Archive for Script Frenzy
{ March 4, 2009 @ 10:56 pm }
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{ NaNoWriMo, School, Script Frenzy }
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I haven’t posted in ages and I’m sorry, but I have a life so many other things on my plate right now (always, actually). I’m exhausted because of the upcoming final exams, I’ve been studying like 8 hours/day and electromagnetism quite simply sucks, you know. And I suck at it. Luckily in a couple of weeks at least this cause of stress will be history (though that’s such a short time, I can’t get into my head everything I’d like to have there).
So I just realised that it’s April next month and that means Script Frenzy and I was driving home today and went like ‘omg, the site must be open o.O’ And I’m not even sure if I want to do it (though I will, of course…), but then I started having ideas like ‘what if I did an adapted screenplay of Imaginary’ and that actually sounds like something I could do. I’d have to finish the novel before, though. Or I dunno. I know how it’s going to end, so I could just draft it and then do the adaptation. Perhaps…
I also noticed that I haven’t said anything about last year’s NaNo here. I hated most of it, the last couple of thousand words were endurable but the rest of it… gah, let’s just say I’m glad I don’t have to return there. I won though, and that was some achievement, ’cause I was pretty worn out back then. And I did write 10k in two days, that’s a small victory too :)
{ April 26, 2008 @ 8:11 pm }
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{ Script Frenzy, success }
{ Tags: Script Frenzy 2008 }
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I had good times, I had bad times and then I started feeling desperate because I was kind of stuck (though I actually wasn’t, it was more like an illusion). And then I hit 75 pages and decided that damn right I’m going to do this.
Yesterday evening, at 78 pages I told Miccoh that I was going to hit 80 during the evening and then write ten pages on both weekend days. Today I just sat down and wrote what is currently 12 pages and now I’m happily standing at 94 pages. That is almost 95 which is only five pages away from winning (ooh, mathematics…) and then the sun will shine and all my problems will be gone forever.
Now I’m going to bake a cake (it’s my dad’s birthday tomorrow but the real reason is of course Screnzy :D ) and then watch some comedy and maybe write, maybe not. I’ve got tomorrow and the rest of the month, I’m not in a hurry anymore.
… continue reading this entry.
{ April 13, 2008 @ 8:27 pm }
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{ School, Script Frenzy }
{ Tags: Script Frenzy 2008 }
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I’ve almost written a whole episode, about 44 pages! This pilot episode covers one day at a crazy school, and I totally suck at making believable* original characters, but I think in my case that isn’t the most important thing. The good news is I feel somehow more able to write dialogue than ever. I don’t know if it’s funny or anything, but at least there might be a bit more dialogue than descriptive passages.
I had an excellent day yesterday; my page count increased with 10 pages. I was behind schedule, now I’m tightly on it. I think I’ll have to write a couple more pages today because I’ve got my hands full of not only maths but physics, chemistry, English, Swedish and piano as well on the normal weekdays. Sometimes I’d have skipped chemistry and English completely, but we have evil wordtests in English and actually things to calculate in chemistry. Something new for a change. And I do love the groups I’m studying in ^^
So… 44 pages. That’s a bit over 7,000 words now. I’m gonna be so fine :D But not if I give in to the urge to watch some more House… Although I’m going to do that anyway…
*after watching Green Wing** over and over and over again, I’ll believe anything.
** I’m actually not payed for advertising GW everywhere and all the time. Should be though :P
{ April 8, 2008 @ 12:02 pm }
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{ Script Frenzy }
{ Tags: Script Frenzy 2008 }
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Yay, my exams are almost over! I had the second maths test today and it seemed easy enough. Now I have a bit more time for Screnzy (currently I’ve written 13 pages – this is going to be an epic fail if I don’t pull myself together). But I feel so stupid! I’m a fourth-time-participant if you count NaNoWriMos, so I should know, but it wasn’t until yesterday that I realised that hey, I could use some dares! It’s not like I haven’t ever used dares before, I had just forgotten about them completely! And I’m writing an absurd comedy, so dares would fit in perfectly. That was a real headdesk-moment yesterday.
