11:50
Well, I'm back. I don't know how long for, I won't be foolish enough to pretend that it will last for long - but for the first time in a month, I've got the time to write this blog and hopefully work on a bit of writing, so damn it, that's what I'm going to do.
Right after I've gone to the post office.
12:18
Sent off my invoice for the last month's work. I've been working pretty much like a dog over the last five weeks since I last blogged - shooting and cutting a TV advert and then shooting, cutting and doing the effects for a corporate video. In the couple of days I had off, I wrote an internet drama series pitch for a company - about Christian teens. That's not really within my sphere of knowledge so we'll have to wait and see how it goes... I'd be surprised if it goes much further.
My projects have been lying in tatters for nearly two months... Pilgrim (the crusader script), Cult (the play), Jack in a Box (the TV pilot), the next two series of the internet drama Paperjail, too...
I don't even know where I'm going to start. Since it's for a pal of mine, and it's reasonably well structured, I'll probably start with Jack in a Box, and move on from there.
Wish me luck.
15:37
This is what I hate about writing. Half of every fucking day I write, I end up staring into space, trying to work out what the word is for something you have seen a million times but don't know the word for.
You know how in bars, libraries and police stations, or anywhere that necessitates working behind a long desk, there's a hinged bit - like a gate - you flip over to get in or out of it? What the fuck do you call that? Why have I been working fruitlessly on finding this one word for about half an hour?
I hate this shit.
01:15
Ashamed to say I cashed out kind of early today - I tried banging my head against the computer until about 8pm but then had to go out food shopping, cook, and now it's late.
So, pretty much a bust today. I went over the plans for the screenplay, then hashed out about a scene and a half. It's one of those endlessly crisscrossing scenes that spools mismatched jigsaw bits out of your head and you spend hours trying to fit them together with some semblance of order and pace. I'll see if it goes any better tomorrow.
word count: about 500
hours writing: 1.5
