It's a long weekend at the moment, thanks to Australia Day, but it's filled up remarkably quickly. Consequently, rather than being out at the squillion events I've been invited to, I'm home alone trying to make some more progress on my script.
I transferred my Final Draft file from my iPad (where I was writing while I was away) onto my computer, only to find that the page count works differently between the two platforms - so whilst I was celebrating being at 30 pages when viewing my script on the iPad, I was realistically only at 27.
This caused a slight panic, given that I'm aiming for a one-page-per-day average in order to have a rough draft by the end of March. Before, I felt like I was keeping ahead; now, with 27 pages on the 26th of January, it feels like I'm about to fall behind.
I also hit my first roadblock, in that the script has been flowing really well up until now - but my transition into Act Two has reared its head and I now find myself uncertain about how I want it to work. I know the old adage says that it's better to write something terrible than nothing at all, but it was a bit crap to find myself suddenly realising that things got a bit muddy between Act 1 and Act 2.
Part of the solution (and whether or not this is a positive thing will be, I suppose, revealed in the fullness of time) was to add in a scene that I hadn't planned at all; one that ups the stakes significantly for the protagonist. I think it works. I'm not sure. But at least it's helped me move forward... even if it's really clunky. And I guess moving forward is my priority for the moment...
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