Process

In my first post on this blog, I talked about the annoying thought I’ve carried in the back of my head for more than two decades. I wished I had the opportunity to just write. The world could go away and I would be able to stop working for awhile. I could focus on writing. This wish effectively created a two part problem. The first was that I was gating the thing I wanted, to write, behind something that was never going to spontaneously occur, the ability to not worry about being an adult and having adult responsibilities. ...

When I started screenwriting at 17, I had zero clue what I was actually doing. I didn’t understand the format, I didn’t understand storytelling, and I didn’t understand how a reader would interpret what I had written. I cranked out a terrible 65 page script in less than two weeks, completely by the seat of my pants. I would be safely into my twenties before I finished my second script. ...

One of the ways that I try to organize my writing is for flow. For me, that means not having to stop or slow down. Keep my thoughts and keystrokes uninterrupted. My goal is to minimize the amount of things getting in the way of getting the words out. This is a brief introduction to the systems and software I use. I’ll go into more detail on most of these topics in future posts. ...