07 Sep 2009, Posted by Cat in News, 11 Comments. Tagged tv, writing
progress
So this weekend I reached the end of the first stage draft with Ishtar. A bit over 15,000 words. It’ll fatten out to 20,000 with draft 2. I don’t enjoy the first draft stage much. It’s all brain fart meets road map and making sure correct foundation undergarments are in place. Too skeletal for my liking but maybe that’s just the way I do things. My first big decision of the afternoon was which tense? I don’t worry about such matters first time round, it’s more about capturing the essence of the moments.
Why did nobody tell me there was a 2005 remake of The Quatermass Experiment??? Argh! I’m going to have to wait ages for it to get here from Amazon UK…
11 Comments
September 7, 2009 7:51 am
kateorman
Sadly, it sucks. he he he
September 07 2009 07:52 am
Cat @
nooooo!!! how can it suck?
(hmmm... starts thinking maybe there's a good reason she hasn't heard about this show before)
September 7, 2009 8:54 am
karenmiller
I friggin’ loathe first draft. It is hell. Afer that it’s fun. And most importantly, go you! Well done! That’s worth a present to yourself of something truly kitsch, surely.
September 07 2009 09:00 am
Cat @
The biggest present I've had lately was when my boss declared I don't have to go back to working 4 days a week. 3 days is my perfect lifestyle. Enough time to write, enough $$ to get by on.
September 7, 2009 9:12 am
threemonkeys
I tried to tell people – http://threemonkeys.livejournal.com/88825.html – I wasn’t much impressed though.
September 07 2009 09:15 am
Cat @
D'oh! I read your blog but somehow managed to miss that post. I adore the old Quatermass movies. 5 Million years to Earth is the best, followed by the Quatermass conclusion. Nigel Kneale remains one of my favourite all time writers.
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