Entries Tagged as 'Writing'

That’s a Wrap and Other Stories

So. Here I am, about halfway through the visit to the Southern branch of Phantom Moose. Everything is going well, probably because it’s easier to be creative when everybody is in the same room/house. You remember my last post about what we were going to do? Like all good plans, it has changed. [Read more →]

Mulling Over New Ideas

This past month has been pretty busy, what with Ruth and I editing a seminar for Simply Charlotte Mason, and all the other things that happen when you try to make movies while having a life. :-)

But! On Friday we found time to sit down over the Internet and discuss an idea we had in November. I came away from the meeting extremely encouraged with the direction of the project. One thing that came up was all the other ideas we had to play with. We counted at least five story ideas that we might work on later.

Don’t worry, by the way… We’re still planning on doing the DragonSpell teaser. Just gotta get this seminar done first.

Book Review: Crafty Screenwriting

Crafty Screenwriting: Writing Movies That Get Made (Paperback)
by Alex Epstein
ISBN: 0805069925

Price: USD 11.55
38 used & new available from USD 3.95

Summary

A book on how to write crafty screenplays. Crafty as in “screenwriting is my craft.” [Read more →]

Glimmer of Hope

Since the last update, we’ve been tossing around many, many other ideas, but nothing has really clicked with us. So what prompts this update?

We have a new idea that reworks our current script. It’s somewhat different and somewhat new. Some of the biggest problems with the old draft have been solved, but new ones have been added (of course).

We’ll see how it ends up working out. I’m optimistic!

(And keep an eye out for a book review post. I just need to find time to do it.)

Draft Two in Progress

We finished writing the first draft of our new script a little while ago. Since then, we’ve been letting it sit for about a week. Now we’re jumping in again with another draft.

We’re trying something different. Rebekah and I are each writing a separate draft. No idea how this will work out, but we thought it might be beneficial.

Nothing much to report besides that. Rewriting on my end has been slow. But I did have a brainwave about half an hour ago. We’ll see how it pans out.