No, I'm not procrastinating, why do you ask?

[kungfuwaynewho]

There's a couple parts of every script that are hard for me to write, and one of those parts is the very first part.  I have a tough time with opening scenes, and that's what I'm working on right now.

Well, was working on, until I decided that I really needed to post.  About what?  No clue.  So here's a random list of things that are randomly popping into my mind as I type.

• I really need to stop answering "Thank you" with "Sure thing!"
• Hot tea is the right temperature for about eighty seconds.
• It does no good to write out lists of upcoming due dates, goals, plans, etc. if I promptly lose said lists.
• I really want to finish watching Caprica (I got bummed out when it was canceled and took a break), but I have, like, eleventy other shows I'm watching right now.
• Exactly 100 word drabbles are the dickens to write.

Comments

[vjs2259.livejournal.com]

100 word drabbles are difficult! They are like poetry in that every word has to be the right one. I hate when you get to 101 or 104 and have to cut, cause you've planned out every word already. Sometimes I resort to using contractions to reduce word count, or going with independent clauses to lose an 'and'. (I got that from Nano, where you reverse the process to up word count!)

I love lists. On paper. With ticky boxes. I have three right now at work. One with lists and notes on the day's tasks, one with the week's tasks, one with long term projects.
Also made one today for the weekend, for my next B5 things-to-do, and one for bill paying.

It's sad, isn't it? But now I have to take my today list and go do something on it :)

[kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com]

I think one of my problems with drabbles is I find myself unconsciously writing shorter sentences as a whole; fragments and implied subjects and the like. Even when I get the word count right, they sound sort of terse.