The Writing of 'HR' - Vol. 4

Act one? In the can! Written, polished and put aside. It paged out a little longer than I expected, but that's good news. The way it's looking, the final script will page out at 95 - 105 pages, which is right where it should be.

Now comes the hard part: Act 2!

It's easy to stumble in act two, getting lost in your story and the happenings. There are so many things that have to happen to make the story work and make the characters seem real and layered, that quite frankly it hurts my head just thinking about. Especially in a script like mine; a small, character driven, coming of age story.

However, I ready for the challenge.

Time to stop using this blog entry as a procrastination tool and get down to business. Onward and upward!

HIP HOP LYRIC OF THE DAY:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8/I'm hungry like I never ate/set a table up with knives, forks and spoons, I'm bout to get a plate/all these weak dummies lookin' at me like a pepper steak!

-Joell Ortiz, 'Sound Off'

The Writing of 'HR' - Vol. 3

I'm back again boys and girls. A month after my last update. How are things going on my magnum opus? Read on!

I've got act one pretty much done. I'm supposed to be finishing of the last couple pages right now, but I was having trouble with how to approach a particular scene, so I decided to take a break and hit this blog thingy.

Seems to be constructed pretty solidly. When the first act is done - as opposed to moving on the act 2, like I usually do - I think I may print it out, read it over a few times and tighten it up. Just trying some different approaches from how I usually write.

That's pretty much it. Im excited to get act one 'on the can', so to speak. Hopefully it's as good as I think it is.

But either way...you guys will hear all about it!

HIP HP LYRIC OF THE DAY:

Rule had a run/ A couple movie parts. T.I. literally wanted to shoot up the charts

Jay-Z, 'A Star is Born'