sterling novel "The Difference Engine" because I am interesting in Gibson's work and it was the only book they had at Drexel library. It's really interesting even though so far very little has happened, the world itself is engaging enough to hold my attention.
I also read an article about Quentin Tarantino, which firmly cemented my only hesitant previous opinion of him; he's a douche.
Screenplay-wise, I've resumed work after a weekend away, and I want to have Tanith at the Mannix farmstead by this weekend. I've found the best way for me to work is for long stretches chewing massive amounts of Stride gum. It's better than chain-smoking.
The goals I've been setting for myself have been working out, though I confess I do not update this as much as I should.
I've been reading William Gibson/Bruce Sterling novel "The Difference Engine" because I am interesting in Gibson's work and it was the only book they had at Drexel library. It's really interesting even though so far very little has happened, the world itself is engaging enough to hold my attention.
I also read an article about Quentin Tarantino, which firmly cemented my only hesitant previous opinion of him; he's a douche.
Screenplay-wise, I've resumed work after a weekend away, and I want to have Tanith at the Mannix farmstead by this weekend. I've found the best way for me to work is for long stretches chewing massive amounts of Stride gum. It's better than chain-smoking.
The goals I've been setting for myself have been working out, though I confess I do not update this as much as I should.
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