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kungfuwaynewho) wrote2014-07-07 04:32 pm
kungfuwaynewho) wrote2014-07-07 04:32 pm
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What Have I Been Up To in the Last Two Months?
In my last LJ post, I said I had started a new screenplay but it wouldn't be done in time for anything. And that was true - I haven't written a single page since then, actually. It's dead in the water at 30 or so pages; I'll have to sit down, actually write a fucking outline, and think about it.
But I did write a completely new, different screenplay! I started like May 3, finished like May 30, just in time to submit to Austin Film Festival. It was a comedy - I've never written a comedy before. I didn't have an outline, a synopsis, even a log-line. I just sat down one day and started writing. On the whole, even if it's not the best thing I've ever written (and it's definitely not), it was just such a fun experience for a change, to have an idea and just go with it. And it was heartening that I knew how to write a movie without having to actually write out all the technical framework first. So quite fun.
Community was canceled. I started watching in the beginning of S2, so I missed that first "will it be canceled or renewed?" crisis, but every season after that, I lived it. S2, S3, S4, each time I was sure this was it, it was finished. And then it would get renewed! This year was the first time that I had been confident in renewal - the numbers were good, Sean Saves the World and The MJF Show tanked, #sixseasonsandamovie, etc. I wasn't even worried! And then. And then... So yeah, that was pretty devastating. For the next two weeks, I would remember "Community got canceled" at the most random times and would literally get sad.
More work on the basement. Closets framed in, sump pump framed in, a couple more walls. We found a desk someone had put out for trash that just needs one drawer to be fixed up, new hardware, and a fresh coat of paint, so that's sitting in our basement waiting for my next big Project Day.
We also put in a garden! It's doing really well so far, though I think we haven't harvested anything yet. But having a yard feels more legit when there's a garden in it.
Community was renewed! So I read the news, then I texted my friend, "YAHOO has picked up Community. YAHOO. Is this real? It this a thing that is happening? YAHOO." Seriously, I had to read like three articles before I was convinced it was real and wasn't a prank or something. I'm very excited, obviously, and glad to hear the budget will be the same; after my initial swoon of joy, I worried it would be all cheap and low-rent and such. I know a lot of people have been disappointed with the show's last couple seasons (I mean, seriously, S4 was not good at all, really), but I wasn't ready for it to be over, and S5 was such a comeback, and like. I'm happy. :D
Worked a lot on The Orphan Queen. I'm over 200,000 words now, and a lot of the random little details I stuck in here and there are finally paying off, which is so satisfying. I guess you could say I do the George R.R. Martin style of writing when it comes to this novel, in that I plant a lot of things to sort of see what happens later on, knowing the rough end goal but not having a strict outline as such beyond that. So when disparate threads come together, there's this wonderful click that just can't be recreated. (Of course, that also means I sometimes go back and weed out things that didn't pan out, like some random love triangle-ish subplot runner that went nowhere. But even that can be fun!) It's turned into such a monstrously long novel, I just write and write and write and I make progress, of course, but the idea of ever finishing it seems very unattainable.
Someone plagiarized a wallpaper of mine. That means I've made it in fandom, right? They apologized and took their posts down, which is the best-case scenario, I guess, but it was still pretty frustrating, especially since I think they still don't quite understand why I was upset over the whole thing. (Sadly, my overall reaction to the whole thing was being kind of sad that I don't really do graphics anymore. I need to get back into that thing, even if it's just random icons here and there.)
I also had a falling out with some friends, but that kind of thing warrants a post of its own, I think, so suffice it to say I haven't been as social as usual. I'm okay with how things have ultimately turned out, but that doesn't mean I'm sad when I think, "oh, normally I would ask so-and-so to come over, but that's not happening now, welp." Such is life.
But I did write a completely new, different screenplay! I started like May 3, finished like May 30, just in time to submit to Austin Film Festival. It was a comedy - I've never written a comedy before. I didn't have an outline, a synopsis, even a log-line. I just sat down one day and started writing. On the whole, even if it's not the best thing I've ever written (and it's definitely not), it was just such a fun experience for a change, to have an idea and just go with it. And it was heartening that I knew how to write a movie without having to actually write out all the technical framework first. So quite fun.
Community was canceled. I started watching in the beginning of S2, so I missed that first "will it be canceled or renewed?" crisis, but every season after that, I lived it. S2, S3, S4, each time I was sure this was it, it was finished. And then it would get renewed! This year was the first time that I had been confident in renewal - the numbers were good, Sean Saves the World and The MJF Show tanked, #sixseasonsandamovie, etc. I wasn't even worried! And then. And then... So yeah, that was pretty devastating. For the next two weeks, I would remember "Community got canceled" at the most random times and would literally get sad.
More work on the basement. Closets framed in, sump pump framed in, a couple more walls. We found a desk someone had put out for trash that just needs one drawer to be fixed up, new hardware, and a fresh coat of paint, so that's sitting in our basement waiting for my next big Project Day.
We also put in a garden! It's doing really well so far, though I think we haven't harvested anything yet. But having a yard feels more legit when there's a garden in it.
Community was renewed! So I read the news, then I texted my friend, "YAHOO has picked up Community. YAHOO. Is this real? It this a thing that is happening? YAHOO." Seriously, I had to read like three articles before I was convinced it was real and wasn't a prank or something. I'm very excited, obviously, and glad to hear the budget will be the same; after my initial swoon of joy, I worried it would be all cheap and low-rent and such. I know a lot of people have been disappointed with the show's last couple seasons (I mean, seriously, S4 was not good at all, really), but I wasn't ready for it to be over, and S5 was such a comeback, and like. I'm happy. :D
Worked a lot on The Orphan Queen. I'm over 200,000 words now, and a lot of the random little details I stuck in here and there are finally paying off, which is so satisfying. I guess you could say I do the George R.R. Martin style of writing when it comes to this novel, in that I plant a lot of things to sort of see what happens later on, knowing the rough end goal but not having a strict outline as such beyond that. So when disparate threads come together, there's this wonderful click that just can't be recreated. (Of course, that also means I sometimes go back and weed out things that didn't pan out, like some random love triangle-ish subplot runner that went nowhere. But even that can be fun!) It's turned into such a monstrously long novel, I just write and write and write and I make progress, of course, but the idea of ever finishing it seems very unattainable.
Someone plagiarized a wallpaper of mine. That means I've made it in fandom, right? They apologized and took their posts down, which is the best-case scenario, I guess, but it was still pretty frustrating, especially since I think they still don't quite understand why I was upset over the whole thing. (Sadly, my overall reaction to the whole thing was being kind of sad that I don't really do graphics anymore. I need to get back into that thing, even if it's just random icons here and there.)
I also had a falling out with some friends, but that kind of thing warrants a post of its own, I think, so suffice it to say I haven't been as social as usual. I'm okay with how things have ultimately turned out, but that doesn't mean I'm sad when I think, "oh, normally I would ask so-and-so to come over, but that's not happening now, welp." Such is life.
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I was totally all about the Community renewal drama too; first Hulu was involved, then they passed, and I never would have imagined Yahoo! as a viable carrier. Still, it sounds like everyone is still involved, and I didn't know about the budget being the same, but that's awesome.
Oh, and I'm well into S3 of Fringe, btw. Soooo good.
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Fringe! I...need to finish Fringe.