Dear fellow writer,
I've taken a few months off from writing. I spent a great deal of time writing and rewriting my premise, writing and rewriting my central characters background, and writing and rewriting the overall plot of the story. I don't know about you, but when I write I try to imagine seeing the scenes played out on the "Big Screen." If it feels like crap while I'm writing it, I stop and start again. Ask any screenwriter or novelist and they'll tell you that the worst thing that you can do is write and rewrite when you're only on your first draft. My thoughts quickly go back to my Screenwriting 101 instructor's direction. He said, "What is the story really about?" And we'd answer him. Then he say again, "What is the story really about?" Then he say another time, "What is the story really about?" By the third try we usually land on what we are really writing about which should be the premise of the story.
So, what I'm really writing about? After a few drafts, I realized that my central character had several problems, but no real goal that would push her into Act 2. Again, I've put away my pen and pad and put on my thinking cap. As a companion I have a copy of The Screenwriter's Bible by my side. I feel pumped and ready to get back to the basics and to call on my inner creative genius to concoct a story that will have any middle-aged male on the edge of his seat by the end of Act 1.
Here it goes...
To be continued...
