What I was doing was… Only wanted to give 25 mins to something. Sat on a bench and wrote about where I’m at with the screenplay. Had a good time with a friend exploring some work they are making and when I decided to write something on the fly I was drawn to exploring questions of how I would want an audience seeing my film to feel and think, and
What I was doing was… Trying to balance doing a few things I said I’d do today with the need to go with whatever might arise (in the screenplay idea which is really exciting atm). Did an hour’s worth of writing on the novel and a couple of hours research (looking for an agent and some other things) then have an hour to the screenplay story. Decided to just open
What I was doing was… Had vague intentions of doing some work on the novel today. Quite unexpectedly I ended up coming up with a revised plot for the next draft of a screenplay I’ve been working on (forever). When I sat down to write my morning pages (in the evening) I had the urge (probably because it’s not what I ‘should’ be doing) to write about these other characters
What I was doing was… Ejecting on any expectations of the day. Ended up walking then doodling story circles (see: Dan Harmon) for that screenplay project I pick up and put down every now and again. Lockdown blah blah is getting to me this week, feeling constricted by it all and have the urge to escape somehow. Feeling marginally better and hopeful that making space for the experience will mean
What I was doing was… Okay so this morning was about getting my head round the next week/month/two months and checking in that I’m working on the right things. Did a three step thing: 1) took a step back, drank coffee and stared into the distance for a bit 2) dumped all the things in my brain into paper to see and prioritise them 3) updates my Trello boards to