Learning about scriptwriting

So I'm pretty much a n00b when it comes to scriptwriting of any form. I know that once upon a time we had to write them for school. But really, what we generally wrote were like radio scripts where someone was interviewing someone else. So I haven't really any practice, and nothing that I remember.

So trawling the Screnzy site is a good place to start, of course. Which I did. Then of course, I was thinking more about plot than anything else (because for me, that's the killer: finding something that I actually like enough to write about and finish). So I typed "fatal flaw" into Google's blog search, since I realised that my main character is sort of lacking one.

And I've just noticed how often I use the word 'so' in a single blog... perhaps even more than just this blog (though I doubt it).

The point is that I found this awesome website: http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/

Which of course led me to a tonne of other wonderful resources.

The bad thing of course is that I'm meant to be doing assignments (I'm sort of procrastinating coding this lovely thing called testing on my programming assignment. That's sure to cause trouble later on, but for the moment it'll compile). There isn't enough time in the world to get serious about writing a screenplay that likely no one's going to read when I know that I'll be just as pleased with a dodgy one as not, so long as it's done. For me that's the best part of NaNoWriMo and ScriptFrenzy. The fact that you have to finish it within that time period. I am one of those awful people who is basically a glutton. I cannot do anything without anyone telling me to do it (although sometimes I do listen to myself). I will sleep as long as possible and eat as much as I like and am just thankful that I'm not fatter than I am.

Anyway, I can't wait for Screnzy to start no matter how frantic it's going to be. I just want to write this screenplay even if it'll make a rubbish movie.

A sneekier peek

This is Alice, the main character in this thing. If I get time, her friends and such will be joining us on the blog pretty soon. And yes, the picture is dodgy. I have very little artistic ability. =)

A Teaser

I've pretty much got a plot for this thing. It's awesome. As you can see I'm writing it in a Snoopy book I got ten million years ago and have written snippets of the most random crap in since. It's so thin, and I always forget I have it, so it's not actually full up with those random snippets of things. I think it'd be really interesting to chronologically check out the stuff I've written, how it's changed. How it's evolved. But, of course, I write things so out of order it'll overlap in places.

Frenzified!

Welcome!

Today I got the email to sign up for Script Frenzy. The panic has begun to set in as I've never written a script before, and have absolutely no idea what to write. Oh well. This blog should contain snippets (or more) of my script, as well as my random musings while I attempt to write it in the midst of exams.