The first draft is what it is
Friday, September 10, 2010

I’ve finished the first draft of “the Beautymaker”.

I didn’t write the last two scenes.

Honestly, I’m the only one who will ever read this first version, and I already know that my current ending will be changed. I wrote a note at the end what was missing and ended it there.

I’ve also made a note about my ideas for the rewrite. It would be awful if I forgot about it.

You might ask why I don’t go right back and start the rewrite now when I know what to do, but I tell you, it is not that easy.

When I write a story I live in this bubble of the story’s perfectness. I need to burst that bubble and read the script with fresh eyes; and the best way to do that, is to simply let it be for a while and don’t under any circumstances read it in the meantime.

This “not to read it” must have been much easier when you had one copy written on a typewriter. You should seal it in an envelope and put it away in a drawer.

I’ve got mine on file and it is just to click and open. But of course I won’t. Since I know this will do more damage than use. It will be tempting, but no, trust me, I won’t. But I wish I could lock myself out in a more trustworthy way than just a promise to myself, if you know what I mean.

Now I’ll keep working on my adaption of “Mord i Malmö”; A project I now will be able to look upon with fresh eyes.