So far I'm on page 7 and this one feels great. It had a rocky start during the planning stage, but the first 7 pages are just dynamite. And this is the rough draft. I know it's normal for me to think that my projects are pretty good. Bad projects never get out of the planning stage. In all honesty, Turncloak is GOOD, don't get me wrong. It just doesn't feel like it's the same caliber as my previous two works had been. I think this one has far more potential.
It was kind of a rope bridge over lava, as both groups are still alive, and either could be terribly offended if I portrayed them like I did in the previous couple movies. I had to get back to my Anabasis-style villainy, which I genuinely liked. Good people on both sides, and no one is really safe. And this one took a page out of Turncloak, in that a lot of characters are maimed. Done right, a maiming can be a good plot element. And people fear for their favorites, provided they're done even remotely well. I'm really trying with these characters.
Overall, outlook is distinctly hopeful.
EDIT: I got my scenes done for the day, and it's still pretty damn good. Like, if my other projects were half as cooperative, I wouldn't have had such a struggle writing them. I hit my ten page mark exactly like I wanted to, and everything before that is magnificent. I have zero doubt in my mind that this one will sell. If nothing else does, this one fucking will. I am absolutely certain about it.
Call it cocky if you want. But it will be a GREAT script.
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