So Spring Break is going along swimmingly - I'm at my friends' house right now, using it as an "office" of sorts just to get me away from the distraction that is - my apartment. Yesterday I had a massage, ate solo at a restaurant and read a "Domino" magazine (so as to de-emphasize my solo-ness), sat at Starbucks and cut out pictures and quotes for new handy dandy Inspiration Notebook (see post here), then went to see The Other Boleyn Girl (eh - the book was much better), and today has been more of the same fun with a mix of mild productivity.
What I am most excited about lends its name to this post: a really cool screenwriting challenge that I am challenging myself to complete. It's called Script Frenzy, and approximately 10,000 writers worldwide will be taking on the task of writing a screenplay of at least 100 pages during the month of April. You can't start til April 1, and you can't count pages past April 30. ONE HUNDRED PAGES. That's an hour-and-a-half movie, to you and me. I had the usual freak out/no way in hell moment where I thought of "all-the-things-I-have-to-do-to-be-a-good-teacher" in April, and you know, I am always going to have excuses not to try. So I'm hoping to flesh out some planning pages this week during spring break and in the week after, and then just, you know, do it. As the poster above my board in my classroom reminds me every flippin' day.
This may mean I won't post as much - it may mean I post a lot more as a form of procrastination - who really knows at this point. But won't it be fun to see what comes out at the end of April? Perhaps - dare we to believe it - an actual DRAFT of something CREATIVE from my very own BRAIN? That would be a truly remarkable thing. I really hope I can do it.
Off to more Spring Break adventures. Daylight's burning.
2 comments:
I hope you are off and running with your script idea. Ready to begin the task. I know it'll be a great experience/experiment for you. Can't wait to see what you come up with. Lil
The above comment, my friends, is from a dear friend who has given birth, to her third child, LESS THAN 24 HOURS BEFORE WRITING THIS COMMENT. I just found this to be quite unbelievable. To think she would A) read my silly blog at all at such a time and even more B) take the time to write an encouraging comment like that. Amazing.
Carry on.
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