Still waiting, but I suppose that's a good thing.
Still plugging away on the plot for the Greek script. It's weird, because this time I'm just expanding the plot synopsis (usually like 5 pages) to the full twenty pages This is one of my least-favorite bits. It's a mess, with like 6 drafts at various states of being in one. It has pacing problems, character problems, plot problems, and it forgets several characters for long periods of time. I'll obviously go over it again and again, until it's perfect (or about as good as I can get it). I'll do multiple reads and get it to the point that I can't think of anything to change. And it'll change in the actual editing stage.
It's just hard, because I have so many projects I want to work on, and I feel like this one is eating up a lot of time. But I suppose it's better to work this project than do nothing, waiting for the results of the contest. If I set it down for a month, they'll know that I'm not a worthwhile investment, and they'll be right. So I'm trying to get it going so that everything is conveniently in-line. After this one is in rough draft (which is best done slowly/thoughtfully, so the editing will be easier) I'll work on stretching out my WWII script. It'll be fun. I like my characters. They're just really... different.
Also, I'm not sure how they'll take my submitted script. Maybe it'll be the best. Maybe they'll like it, but it'll lack the X factor. Maybe it's not as good as I think it is. But maybe it is. Maybe it's better than I think it is, and maybe it'll sell. Probably not, but I'm getting into the numbers where other screenwriters were discovered, and I have my own style and way of doing things. Who knows, this may be the one that jump-starts an entire career. (Because even the bad of this would beat the piss out of working for a call center.)
So, until I'm done with the plan, I'm just going to keep working. Some day, I'll produce something good enough to get noticed. I haven't come this far to stop now.
