Script Frenzy
Over the past month I’ve occasionally thought of writing a story for the 2008 Script Frenzy, which kicked off today, but I decided I was too busy with other commitments to try it. However, in the past few days, with the “threat” of Script Frenzy looming, I’ve really been feeling the need to write something, so I think that I will go ahead and “do” Script Frenzy, but do it my way. Not officially.
I’ve had a story running around my head for about 3 years now and I’d love to get it on paper… er, pixels… or whatever computer jargon is appropriate here.
I’ve tried writing this story a couple times. The first time was for 2005’s NaNoWriMo, but I only got a couple thousand words in before I crashed and burned. The times I’ve tried since then have been equally disappointing. My main problem with writing it has always been that I saw it vividly in my head, as if I was watching a movie unfold before my mind’s eye, but when I tried to capture it in words, it just fell apart pathetically. Now, I know that it is likely just me lacking the creativity to find the right words, and maybe it’s just a cop out, but I’ve been thinking that if it feels like a movie in my head, maybe I should write it as if it were a movie even if I’d rather see it in novel format. Also, then I can just say something along the lines of “To the left of the meadow you see him lurking behind the bushes” rather than come up with some literary stuff like, “Breathing slowly, he peered out into the meadow through the tangle of arrowwood branches.” This way I might finally be able to get the story on paper and then go back in and work on turning the script into a novel.
We’ll see how it goes. In any case, good luck to those who are starting their Script Frenzy adventures.
Good luck!!
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