Time flying

Wow it's been a month, that's pretty terrible work on my behalf, I should probably improve on that.

My writing masterplan is behind schedule, it's a little shocking, any notion of having finished drafts for Christmas is unlikely. Might as well try though.

I have had several new brainwaves, which is irritating as it just puts pressure on everything else I do. One is a script and the idea is actually brilliant, I won't lie. At least it sounds brilliant now, it has no form or shape or context or control but it is brilliant. It just needs those elements to make it acceptable, as well as brilliant of course.

I met a film maker the other day who is incredibly talented, I was very jealous and it put me firmly in my place. He has a few years on me and he has done a lot more, hopefully my next few years will be similar, maybe better. The fact he has asked for me to edit several of his scripts is at least a positive though! I'm hoping that this will force me to keep writing and finishing my many projects.

Anyway, I needed to update, I will do it more regularly...

And the ship sails on.

Patience...

So all the scripts are complete, polished, ready to shoot! That's happening in the next two days so we will see completed sketches in time for Christmas. I hope they look good on the screen!

As the first step of this project finishes I have become ill, which is probably the best possible timing. It gives me a few days rest - albeit coughing, sneezing and weeping - to then prepare for my pre-Christmas rush of ideas. Two projects need to be polished off, my short and my feature. I set myself a deadline of Boxing Day to complete a few more drafts and make each script readable to outsiders. An ambitious plan? Never.

My nitpicking has led me to become irritated by yet another tiny writing trait. I've been brought up to double-space after a sentence, keeping with traditional print journalism ideas. However it seems with the age of the computer people are less keen on it. I think it looks far cleaner, professional and readable. Perhaps I have issues with my eyesight? Or maybe I'm living in the past. Nevertheless I shall not change!

Making the time

I've been slow updating lately, been very busy but that's still a poor excuse.

Writing is going well, shooting for scripts starts next week so we've been polishing off and deciding what works. I'm hopeful the scripts will look good on film, we'll have to wait and see!

I'm really interested in seeing Harry Brown, it looks like a modern British western which could make an interesting social comment. Let's hope it delivers!

There's a few good films coming up in the new year, anything is a step up on the recent spate of wholly unoriginal and uninspiring releases. I'm not keen on this obsession with comedy at the moment, I wouldn't mind if it was in some way original, and it's even worse when they use the same actors in the same roles. Michael Cera, this is aimed at you!

Anyway, just wanted to update really. This lacked any real point, oh well!

Give me a road...

I'm reading On the Road again at the moment which makes my bus journeys far less tiresome, it's also giving me some really good ideas, the book has done that for so many people it's unbelieveable. I have far too many plans at the moment, I really should filter through them at some point.

As much as I enjoy Kerouac's writing, it really grinds on me. Not his text, but rather the influence that his writing has had. People think that if they work by his exaggerated logic and just type, type, type, with no care whatsoever then the quality is still going to be there in the end. I've seen it myself when reading people who I know love Kerouac, but their work comes out as garbage. I might be a writing snob here (which is wholly unjustified) but it really does annoy me, even more so when I have to edit the piece! I just want a little more love in the script that I have to read, I'm far more likely to enjoy it if I don't have to wade through the rubbish. Truman Capote got it right, but I think people take Kerouac's comments on writing far to literally.

Anyway, back to my writing escapades. The scripts that I've completed so far have been well-received, a few niggles here and there but it's all very minor. I can feel the quality improving as I work on every new script, each idea feels more original than the next so hopefully they will stand out. I have a complete set of first drafts for one character almost completed, they just need a final read through and then they will be ready to send. It's all very exciting!

I look forward to Jack Kerouac rescuing me from the abyss of bus boredom tomorrow.

A whole host of scripts!

Okay so I've been pretty busy apparently, I've got two short comedy sketches written and ready to send off tomorrow. They'll do the rounds for feedback and changed accordingly, I'm pretty confident in them so hopefully they won't get torn apart too much! I have at least three more, longer sketches to do this week - plan is to get the first group of sendable drafts done by Sunday. The deadlines are strange and they have good and bad effects, it makes me write, and that can either lead to complete garbage or a little bit of genius. It's good being forced to work though, it keeps me creative!

In other exciting news I have two scripts which I'm planning to ship around to people. My main priority is a short film I've finally got around to writing, it was an idea trapped in my head for about a year but now it's managed to escape onto paper. I'm onto about the fourth draft now and it's not quite clicking, it just doesn't give enough back to the reader just yet. I think I'll leave it a few days and then take another look - I want it done by the end of the month though - it's all part of the masterplan!

I also have 105 pages to do something with, but I don't know what. I think the story might be a little too ambitious, although it reads well to me after about five drafts. Maybe it's time to send it around, many a decision needs to be made!

Script stresses

I'm a tad stressed about the quality of these scripts, however I refuse to heap the blame completely on myself - some of the characters are just plain awful. I have to send one tomorrow, let's hope it reads better in the morning after a few touches here and there!

Right then...

When Jared gets bored on a Sunday he shuns proper paid work and decides to start a blog - it's about time to be honest. Hopefully I can keep updated and continue plotting my meteoric rise, it should be pretty exciting for anyone who drunkenly stumbles upon me and decides to takes a look! Anyway, I've got to complete a script by Wednesday to impress a group of scousers, so I should really get started, off we go...