Script Frenzy Week 3

I've been taking part in Script Frenzy this month. The challenge is to write a 100 page screenplay in the 30 days we have in April.

My first week was pretty successful. I hit the ground running and wrote 31 pages in all. I liked the story idea, the main characters, and had a rough idea of where they were going to go.

My second week was pretty much a bust. I just couldn't seem to find the time to write. Work and other obligations got in the way. Thankfully, I was able to make up some ground this past week.

Here are the messages I posted on Twitter about the third week of this challenge.


I'm gonna write today. It's week 3 of Script Frenzy. Week 2 was a bust. I need to be productive this week or I'm not going to get it done.11:02 AM Apr 19th via web
I'm staring at my screen. I want/need to write more of my script but I seemed to be stalled at page 38 and 100 pages are due by month's end.8:53 PM Apr 19th via web
I just broke onto page 42 of my screenplay#scriptfrenzy will not get the best of me. 11 days and 58 pgs to go. I can so do this. But I'm gonna call it a night and hopefully write another page or two before work in the morning.10:14 PM Apr 19th via web
Yay, I wrote three pages this morning for #scriptfrenzy before work. Not bad. Week 3 is staring off nicely. Page count 44.9:42 AM Apr 20th via web
#scriptfrenzy page count - 47. Almost half way there. 10 days to go. I can do this!10:43 PM Apr 20th via web
Too much homework. Too late. No #scriptfrenzy today. Boo!10:49 PM Apr 21st via web
#scriptfrenzy update - I added 2 short scenes to my screenplay tonight. I am now on page 50 and officially at the half-way point. Woo-Hoo!9:31 PM Apr 22nd via web
#scriptfrenzy page count - 54. I plan on writing 30 pages this weekend. Starting tomorrow morning. Wish me luck!9:47 PM Apr 23rd via web
36 scenes and 59 pages. My screenplay is coming along nicely. #writingweekend11:09 AM Apr 24th via web
I took a writing break - went for a run, had lunch, watched a movie. It's time to get back to writing now. #scriptfrenzy page count 61.3:07 PM Apr 24th via web
I started writing but got sidetracked by the discussion boards for the teaching course I am taking right now. #scriptfrenzypage count - 63.4:33 PM Apr 24th via web
#scriptfrenzy 67 pages. I'm going to write one more scene after dinner and then call it a night. Need time to just kick back and relax.5:42 PM Apr 24th via web
I don't know if we know Autumn well enough by page 67 of my screenplay but maybe that's fine. We can learn more from the impending breakup.6:58 PM Apr 24th via web
Okay, I'm tapped out for the day. I gotta admit it. Good news tho, I'm up to pg 69 for #scriptfrenzy. Tomorrow I'll hammer out many more pgs7:20 PM Apr 24th via web
Yowsers! I just validated my page count and in so doing found out a formatting error that shrunk my page count to 58 pages. Ouch!7:36 PM Apr 24th via web
I guess I have more writing to do tomorrow than I had planned. Oh well. I will get my 100 pages down before month's end. I will do it.7:38 PM Apr 24th via web
OK, time for some serious writing. I'm on pg 70 in Celtx but page 58 of the PDF. That means I need to write about 50 more pgs #scriptfrenzyabout 11 hours ago via web
I have all the time in the world to write today. The deadline is looming. I just don't want to write at this very moment. TV break time.about 9 hours ago via web
#scriptfrenzy page count - The PDF numbering is more accurate than using the built in Celtx one so I'm officially on page 65. 35 more to go.about 8 hours ago via web
#scriptfrenzy update - David sees the first sign that Autumn might not be "the one." Sad scene.about 4 hours ago via web
Just trying to figure out whether or not I want to go out for a run. 31 pages left but I will have a good block of writing time tomorrow.about 4 hours ago via web
Well, that fills you in on my creative process this week.

I thought that I might have actually been able to complete the one-hundred pages this weekend but I hit a little snag.

I went to the Script Frenzy website and tried to validate my page count. In order to do this, the file had to be saved as a PDF document. I had been writing the screenplay using a free program called Celtx and had been relying on the page numbering function. According to that program, I had written 69 pages but when I converted the file to PDF, my page count shrunk to 58 pages.

I was now further away from the goal of 100 pages than I had thought. I'm glad that I had tried to validate my page count before I thought I was done. It felt like I was going to have to rush the story to finish it in time any way. Now I know that I have enough pages left to tell it properly.

I did a fair amount of writing this weekend and caught back up. I am now at a validated 69 pages and have another 31 to write in this last week of the challenge.

I have a good block of time in which I will be able to write tomorrow so I will get this done. Have no fear. And thanks for the support!

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