Finished my first screenplay!

[breakinglight11]

I have finally finished the screenplay version of The Tailor of Riddling Way! I handed it in yesterday to my awesome teacher. It's rough, and this is just the first draft of likely many, but I finished it! Given how often screenplays end up partially done bits of debris on a writer's hard drive, this is kind of a big deal.

It will need a lot of fixing. I could feel my brain burning out and not being sure how to edit it. But for now I'm just going to enjoy the feeling of having a complete first draft. When I recover a little I will be back-engineering the second half to finish the audio drama, as I had to adapt the first half from audio drama to screenplay. But if you care to read my little film, my very first complete screenplay, I am posting it on LJ for your pleasure. It will have to be in chunks due to length, so I guess I'll cut it into four pieces like I was planning with the audio drama.

I am really proud of myself for doing it. :-)

Comments

[laurion]

The first draft is the hardest. Just the effort of getting something -out- and -written-.

Revising, editing, slaughtering one's child are all difficult things too, but I find that first birthing of a creation the hardest.

You *should* be proud.

[lisefrac.livejournal.com]

I totally fail at replying to things in a timely manner, but I wanted to congratulate you on finishing! I look forward to reading it and/or seeing it performed.

Might be good, as you suggest, to take a little break from the piece before you begin your editing. Then you can get some critical distance.

[breakinglight11.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Lise! That's a very good idea. :-)