Hi everyone. Today I want to tell you about something hilarious about my work.
So, at the beginning of the projects I always have some plans for the first step. But almost every time I get so excited about the idea that I spend my time planning like four seasons in one evening, instead of writing.
I found this quite funny and, at some point, organized.
Do you guys have similar situations?
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Hi, Bartosz Koliński. I spend hours and days outlining a feature script or TV series. I like it because if I have a detailed outline, it's easier for me to write and rewrite the script.
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Hi Maurice Vaughan. I also like planning. I just can't write if there's a blank spot in the plot plan. That sometimes makes me spend weeks daydreaming about my plot ideas and I like that.
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I'm the same way, Bartosz Koliński. I still leave room for things to change in the script though.
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Maurice Vaughan. Well, I personally prefer to have most things decided, but there are some things that I leave open. Most of my ideas have a beginning and an end, but only those which are most important for the plot. The rest remain open because there is room for possible changes. For example, sometimes I like to change the entire personality of a character to make them more engaging.
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100%!
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I’m a little unique. I write without a plan or a structure. I have too much ADHD going on. I formulate a general idea, just start writing, and somehow it just magically comes together and I don’t even know how. The downfall to this though… 1) when I’m in the zone I hyper fixate and will not stop. I can write a full feature in a week. 2) if I’m not hyper fixating, I can’t write. I’m too easily distracted. Once I lose interest in the slightest I stall. (current situation).
I have a full feature almost wrote and I’m missing a much needed scene in the middle. Sometimes I write backwards. I wrote the whole first act, then I wrote the middle climax ending scene, After that I started writing backwards to match the climax. Then I stalled because the whole movie is based over one day. I have one location and all the jokes and characters and scenes were starting to feel repetitive and it’ll be boring.
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Matthew Thompson you are not alone with the ADHD. In my case, I keep multiple Final Draft files open and bounce between them as needed. Then I’ll hear a sound outside, or the phone will ring, or I’ll remember I left wet laundry in the washer, or a girl I had a crush on in my childhood will pop into my head and I’m compelled to hunter her down on social media, or I’ll pick up a guitar and write a verse for an unfinished song, or…
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I once completely rebuilt a toilet while supposed to be writing.
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A few months ago, I made a pitch deck for a previous project while I was on my self-alotted time to be doing a redrafting of another.
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Bartosz Koliński Soooooo yeah........when I force something to happen, my heart is cut off from ANY true connection with that story, and I end up doing some of the following: laundry, watching a movie when I am supposed to be writing, eat, make myself feel bad about not writing, which makes it so much worse. Thus, I have completely given into the soft, intuitive approach, of being an artist. Writing is art, acting is art, and when I view my days as an artist, since I am free flowing, structures appear, but the right ones, that I trust, and then, well...the rest is found on the page ; )
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Very relatable!