Entering the world of Blogging

I don't know if I will actually be able to keep up with writing stuff every day, but as another way of wasting time online, Blogging seems kind of fun to me :)

I have kept an online diary before, but usually tracking the process of a particular event or project (such as the wonderful diary at www.norwichandsaggers.com) but I thought I'd give this a whirl :)

So - to anyone who is still reading by this point, Hello!!

Does anyone else ever find that you can have a really good idea for something, and yet you find new and interesting ways to put off purusing that idea?

At the moment I have started writing a screenplay, currently being referred to as "RSF". Why RSF? I hear you ask (well, maybe I hear you ask that, or maybe I'm just hearing the voices in my head. No, not now. No I do not want a cookie. Ooooh... actually... no! Must focus!), well I'm not going to get into the whys and wherefores of it now, because if I tell you everything in this blog, why would you come back?

So yeah, I'm in the process of writing RSF which is going... OK. For those of you who are aware, I have already written and directed one film, the wonderful Norwich and Saggers: Smarter Than The Average Bear, and this is a lot harder to write than that was, mostly because it has real, three-dimensional characters rather than the two-dimensional stereotypes that populated the majority of my last script.

(By the way, I am not criticising the fact that I had stereotypes - it was intentional)

The trouble I am finding, is that with RSF being less surreal and having dramatic elements in it, it's much harder to tell if a script is working. With Norwich and Saggers, I could aim to have a joke every few lines, and once I had that proportion of jokes in, I would feel confident with the page. With this, it's like expanding in a whole new and serious direction, and I'm completely unsure as to how it's going to work. But never mind :)

Seriously though, back to my point about putting things off, (which I managed to put off in the previous paragraph... I am (one of) the worlds best procrastinators!) I have the plot in my head and on the computer, and I have 23 pages of actual screenplay written, but I still find it excessively hard to focus on writing when I come home from work, preferring instead to fartarse around on the internet, watching videos, reading and generally doddling about than write. And the wierd thing is, when I get into it, I LIKE writing! The feeling when you get the dialogue just right is amazing.

So I now have a new deadline.

November 4th, one day before my 27th Birthday, I intend to have finished the rough draft of RSF. For those who don't know what I mean by a rough draft, it's the copy I will take to the pub with a pen, and sit there crossing out large sections of, moaning "This is Crap, this is crap, oh dear God I can't write." ... Hey, at least I have a plan!

Now, judging by the Brawny method of interaction with internet based media, this blog will either be updated daily, or not for weeks.

Anyone wanna make a guess?

Oh, and as a P.S., go and read Rai's blog, cos he's the reason I'm blogging here: http://guessthepassword.blogspot.com

And as a P.P.S., go visit my youtube stuff :) including the complete film of Norwich and Saggers
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=Brawny2004&p=r

(The film is also avaliable on 2 Disc Special Edition DVD for the bargain price of £6 (+P&P)! Tell your friends! Tell your colleagues! Tell people you don't really care for but who have £6 lying around!!! Go to www.norwichandsaggers.com for more information!)