April 28, 2022: First draft complete!

Huzzah!  I have completed a rough first draft of my feature script.  It’s a little hard to believe given that I think I really just started writing it about a week ago.  And yet, 100 pages later, I have a first pass on the first film script I’ve written in – oh – twelve years.  And it’s a rare non-genre foray for me.  No ships or sorcery, talismans or time travel.  Just a character-driven story with heart, humor and, of course, my trademark twists and turns, shocks and surprises.  I always find that, the closer I get to the end of a script, the more I experience a sense of urgency.  In the back of my mind, I’m always thinking I’ve got get it done and out there in case something happens to me and this script never sees the light of day.  I’ll get eaten by a polar bear and my script will sit on my laptop, inaccessible to the world, my latest and greatest work never to be read by anyone.  As opposed, of course, to being pitched, shopped, turned down, its big screen adaptation never to be seen by anyone.  Anyway, next step – I’ll be reviewing old news reports, 30’s vernacular, and songs released in early 1934.  I’m ahead of schedule, so hoping to get a first draft to my agent within the next two weeks.

A few thoughts…

I doubt the sincerity of people who clap while laughing.

— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) April 27, 2022

Contemporary political debate comes down finding the fucking dumbest supporters of a party or cause saying the fucking stupidest things, and then spotlighting them as representative of an entire group or movement.

— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) April 27, 2022

My grandmother, who lived to 112, attributed her long life to eating plenty of greens, avoiding black pepper, and enjoying a glass of red wine every day.
World's oldest person confirmed as French nun, 118, who loves chocolate and wine https://t.co/cTcUn6ljGr

— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) April 28, 2022

And today’s Yes/No…

Cornbread Donuts? Yes/Nohttps://t.co/3Ugj5xu0yH

— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) April 28, 2022

 

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