And now I’m going to open my script document, be very brave and write something that felt impossible on Sunday. I’m not going to fail!
{ April 2, 2008 @ 9:27 am }
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{ I just suck at this, Script Frenzy }
{ Tags: dialogue, Script Frenzy 2008 }
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I have now officially written four pages of my script for a comedy that seems to me quite boring and not funny at all. I think I’ve learned something about tabs in OpenOffice but my writing style is still leaning towards description too heavily. I recall complaining something about being unable to write dialogue during NaNoWriMo. Well, as we all know, scripts are quite a lot about dialogue… But at least I’ve formatted in a nice way, so I don’t have to write so much.
But four pages in one day… that’s ahead of schedule. Maybe, just maybe, I might actually survive :)
{ March 31, 2008 @ 8:30 pm }
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{ Music, Script Frenzy }
{ Tags: Script Frenzy 2008 }
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2 ½ hours until fade-in, I haven’t used Celtx since last June so I’ll probably have to write the first lines with plain old OpenOffice. Not that there’s anything wrong with it.
I keep having serious doubts about Screnzy even now, which is kinda worrying. I’m going to write a comedy script, and though I love watching shows like Green Wing or Frasier, comedy’s never really been my thing. Of course, last time I proved that I can write absolute shit that would interest no one (and this isn’t modesty, I really mean it), but still… The bigger problem, though, is the fact that I’ve got all the exams coming just now. I had two courses maths, and biology and religion and Finnish, so it’s not going to be a piece of cake. Once the exams are over, I’ve lost like a week of the month. I’m so going to die.
I bought a nice new cd, Poets of the Fall’s Revolution Roulette. Love it.
{ March 10, 2008 @ 8:58 pm }
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{ Script Frenzy, misery }
{ Tags: House M.D., Script Frenzy 2008 }
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Please forget me ever promising anything. I’m not gonna keep it anyway.
There hasn’t really been much to tell, and I make enough nonsense-entries in Imaginary. I do have enough on my plate already (or I’ve made myself believe so…) so I haven’t had energy to plan Screnzy (although Haru-chan kindly drafted a charming pianist guy for me) or really anything. I haven’t even browsed the forums much, so I’m not sure whether I’ll make it this time.
This wasn’t supposed to be so gloomy entry. Actually I have only two reasons for my misery: a hurting leg and a stupid Finnish essay due tomorrow. The reason I don’t have time to do anything is House. That’s about it.
{ March 2, 2008 @ 1:59 pm }
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{ Script Frenzy, TV }
{ Tags: Green Wing, Script Frenzy 2008 }
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March already? I’m still scared, I’m still having doubts but I should’ve known that I’d get as enthusiastic as always. I found a OpenOffice document full of funny Screnzy slogans from last year and got swept into the interesting world of icon-making. I’ll probably be making more and post them here for your enjoyment.
I’m going to write a tv-script. I’ve watched relatively few movies, so the whole idea of a movie seemed kind of frightening. I don’t suppose tv-writing will be any easier, but I’m more familiar with tv than films. And then I accidentally got the idea: Green Wing meets school world. I thought I might ask a few friends to scetch one or two characters for me so it wouldn’t be just my dull imagination just writing my own teachers a little bit more odd than they already are.
There it is, pretty, isn’t it :D Now I’m going to go and browse the Screnzy forums and make some more icons (and read Oliver Twist and write the bloody essay…) but I promise more frequent updates from now on.
And while I’m at it, please let me recommend to you the excellent comedy series Green Wing (have I mentioned it earlier? Err…). It’s set in a hospital, but don’t make the mistake thinking it’s an ordinary hospital soap – it isn’t. Oh God, I wish I could write something half as funny.
Edit: I was a bit bored so I made a couple of SF-themed icons. Enjoy!
