I’ve almost accepted that a first draft is allowed to have a glitch or two.
When I’m writing on Sunlight (my current feature movie script project) I know where I’m heading and why, but in detail what will happen – sorry, but no.
I had planned the scenes for act one and two, but now when it comes to act three, I’m a little uncertain if it will do any good.
You see, I’m afraid that I will either get limited by the script as it is written or get back and rewrite to get a setup for something I’ve forgotten.
Of course it will turn out that setups are missing, once the whole story is in place. It’s a first draft! Even though I know what will happen on an overall level, I’m not even certain what will happen on the next page.
I’m still learning to get the best out of me.
Maybe this is a good way. Maybe it will be a horrible mess.
Since I’m not the kind of writer that can dump out an idea just like that in any readable form, maybe I should have planned the whole script? I don’t know. It didn’t feel right then. Then one act at a time felt best.
But once I started to write, I didn’t want to break and get back to planning.
I do miss my notes. They kick-started my creative flow.
Well, no matter result, this is the way I will write this script.
2 comments:
Yeah... I kind of struggle with the same thing. I like to have some sort of outline, but then I feel limited when I go to write the first draft. I'm still trying to find that right balance of being organized ahead of time so it's not a mess, and allowing more creativity during the first draft.
I think it's cool you're sticking with it and finishing the draft with the way you started it!
It's also the kind of struggle that it depressingly enough takes years to learn from and get the perfect process for oneself.
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