Scriptfrenzy

So, I finished my script with 98 pages. That's good enough for me. It's a kind of fun story, and it ended well. I suppose I could go back and try to pad out some scenes, but honestly, I think I did enough of that while I was writing it.

I think I just don't have it in me to write a 100 page script. I got to 99 pages the last time I tried - I added in blank lines until I got to 100 pages.

Yea, I don't have much else to say.

We're off to watch roller derby next weekend. That should be really fun. It's lordkilljoy's birthday tomorrow. We don't have any plans.

I think that's it, really.

Wind

I couldn't go outside today because of the wind. It was gusting gale force 8, and a pretty constant force 6.
... Wind Advisory remains in effect until 8 PM MDT this evening...

A Wind Advisory remains in effect until 8 PM MDT this evening.

* Location... the Santa Fe and Albuquerque Metro areas as well as
new mexicos northeast plains and the Chaves County plains
including Roswell.

* Winds... west winds will shift out of the northwest today with
sustained speeds from 25 to 35 mph and gusts from 45 to 50 mph.

* Timing... wind speeds will continue to strengthen through mid day
then remain strong through the afternoon. Speeds will weaken
below hazardous thresholds around sunset.

* Visibility... blowing dust will drop visibility well below 1 mile
at times in dust prone locations.

* Local impacts... strong Crosswinds will develop on north to south
and northeast to southwest oriented roads... including I-25.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

Take action to secure trash cans... lawn furniture... and other
loose or light weight outdoor objects.


It's kind of rotten, not being able to go outside because of the wind... well, more because of the dust and sand the wind carries.

We went to see Cage the Elephant on Tuesday night. They were good - very lively, and they played the three of their songs I know. Yeay.

My scriptfrenzy is going well enough. I'm still behind (by slightly less than one day), but catching up. If I can manage to get the pages done this weekend, I should be good. Here's hoping my idea lasts another 50 pages. I have a battle to go, then a whole new area, then the climax and the end. And leading up to this was the start, travel, this area and a battle. Hmmm. I may have to get creative with adding in CUT TO: to try to pad it out a bit. Cheating, I know, but my script is a bit action heavy as it is. It needs a bit of breathing space.

I don't have much other news. I want to make muffins, but I have no eggs, and can't go to the shop because of the wind. Ah well.

things

Have I mentioned how odd the weather can be here? It's cloudy and blustery here today, but warm. Perfect thunder weather. It almost feels like it could rain, and when I look up at the clouds it is raining. But it's so dry here the drops evaporate before they reach the ground. Madness. A little warm rain shower would be lovely. I can imagine how wonderful the ground would smell.

I'm doing script frenzy this year. I'm on page 15 (almost 16). I'm behind by 5 pages, but if I can do 6 tomorrow and 6 on Friday, I'll have caught up. I'll have to be super disciplined over the weekend to get my 3 pages each day. No Warcraft until I've written enough for the day. Or maybe I can do 6 on Saturday and do the guild run on Sunday. We'll see, I guess.

We got these lovely chocolate sweets in Costco yesterday. Ok, when I say we, I mean lordkilljoy. We got them home, tried them and it turns out that he doesn't like them. They taste exactly like dime bars. So now I have a massive tub of sweets to eat all by myself.

atlanta

I have the wrestlemania theme tune stuck in my head. not really surprising, considering we spent the weekend in atlanta. ah, it was wonderful. not so much for the wrestling, which was fun but i'm not the biggest fan ever. no, it was brilliant because there were fountains and green grass and trees everywhere. the air wasn't at 15% humidity and sitting outside was simply perfect.
apart from wrestlemania, we wandered around the city, went to coke world, ate bison burgers (yummy), hung out, and got to talk to wrestlers in a pub one night. i wanted to go to the zoo, but no train went out that way, and navigating buses is a bit of hassle compared to navigating trains.
it was funny to come back to the yellow ground of albuquerque, but i suppose i'll get used to it again.

in other news, i'm doing script frenzy this year. the objective is to write a 100 page script in the month of april. i have no outline, and just half an idea of a plot, so we'll see how i get on with that.

it's been so long since i last updated, but i can't think of anything else new. i finally got a lovely summer dress, which was white, but i died blue. i've been walking and cycling.

i don't really know what else to say.

I won!!!

I won script frenzy! Wooo!! I'm so glad I did it this year. I struggled with my story from page 15 to page 85, telling myself every day, "I'm giving up today - this story is going nowhere." But it was actually going somewhere and I'm quite happy with what I have now.

I found that way harder than Nano. But now I can brag that I've gone from knowing nothing about scriptwriting to having a 100 page screenplay to call my own :)

Actually, I blitzed from page 85 to 100 today. Well, truth be told, my script ended on page 99. But the story was finished and I'm sure it will pad out a little with editing. Shhhh. It's 21,308 words long, so it's actually got more words than most 100 pages scripts (20,000).

I'm happy. Now I get to deal with all the little tasks I've been ignoring, like setting up the watering system in Yoshi's tank, playing Fable 2, making penelope_stone a playlist.

But first, I'm off to the shop.