Woke up this morning –– after sending out the mass email and the singular email to my producer –– to hundreds of emails. Many were just “out of the office until _____” of course, but so many congratulations about the upcoming tele-call, many ones reconnecting from long-l...

The new moon is at 12:20 am this Saturday morning and then … EVERYTHING CHANGES. Waiting until then to … Email my producer a solid 123 page draft of the script. Send out a mass email to my vast new mailing list for my first teleclass this coming Thursday. Basically, with two clicks of SEND, it&...

Back to writing … and back to visualizing. Last Tuesday night was the screenplay reading and honestly –– although I took the script with me to Vancouver –– I haven’t looked at it for more than 2 minutes over the last 6 days. Tonight I began work again, feeling that it...

So … I did it. The script is now 128 pages, aka a Movie-Star Ready length. [I had to look this up within my own blog, but apparently my fully transposed novel into screenplay started at 302 pages.  Even remembering that is exhausting.] I felt that I could give my producer a draft that was 150 pa...

My editing whirlwind –– especially with Susan away –– is making everything a blur. But somehow between last night and right now, I’m down to 146 page (a solid 28 pages less than 2 days ago). The mid-point is even more mid (page 57) which means that all the “fat” is...

I’m taking a break now that I’ve nailed my midpoint. The scene that’s supposed to be on page 60 is on page 61 (which is more than close enough for me).  IE, the first half of the script is no longer a vast, flailing beast.  Only the second half now needs MAJOR trimming. Today I ...

Today’s first class at Acre both sold out (and had a wait list) and was also postponed. All the reservations filled up and then I learned some friends of mine were also coming.  Apparently, something internal having to do with the owner Jenny’s two stores required that we postpone (sigh). ...

My friend Julie –– who is brilliant and wise and a terrific editor –– after reading my blog about condensing the script yesterday, very enthusiastically recommended I read SAVE THE CAT! by Blake Snyder, which is one of the few screenwriting books that seems to have eluded me (althou...

Yesterday morning, I treated myself to finally visiting Taniya and Michael’s beautiful baby, Tara, prompted by Marie Carter, one of Belle’s very best friends arriving in San Francisco to do the same. Tara is a GREAT baby –– falling asleep in my arms and letting me hold her for over ...