by Katherine Villyard | May 8, 2004 | scripts
The script is much improved, thanks to the divine Misha. It is, however, still a bit short. I plan to write more this weekend and go over the script format with Cole/Haag. I have a week, and am confident that I’ll finish and have it in the mail by then. I took...
by Katherine Villyard | May 3, 2004 | scripts
I’m pretty sure the first draft is finished–I’ve tied up the pressing loose ends–but it’s short. I’ve sent it to my friend Misha for comments, because she is a generous, rocking kind of person and volunteered. I’m pretty sure...
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 27, 2004 | scripts, short fiction
I had a bit of an air-conditioning-related setback. Okay, I really think I had mid-project blues. Anyway, I’ve been behind on my page counts for a few days, but I just did five and feel back on track. That’s what matters, right? I’m really feeling...
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 22, 2004 | scripts
I swear the Austin Heart of Film site said May 7 last week, but now I have an extra week to write my script. This is good, because it gives me extra revision room. The more revision room I get, the happier I am. Go ahead. Call me a weirdo. I can take it. And I’m...
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 20, 2004 | scripts, short fiction
I managed six script pages in an hour last night, followed by a couple of paragraphs puttering on the recalcitrant nightmare story. I have therefore tentatively decided that four pages a day in hopes of finishing the movie script for Austin is doable. I’m trying...
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 19, 2004 | scripts
Austin Film Festival’s screenwriting competition closes on May 7. The movie script is currently 32 pages long. The average film comedy is 90-110 pages long. May 7 is 18 days away. Assuming I would need to write about 60 more pages, that’s a little over 3...
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 18, 2004 | reading, scripts, short fiction
I got several funny pages done on the movie script. Hooray! On the other hand, I read a bit of draft for the nightmare story I wrote last week, and it is the suck. Not first draft suck, either. Worse. Woe. Ah well, this is the whole reason to have multiple projects in...
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 11, 2004 | scripts
I’ve been writing scripts today. Go figure! I suspect it’s because I wrote the script submission tracker yesterday. Now I need some scripts to put into it. 🙂 I worked on both the movie script and a new TV script. I think they’re both going well....
by Katherine Villyard | Jan 11, 2004 | life, the universe, and everything, procrastination, scripts, short fiction
Several months ago, I got a cheap copy of Dragon Naturally Speaking, but then my computer died. I installed it today. In fact, I’m using it now. I thought it would be fun to use with Final Draft to write scripts, but it doesn’t really recognize my voice...
by Katherine Villyard | Jan 1, 2004 | life, the universe, and everything, scripts, short fiction
I’d really like to post something like, “This year I will get published, sell my movie script, and win the Georgia Lottery,” but none of those things are under my control, so there’s no point in having them in a New Year’s Resolutions...