This episode was really long. The one they posted on ITunes is trimmed down from the original broadcast, and it's still really long. I am a tangenty individual. But we had a grand time. I love these guys and I am always up for talking about what makes scripts work.
Meanwhile, I haven't actually written any screenplay pages in months. I've been working on treatment after treatment but not any scenes. Last weekend I kicked off the first few pages of a new script and it was fun. This morning I cranked out the first big action piece, and the words just flowed. It's like they were backed up behind the fence and then I released them into the world. Feels good.
Writing is fun. Now if someone would just pay me to do this, I'd be golden.
The best thing about having a fiance who's in law enforcement is that he's always got clever and realistic ways to pull of action sequences. He's like my action scene consultant. I say to him, "Beefcake," says I, "if you were trapped in a mine and needed to get past some bad guys to get to the entrance, how would you do it?"
And then he'll give me a three-hour lecture on different procedures and what kind of weapons would be best.
Sometimes I'll be like "Hey Beefcake, what kind of gun would you use to shoot zombies if you were trapped in a mine?"* And he'll give me a list of possible options.
Plus he has friends in like EVERY branch of law enforcement, so if I ever need to know about some procedures I can just find someone to ask. It's a pretty sweet deal for me.
So if there's one piece of advice I could give to writers in search of a career in action films, it would be to marry a law enforcement agent who really likes talking about how to shoot shit. And get him to take you shooting because it's fun, even if he does get embarrassed when I pretend I'm shooting zombies with the shotgun.
*I am not actually writing a story that takes place in a mine or anything about zombies. But maybe I should be.
PRETEND NO LONGER, cupcake! You now have a real zombie to shoot...or talk to.
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Good news there! Also looking forward to a) finishing that Scriptcast of yours - yup, longer than usual - and b0 getting out of outlining and like a mofo for a book adaptation. I, too, seek dialogue to write... And I do find woman in uniform hot and powerful... Vigilance!
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