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Suave
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Posted: 28 Mar 2021 at 12:55am |
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Ah, you always write something worth reading. I enjoy the chase, myself. WINNING! Even though I am not. Haha.
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NilesPerry
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After a week of starts and stops and work-related interruptions every step of the way, I submitted mine with 90-seconds left on the clock. I really liked my idea... 6-days ago, I was feeling really good about hitting on something I was looking forward to writing. Now? I already know what's wrong with it. I don't need forum feedback to belabor the point. I think next time I make motions to enter one of these things... I'll take the money and go out to dinner instead.
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Suave
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Just submitted for the last time, 12 min are not going to make a diff
now, lol. I needed another day to iron this all out. Two days was just not enough for me. Still, I did get a story done from those damned prompts, one that I liked in the end. It just needs some fine toothed combing yet. Woohoo! Onward and upward! Next!
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rsmonterusso
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I literally didn't even have an idea until Thursday, didn't start writing until Friday, and finished an hour ago. Some of us just need the pressure.
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NatColfer
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I have written 2 12 page screenplays in just 4 days, or so. I did my outline directly on the first day as I directly had gotten an idea. When I was nearly done with my first 12 page script I didn't like it so I rewrote it in like a day and a half. Just finished it and I'm very happy about it.
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Suave
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Well, managed to get a whole story 36 hours to deadline after only having a start for days.
Though it was really ruff I sent it out for a couple of betas and got some good feedback that I used to clean it up. I am happy, though it may not be movin on material, I do like it and that is the point. Now I will take a break and start the pouring over it for ways to tweak it to movin on material, haha. This was a tough one, for sure.
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ChristiLB
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I've been fairly MIA from the forum for a bit but I'm in this screenwriting competition and have struggled ALL WEEK to write my story. I formulated it fairly quickly but wasn't really excited by it so it's been excruciating getting it out. Naturally I'm on on the 10th page and it's just flowing out of my now and I know I'm going to go over my page limit. Whyyyyyy do I have so much trouble with these competitions!?!?! LOL. Hope everyone else is doing alright!
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Probably Someone
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I so feel your pain. I got Rom Com / Antique(s) / A carpenter. Just... ugh. I'm struggling so hard with this, and have also written nothing, and have to work today and tomorrow. But we'll get through it!
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g_howie
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I say why not both?! A retirement home in hell! Hope things come into focus for you, best of luck! |
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maxbjork
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@Suave - I didn't write anything until last night when I wrote 11 pages. This probably won't help you, but I will tell you my experiences... I somewhat gave up on submitting anything and was talking to a friend about my prompts. They said "Well why don't you just write X and too easy. Done." -- where X was a setting and a problem for a character to solve and I said, "Yeah I might just do that."
It wasn't until I sat down to outline X that I realized I couldn't write it because what I really wanted to write was Y, something a lot more personal. Then everything clicked. I guess what this could mean is that sometimes you need to get right to the point of almost giving up? Not sure. Sometimes I need alcohol to stop caring, but maybe that's the wrong advice :D :D :D Anyway -- we're beta readers, so I hope to read something from you :) @efish - "Does anyone else get absolute brain freeze and creativity paralysis for days on end?" -- Yes absolutely. And every single time I doubt all of my abilities and wonder what I'm doing writing in the first place. Even now. I feel like a fraud responding to real writers.
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