I've just finished the first draft of my script! It's 10 pages but there's still work to be done on it think. I'm going to re read through it again tomorrow and see what improvements I can make and give it to a couple of friends and see what they think it needs.
It has a fair few peaks and troughs in it so I'm pleased with that. All the research it did really helped when writing and as I'd never really done any pre-writing before I'd say it's all come together quite nicely for a first attempt. I won't post my first draft just yet because I want to get it checked over for the predictable problems that come with my dyslexia. But I imagine after it's been worked up on final draft tomorrow it'll be up.
I ransacked the library on a couple of occasions just to get a bit of reassurance and so I could have a good read of how different screenwriters go about preparation. I found a really useful chapter on character development in "Crafting Short Screenplays that Connect" and it used a character checklist. In "Developing Story Ideas" I found a similar but more detailed version of the checklist.
Now they are on the blog I can keep coming back and finding it when I get stuck with a character in the future.
Writing the script has really given me a vision for how I see the filming going. I could really picture how it might look when I read the script back. I decided as I was pre-writing that I would prefer to film the first 2 minutes of my script rather make a trailer. I think that if i was to make a trailer for this it wouldn't do the script justice. Showing little clips of what would happen would also potentially ruin the twists. I want to make a really good first 2 minutes and hopefully one day make the whole thing - if it's good enough that is.
Now to reward myself on a good days hardwork!
Stay safe,
Helen
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