I'm pretty worn out from the extensive and long overdue update I just made at my personal journal, but this one has to be made too.
Ohhh, boy - I'm glad I took my advice. I noticed that many times in my creative life, I have a passing thought about working on this or that, and then I just move on to the next, as if that is getting me somewhere. Once I move on to a new thought, I lose that little voice and drive that occurs with a good idea that says "go do it!" But on Thursday morning, my first official carefree day of Winter Break, I thought about Crystal Palace 4. It was, in fact, the plan for the break, assuming I had accomplished something with HT or NIL during November. That didn't happen, but I still remembered the intention, and I had that passing thought, the passing inspiration, and put myself in its grip instead of dancing all around the hand reaching for me before running away. What I mean to say is, I started planning that script!
The one whose idea was already there for us to start in 2009, before I knew Kate would be so difficult to write with. The idea was also available in 2011 when we finished CP3 on January 1st. We wrote one part, which I need to edit, I've realized. And then it sat another year+. A lot of time has been spent forgetting Crystal Palace, so I'm not overly ashamed to say I've been working on it. In fact, I've been lighting a fire under my ass every day so far, a fire that isn't painful, but warming and beckoning.
I've planned more than half of the whole script.
And since... Friday? I've turned out two new parts, which I'll post next, separately.
It feels pretty freaking good.
And what's especially good about it is that I've allowed myself to get as silly as I used to, and stop always expecting realism. I really appreciate, actually, that I just finished such a marvelous class about Hitchcock, because he's fresh in my mind. Am I comparing my work to Hitchcock? Nooo!!! But stilllll. I think it's gotten better.
Another thing I'm happy about is that I'm trying to reconnect with those characters emotionally. It's very easy to turn them into tools of comedy, but I hate that. I hate tools of comedy, comedy faces, comedy violence and sex jokes and toilet jokes without any foundation. So I've been mixing the amusing ingredients, like Cosmo's perpetually frustrating life, Crystallina's delusions, Akira's plethora of problems, with the underlying expressions of pain, which will have to bubble up sincerely anyway. Jennifer's at her wit's end, Akira thinks I want to disown him, Cosmo is lonely and feels like a doormat... Crystallina... wants attention. I'm glad I know these things off the bat and don't have to sit there thinking about them like I'm not sure. I know them! They deserve better from me after CP3. I mean in all honesty, even though I loved it.
I just hope, when Kate eventually reads what I have, she will more than approve. I know she'll approve, but will she love it?
Anyway, I can't decide where to showcase the script parts. Nobody cares, I know, but LJ is particularly dead now, so I wonder if I should make a Crystal Palace series Tumblr. *shrug*
As for this month's goals? I told you I'm doing anything. NIL has been fresh on my mind - maybe I'll be planning that this week, but I've decided I'm going to see if I can shoot for another 100 page victory, like Script Frenzy.
Here's my page count right now.
21 / 100 words. 21% done!
Well, it looks like my computer's dying, so I'll post the parts later.
Ciao!
Ohhh, boy - I'm glad I took my advice. I noticed that many times in my creative life, I have a passing thought about working on this or that, and then I just move on to the next, as if that is getting me somewhere. Once I move on to a new thought, I lose that little voice and drive that occurs with a good idea that says "go do it!" But on Thursday morning, my first official carefree day of Winter Break, I thought about Crystal Palace 4. It was, in fact, the plan for the break, assuming I had accomplished something with HT or NIL during November. That didn't happen, but I still remembered the intention, and I had that passing thought, the passing inspiration, and put myself in its grip instead of dancing all around the hand reaching for me before running away. What I mean to say is, I started planning that script!
The one whose idea was already there for us to start in 2009, before I knew Kate would be so difficult to write with. The idea was also available in 2011 when we finished CP3 on January 1st. We wrote one part, which I need to edit, I've realized. And then it sat another year+. A lot of time has been spent forgetting Crystal Palace, so I'm not overly ashamed to say I've been working on it. In fact, I've been lighting a fire under my ass every day so far, a fire that isn't painful, but warming and beckoning.
I've planned more than half of the whole script.
And since... Friday? I've turned out two new parts, which I'll post next, separately.
It feels pretty freaking good.
And what's especially good about it is that I've allowed myself to get as silly as I used to, and stop always expecting realism. I really appreciate, actually, that I just finished such a marvelous class about Hitchcock, because he's fresh in my mind. Am I comparing my work to Hitchcock? Nooo!!! But stilllll. I think it's gotten better.
Another thing I'm happy about is that I'm trying to reconnect with those characters emotionally. It's very easy to turn them into tools of comedy, but I hate that. I hate tools of comedy, comedy faces, comedy violence and sex jokes and toilet jokes without any foundation. So I've been mixing the amusing ingredients, like Cosmo's perpetually frustrating life, Crystallina's delusions, Akira's plethora of problems, with the underlying expressions of pain, which will have to bubble up sincerely anyway. Jennifer's at her wit's end, Akira thinks I want to disown him, Cosmo is lonely and feels like a doormat... Crystallina... wants attention. I'm glad I know these things off the bat and don't have to sit there thinking about them like I'm not sure. I know them! They deserve better from me after CP3. I mean in all honesty, even though I loved it.
I just hope, when Kate eventually reads what I have, she will more than approve. I know she'll approve, but will she love it?
Anyway, I can't decide where to showcase the script parts. Nobody cares, I know, but LJ is particularly dead now, so I wonder if I should make a Crystal Palace series Tumblr. *shrug*
As for this month's goals? I told you I'm doing anything. NIL has been fresh on my mind - maybe I'll be planning that this week, but I've decided I'm going to see if I can shoot for another 100 page victory, like Script Frenzy.
Here's my page count right now.
Well, it looks like my computer's dying, so I'll post the parts later.
Ciao!
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